A comprehensive end-of-year portfolio project where students build a professional Google Site to showcase their instructional practices, previous projects, and future career plans in education.
Students explore the rights and responsibilities of a consumer, focusing on how social media and peer pressure impact decision-making.
Students analyze how political and commercial advertising use techniques like bandwagon, celebrity endorsements, and emotional appeals to influence spending and voting.
A comprehensive 5-day lesson guiding students through the process of writing a personal essay about their multiple intelligences, skills, and future career paths.
A collection of restorative practice tools designed to help students reflect on their actions, understand the impact of their behavior, and create a plan for restoration following peer conflict, classroom disruption, social media incidents, or academic dishonesty.
A social-emotional learning lesson focused on accepting 'no', respecting personal space boundaries, and reflecting on behavioral choices. Students learn to navigate social challenges with the 'Peace Pilot' framework for staying calm and respectful.
A professional development module for school staff focused on using restorative practices to de-escalate big emotions and foster emotional regulation in students.
A social skills lesson for speech therapy sessions focusing on identifying and practicing 'tuned in' vs 'tuned out' behaviors using a radio/broadcast signal metaphor.
A lesson focused on restorative justice principles, helping students identify the impact of their actions and master self-regulation strategies to rebuild relationships.
A lesson focused on identifying and challenging cognitive distortions through the 'evidence for vs. against' technique, styled as a psychological investigation.
A lesson designed to help students master the SMART goal-setting framework to achieve academic and personal success. Students will learn to transition from vague intentions to actionable, time-bound blueprints for their future.
A recurring weekly reflection tool designed to help students celebrate successes, manage their emotional well-being, and sharpen their academic focus through a creative doodle-inspired layout.
A comprehensive lesson designed to help students manage impulsive reactions to authority figures and transform argumentative language into constructive communication.
A 6th-8th grade social-emotional learning lesson designed to combat end-of-year burnout. Students explore neuroplasticity and cognitive flexibility through hands-on 'engineering' of their own mental responses to setbacks.
Navigating emotional regulation and frustration by understanding 'garden weather' and using tools to handle academic storms.
Developing executive functioning skills for sustained attention, treating focus as a toolkit for tending to academic tasks.
Introduction to growth mindset through the metaphor of gardening, helping students see that effort is the 'water' that helps their skills grow.