All Practices
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The Pendulum
Students learn to manage their emotions in a healthy way by identifying the people and places that influence changes in their emotions.
Encouraging Moral Character Through Language
Teachers will foster students’ moral identity through selective use of language in the classroom.
Reminders that Encourage Moral Character Strengths
Foster students’ moral identity through story writing.
Introduction to Forgiveness
Students explore what forgiveness is and what it is not.
Understanding Inherent Worth: A Path towards Forgiveness
Students explore how every person has dignity and worth—even those who hurt us.
Learning from Courageous Forgivers
Students learn about forgiveness from book characters.
Creating Space for Forgiveness by Letting Go of Anger
Students brainstorm ideas for coping with anger as a first step to forgiveness.
Compass Points
Students develop courage by evaluating an idea or proposition and taking a stance on it.
3-2-1 Bridge
Develop students’ intellectual humility through concept mapping
Random Acts of Kindness
Students practice kindness to increase their happiness
Family Business
Teachers and students create a safe space to develop strong relationships.
Respectful Debate
Students share their opinions and disagreements in healthy ways.
Yes-No-Maybe Current Event Discussion
Students respectfully discuss their stance on a current event.
Norm Co-Creation
Students collaborate on the development of classroom norms.
Designing the Classroom to Promote Kindness
Students provide input on changes that could be made to the classroom to subtly cue kind behavior.
Take-Home Skill: Creating Happy Memories
Students spend a day or two doing a variety of meaningful activities.
Honesty Commitment for Students
Strategies to encourage and help students practice honesty
Good Group Work in Math
A norm-setting activity to help create an environment for productive, positive, and equitable group work in math class
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