A 30-minute social-emotional learning lesson for 6th graders focused on identifying and celebrating micro-successes to build motivation and a growth mindset. Students learn to track 'small wins' as fuel for long-term goals.
A 30-minute lesson designed to help students reflect on the impact of their teachers and create meaningful, personalized tokens of appreciation through writing and creative crafts.
A restorative and reflective lesson designed for independent completion by students in ISS. It focuses on re-learning the core principles of respect, taking accountability for specific incidents, and planning restorative actions to repair relationships and community standing.
A comprehensive career exploration lesson for 6th-grade students, focusing on identifying personal interests and connecting them to career clusters. This lesson includes a professional counselor write-up addressing theoretical foundations, diverse learner needs, and systemic factors.
Students apply all their money skills in a project-based learning activity where they must design a 'Dream Room' while staying within a strict budget. They practice balancing needs versus wants and tracking expenses accurately.
Introduces the concept of unit prices and ratios. Students learn how to compare products of different sizes to find the best value, applying division skills to real-world shopping decisions.
Focuses on the mechanics of adding multiple items with decimals and calculating the resulting change. Students practice column addition and subtraction using realistic receipt formats.
Focuses on identifying and counting coin combinations and mastering the 'next dollar up' strategy for independent shopping. Students practice rounding prices to ensure they have enough cash for purchases.
A lesson focused on Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT) principles, helping students identify irrational beliefs that lead to escalation and replacing them with positive self-talk and calm responses.
A session focused on the art of turn-taking and maintaining balance in a conversation, specifically teaching learners when to stop sharing and how to keep a 50/50 dialogue flow.
A middle school counseling lesson focused on identifying emotions and mastering three specific self-regulation tools: deep breathing, grounding, and cognitive reframing. Students build a personalized 'Regulation Blueprint' to manage stress and high-intensity emotions.
A middle school counseling lesson designed to help students navigate the evolving social dynamics and friendship changes common in early adolescence, aligned to ASCA standards.
A middle school counseling lesson focused on developing a growth mindset by understanding neuroplasticity, reframing failure, and setting personal growth goals. Aligned to ASCA Mindset B-LS 1.
A comprehensive middle school counseling lesson focused on developing self-advocacy skills. Students learn to identify their needs, communicate effectively with teachers and peers, and create a personal action plan for seeking support.
A middle school counseling lesson focused on identifying, communicating, and maintaining healthy boundaries in friendships. Students will learn the difference between physical, emotional, and social boundaries and practice using assertive 'I' statements to set limits.
A middle school counseling lesson focused on identifying early physical warning signs of anger and practicing self-regulation strategies to prevent escalation, aligned with ASCA B-SMS 2.
A comprehensive lesson for middle schoolers to identify the signs of test anxiety and implement 'hacks' like box breathing and grounding to manage academic pressure.
A middle school counseling lesson focused on developing empathy and perspective-taking skills through the 'Walk in Their Shoes' activity, aligned to ASCA standards. Students will explore the difference between sympathy and empathy and practice seeing situations through multiple lenses.
A comprehensive middle school counseling lesson focused on identifying different types of peer pressure and developing practical refusal skills. Aligned with ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors B-SS 9.