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Talking About People Respectfully – A Social Story for KidsTeach your students the importance of speaking respectfully about race, culture, and accents with this social story, written in simple, clear language. This resource helps children understand why we don’t call people by their race, why imitating accents is not okay, and how to handle sensitive topics with kindness. It also includes examples and non-examples to support understanding, plus a reminder that just because they see something

This resource was made to specifically align with the RULER curriculum and integrates the Mood Meter. However, this Google Drive file can be modified to meet the needs of any teacher using an SEL curriculum and introducing emotions (Zones of Regulation, etc.). There are pages for Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow emotions with sections for definitions, mood meter placement, body feelings, etc. There are pages designed to be used digitally as well as pages to be printed and laminated or made into jou

Designed with my 5th-grade students in mind, but can be used for any age range where students need to start thinking about long-term assignments. As a Google Slides document, you can edit it to meet your needs. I upload it to my website as a living document so students and parents can easily access it. At the end of every day, we go over our planners and use this as a time to develop executive functioning skills. Students lead this routine after they learn it and discuss our work priorities. We

This is used as a Monday morning weekly check-in for students. They free write about anything going on in their personal life and then free write about their reading habits and current books. Loosely inspired by the Book Whisperer notebook entries but modified to be a bit more casual, digital, and inviting. This is a great guide for starting off your reading conferences during Reader's Workshop. As a Google Form, this is editable to fit your needs.