Friendship Foundations

A series of sessions focused on 5th-grade AVID strategies, including note-taking, reading comprehension, inquiry, time management, and goal setting. Each session is designed to build student independence and academic confidence through guided practice and reflection.

A comprehensive set of tools and sessions to introduce 5th graders to AVID strategies, focusing on organizational skills, critical thinking, and academic reflection.

A one-page growth mindset worksheet where students practice reframing negative thoughts, featuring a classic catastrophizing statement and blank boxes for student reframes.

A multi-day social-emotional learning sequence designed to help students master social cue detection, calm conflict resolution, and peer navigation. Students progress from decoding subtle cues to active problem-solving and independent real-world application.

A comprehensive social-emotional learning lesson guiding students to build a supportive classroom community through kind communication, tone awareness, and active listening skills.

A reflective worksheet for students to evaluate their academic performance and AVID skill usage in January, followed by a SMART goal-setting section for the upcoming month of February.

A multi-day social-emotional learning sequence helping students expand emotion vocabulary, recognize physical body clues, gauge emotional intensity, and communicate feelings constructively.

An elementary-friendly social story and visual presentation using pilot and airplane analogies to teach personal space. Students learn how pilots use airplane bubbles, runway rules, and wingspan checks to keep comfortable personal space across school.

A specialized planning document that prompts students to apply learned AVID strategies (note-taking, reading, inquiry, and planning) to a real assignment from another subject area.

A three-part counseling and social-emotional learning sequence empowering upper elementary and middle school students to master emotional self-regulation, navigate peer conflict restoratively, and build an empathetic classroom community. Each lesson pairs interactive presentation slides with practical student workbooks and educator facilitation guides.

A high-impact 15-minute social-emotional learning lesson designed for September's 'Caring for One Another' theme. Students unpack the three core pillars of community—welcomed, safe, and valued—through guided discussion, concrete school scenarios, and a personal daily action pledge.

A planning tool for students to map out their weekly activities and study time, as well as a dedicated section for breaking down large assignments into smaller, "chunked" steps with target completion dates.