Body Signal Detectives

A 3-lesson friendship and belonging sequence designed for emergent bilinguals to build confidence, communication, and connection in their school community. Students practice greeting peers, inviting others into play and group work, and offering kindness and help using visual supports and sentence frames.

Students notice when classmates need support and practice offering everyday kindness and help around school. The lesson culminates in a shared community promise celebrating everyone's belonging.

A single-page printable dismissal checklist for 2nd-grade students featuring the six classroom pack-up steps, large checkboxes, and cropped illustrations from the classroom routine chart.

An 8-week small-group social-emotional learning sequence designed for two 3rd-grade students building peer conflict resolution and problem-solving skills. Progressive weekly lessons cover emotional self-regulation, assertive communication, collaborative problem-solving, and relationship repair.

Students practice inviting peers into games and group work, as well as asking to join in respectfully. Visual scenarios and structured role-play give emergent bilinguals clear language to build inclusive habits.

A 1-page printable student poster where students choose a school helping habit, draw themselves being a Kindness Helper, and write a personal Community Promise to display in the classroom.

A foundational first-grade social-emotional learning unit that empowers young learners to gauge problem sizes, regulate strong feelings, and choose constructive, peaceful solutions.

Students learn friendly greetings, body language, and simple sentence frames to introduce themselves and learn classmates' names. Visual supports and Total Physical Response (TPR) help emergent bilinguals feel confident starting conversations.

A 1-page teacher facilitation guide for Lesson 3 (Kindness Helpers), including pacing, empathy-building activities, emergent bilingual language scaffolds, and a culminating community promise gallery walk.

A two-part social-emotional learning sequence for elementary students focused on building self-confidence, nurturing positive self-talk, identifying personal strengths, and practicing kindness toward self and others. Designed with substitute-friendly, print-ready presentation cards and hands-on worksheets.

Week 8 brings all four core skills together through realistic 3rd-grade role-plays and a partner challenge. Students demonstrate calming down, speaking assertively, solving fairly, and repairing.

A 5-slide visual presentation helping emergent bilinguals notice when classmates need support, practice offering and accepting help with sentence frames, and prepare for the Community Promise Poster activity.