5th Grade Social and Emotional Development

TEACHING RESOURCE

Positive Classroom Behavior

A positive classroom begins with you Read ideas and find resources on establishing and maintaining acceptable behavior…

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

Self-Assessment Scale

Use this Self-Assessment scale to check for students' understanding after a lesson or activity. It can replace a…

LESSON PLANS

Similar and Different Lesson

Students discuss the ways in which they are similar and different.

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Coping Skills Checklist

A coping list checklist for the classroom.

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Feelings Thermometer

Use this strategy to help students see when they are escalating so they can intervene and use coping skills to manage…

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Student Goals Checklist

This graphic organizer provides writing prompts that support students to reflect on what is going well in the classroom,…

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Daily Tasks Checklist

Support your students to hold themselves accountable for their work in class by providing them with a checklist. In…

LESSON PLANS

Acting Out Conflict

Students act out skits showing typical conflicts that arise in school and then resolve them using a problem-solving…

ACTIVITIES

Exercise: Creating a Mantra

How can we teach our students to regulate their emotions, thoughts and behaviors? How can we support them to develop…

WORKSHEETS

Resolving Conflicts

Use this worksheet to teach children about conflict resolution and problem solving. Children will write about a conflict…

LESSON PLANS

What Is a Peaceable Classroom?

An activity to encourage your students to interact peacefully in the classroom.

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

Behavior Checklist

It is important to set both clear and high expectations for your students, and to create systems that hold them…

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Glows and Grows

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

Animal Breathing

This resource provides for different breathing techniques that you can teach your students.

ACTIVITIES

Follow Me Freeze

Build classroom community while giving many students the chance to lead your class.

LESSON PLANS

Identify the Resolution

This handout is for use in the There Are Many Ways to Resolve Conflicts lesson plan.

TEACHING RESOURCE

Talking With Children About War and Violence In the World

Talking to students about Ukraine? Educators for Social Responsibility has prepared this guide for adults who are…

ACTIVITIES

3 Collective Breaths (Primary)

This breath work activity from Breathe For Change is designed to reduce students' stress, enhance their awareness, and…

TEACHING RESOURCE

Bully-Proof Your Classroom

Find suggestions on how to make your classroom a peaceful, non-threatening environment. Learn how to increase school…

LESSON PLANS

Talk It Out Together

In this school safety lesson plan, students learn the Talk It Out Together conflict-solving process.

BOOK GUIDES

The One and Only Ivan Teaching Guide

Discussion questions and extension activities that promote social-emotional skills like empathy, friendship, and…