Fifth Grade Kickoff Slides

A structured 3-part sequence designed for neurodivergent learners to identify physical escalation signals, test personalized sensory tools, and establish a predictable, repeatable calm-down routine.

A foundational social-emotional learning lesson where students bridge empathy and kindness through an anonymous interest-matching guessing game, uncovering common ground and fostering peer understanding.

A two-up printable exit ticket facilitating student reflection on peer discoveries, empathy bridges, and concrete commitments to kindness.

A four-day game-based sequence for a small group of three students to build essential social skills including turn-taking, empathetic communication, conflict resolution, and flexible teamwork through collaborative play.

A school-wide guidance lesson equipping K-5 students with practical self-regulation tools, sensory grounding techniques, and five-finger breathing. Students learn to recognize emotional overwhelm and choose personalized self-soothing strategies for the classroom calm corner.

Printable and digital planning dossier where students craft their anonymous alias, Do Now superpower, preferred tasks, and classified interest clues.

Students build a sequenced, predictable 3-step calm-down routine and practice self-advocacy scripts and visual cues to transition back smoothly into learning activities.

Engaging slide deck facilitating the Do Now superpower prompt, the empathy and kindness connection, anonymous Mystery Me slide instructions, and peer inquiry modeling.

Learners sample and evaluate sensory regulation inputs across proprioceptive heavy work, tactile grounding, controlled breathing, and visual soothing to discover what actually helps them reset.

Students become detectives of their own physiology, identifying early physical clues like clenched fists or racing heartbeats that signal sensory overload or big emotions.