Sel lessons for first grade

Help students learn that making mistakes is okay with The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes. Perfect for whole class or small groups!

Add these respect books and videos to your classroom collection. These are great to teach your students essential character education skills.

First week of school activities for kindergarten & 1st grade students including First Day Jitters, school bus safety, & friendship activities.

6 kindness activities for the classroom, including setting goals, random acts of kindness challenge, book ideas, and lesson suggestions.

Ideas for teaching responsibility in the classroom. Best social responsibility strategies to teach kids to be responsible, make good choices and set goals.

Teaching behavior expectations in kindergarten is important, especially in the first few weeks of school. This often sets the stage for your class for the entire year. For students to fully understand what is expected of them, it is important that teachers address and teach these expectation. I usually spend a lot of time during the first weeks of school teaching student expectations and classroom behaviors. We complete sorts of good choices and bad choices in the classroom and discuss what…

At this point in the school year, I am sure you are in survival mode by now... Just trying to make it to Christmas break! I wanted to share one of my favorite lessons with you that is perfect for using at the start of a school year or anytime throughout when students need a lesson on the difference between tattling and reporting. This lesson can come in handy when the classroom becomes more chaotic in anticipation for a break as well. Have you read the story Don't Squeal Unless It's a Big…

This year I wanted to begin promoting kindness from the very beginning of the year. I searched this summer for the perfect book and I found it. A Little Spot of Kindness written by Diane Alber was just what I needed to create kindness activities for my room, and set the stage for an amazing year.

Teaching behavior expectations in kindergarten is important, especially in the first few weeks of school. This often sets the stage for your class for the entire year. For students to fully understand what is expected of them, it is important that teachers address and teach these expectation. I usually spend a lot of time during the first weeks of school teaching student expectations and classroom behaviors. We complete sorts of good choices and bad choices in the classroom and discuss what…

Encourage random acts of kindness for kids to build confidence, community, and social skills at school and in the classroom.