A 15-minute small group lesson for 1st graders focused on identifying and practicing active listening behaviors like eye contact and quiet bodies.
A comprehensive read-aloud and classroom management integration sequence for the first week of school, utilizing six beloved children's books to establish essential routines, build community, and foster self-esteem.
A foundational lesson sequence focused on setting clear, positive, and action-oriented classroom expectations through collaborative discussion and visual reminders.
A set of 5 bold, neo-brutalism styled visual posters for the classroom wall. Features an overview poster and four values-based posters (Respect, Responsibility, Kindness, Safety) paired with action-oriented student behaviors.
A complete 3-day morning meeting routine sequence integrating social-emotional greetings, weather tracking, math counting patterns, sight words, and collaborative classroom games.
A foundational lesson plan and material set to establish, practice, and co-create positive classroom rules focused on collaboration, respect, and mutual support.
A comprehensive teacher-facing lesson plan and facilitation guide for launching classroom expectations, leading co-creation activities, and practicing scenarios.
A comprehensive social-emotional learning series that uses cooperative gameplay to build key skills across all five CASEL competencies.
A comprehensive set of first-week instructional materials linking six beloved read-alouds with actionable teacher guides, daily checklists, procedural routines, and student response sheets.
A beautifully formatted, warm bilingual (English/Spanish) family newsletter and welcome letter designed to build strong home-school partnerships. It features a clean, two-column layout with parallel translations, helpful tips for supporting learning at home, and a convenient tear-off response slip at the bottom.
A collection of self-regulation counseling transition toolkits utilizing kid-friendly metaphors. It includes structured, tier-2 lessons for both early elementary and upper elementary students to master classroom re-entry.
Celebrate the end of the week! Track calendar progress, master counting by 10s up to 100, explore the sight word 'friend', and play a lively classroom trivia game.
Simple, highly visual drawing and writing response sheets for students, themed around the six read-aloud stories to capture first-week memories and pledges.
