Students explore the critical gap between what a speaker intends (e.g., a joke, teasing) and the actual emotional impact of their words, establishing boundaries when jokes cross into meanness.
A narrative-therapy-inspired workshop where middle and high school students map out their school year as a book with chapters to synthesize challenges, victories, and closures.
A social-emotional learning lesson where students design a physical or digital pocket sanctuary with visual cues, breathing prompts, and self-soothing scripts to build self-regulation skills for summer break.
A transformative social-emotional learning lesson using the metaphor of a shaken glitter jar to help students understand emotional agitation, practice mindful breathing, and build a personalized daily coping toolkit.
A comprehensive lesson guiding students through a structured reflection on their growth, achievements, and challenges over the school year, culminating in a creative milestone showcase portfolio.
A reflective goal-setting lesson where middle school students write letters to their future selves to read at the start of the next school year, fostering continuity and self-awareness during the summer transition.
Students synthesize physical cues and the intent-impact model to run their 'Social Radar' in real-time, learning clear verbal formulas to assertively handle meanness masked as sarcasm.
Students learn to identify vocal inflections, facial expressions, and body language to decode whether a peer is speaking playfully (sarcasm/teasing) or hurtfully (meanness).
A termination counseling session lesson bundle utilizing a basketball-themed CBT game to reinforce self-esteem, cognitive restructuring, growth mindset, and future growth planning.
A social-emotional learning lesson designed to help students build emotional regulation muscles using self-talk and breathing exercises across school and home scenarios.
A 60-minute SEL lesson for Grade 6 focusing on anticipating and reflecting on the short- and long-term consequences of actions, using a navigation-inspired 'Consequence Compass' theme. Includes core instruction, peer activities, and project-based homework extensions.