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Take-Home Skill: Humility Reflection for Teens
Strategies for parents and caregivers to help teens understand and practice being humble
Seeing the Positive Side of Things
Students and staff lessen their stress by changing their outlook on a negative event.
Expressive Writing
Students use writing as a tool to explore their emotions and challenges
Good Group Work in Math
A norm-setting activity to help create an environment for productive, positive, and equitable group work in math class
Four 4s
An opening math activity that provides students the opportunity to appreciate different ways of achieving the same answer.
Number Talk
A brief learning activity that demonstrates the many different ways people see math and builds students’ flexibility with numbers.
Dot Card Number Talk
A short but powerful number sense activity that shows students the visual nature of math, creativity in math, and that there are many different ways people see math.
Mindset Boosting Messages for Math
Boost students’ growth mindset in math through a short video and discussion.
Take-Home Skill: Pleasant Events Calendar for Kids and Teens
A practice for parents and caregivers to help their child or teen plan enjoyable activities as a form of self-care
Pleasant Events Calendar for Students
Help students plan enjoyable activities as a form of self-care
Take-Home Skill: Making Amends for Kids
Strategies for parents and caregivers to help their children consider offering reparations as part of their apologies
Understanding the Brain for Grades 4-7
Grade 4-7 students learn about the three parts of the brain that are involved with emotion regulation, attention, and learning.
Where We Stand
Students examine how they face everyday moral dilemmas and consider who and what influences their reactions when conflicts arise.
Dear Abby: An SEL Kernels Practice for Sixth Grade
A discussion that uses scenarios to explore character and citizenship.
Notes to Self: An SEL Kernels Practice for Sixth Grade
Students take time to reflect on positive experiences, attributes, and/or aspirations.
Feelings Circle: An SEL Kernels Practice for Sixth Grade
In a group meeting, students share their feelings while also building their feelings vocabulary and emotion knowledge.
Cool Kid: An SEL Kernels Practice for Sixth Grade
A routine for celebrating each student in your class
Sing It with Style: An SEL Kernels Brain Game
A game to develop students' self-control by managing how they sing a familiar song