Why Show Up Lesson Plan

A printable 2-page resource. Page 1 is a structured reflection worksheet for mentees to brainstorm key memories and draft messages. Page 2 is a beautiful, certificate-style keepsake with a classic border and writing lines designed to be framed as a mentor gift.

A student-facing self-assessment and strategy-matching questionnaire to help 4th-grade students explore, select, and evaluate their use of calming strategies like breathing, break cards, and drawing when feeling overwhelmed.

A student-facing print-ready workbook with structured spaces to explore personal emotions, plan three custom peer-connection pathways, and craft their own help-seeking script.

A comprehensive educator guide and progress monitoring rubric to assess a student's ability to identify emotions, list 3 social network expansion strategies, and recognize when to ask for help. Includes a print-ready data tracking sheet for ongoing assessment sessions.

A set of 8 realistic classroom and recess scenarios designed for 4th-grade students facing social anxiety and withdrawal. Each card contains targeted prompts to assess emotional recognition, peer network expansion, and help-seeking strategies.

A clean, minimalist single-page routine chart featuring a calming 8-step self-squeeze physical therapy routine. Includes physical count-down touchpoints from 1 to 5 to help students track their grounding exercises directly on the poster.

Una presentación de diapositivas en español diseñada para guiar a los estudiantes en su transición a cuarto grado, abordando el manejo de emociones, nuevas rutinas y estrategias de afrontamiento de manera visual y amigable.

A printable set of 8 peer-interaction scenario cards and a companion student tracking worksheet. Designed for small groups to analyze if comments are helpful or hurtful, and practice rewriting negative interactions.

A comprehensive teacher-facing resource detailing the final session outline for the Friendship Garden small group. It provides pacing, structured discussion prompts, a closing circle ritual, and facilitation instructions for the keepsake posters.

An interactive, beautifully themed keepsake coloring poster for 2nd-3rd grade students. It combines garden-themed coloring illustrations with short, creative reflection prompts to celebrate their friendship journey.

A delightful, print-ready keepsake coloring poster designed for primary grades (K-1st). It features beautiful garden graphics with bold outlines for easy coloring, minimal writing, and an interactive drawing frame to celebrate friendship growth.

A comprehensive facilitation guide for counselors to run the 20-minute end-of-year transition lesson for grades K-2. Emphasizes somatic breathing, hands-on drawing prompts, co-regulation, helper circles, and active chanting to reduce transition anxiety.

An interactive EOY transition activity booklet for K-2 students, featuring friendly hiking-themed drawing frames, emoji check-ins, circle-the-answer coping tools, and a bold coloring 'Brave Motto' to process next-grade adjustments in a concrete, sensory-friendly way.

A comprehensive facilitation guide for counselors to run the 20-minute end-of-year transition lesson. Includes structured pacing, discussion prompts, active listening tips, and support strategies for upper elementary students.

An interactive transition booklet for upper elementary students (grades 3-5). Features reflective hiking-themed prompts to capture accomplishments, design a visual summer coping backpack, build a support network, and address next-grade anxieties.

A 2-page set of printable anchor charts detailing the master 'Social Dial' levels and specific behavioral expectations across school settings.

A 2-page printable activity pack containing 8 detailed school-based behavior scenarios formatted as cut-out challenge cards, along with a student recording sheet.

A comprehensive facilitation guide for counselors to run the 20-minute end-of-year transition lesson. Includes structured pacing, discussion prompts, active listening tips, and support strategies for upper elementary students.

A 6-slide visual presentation introducing the 'Social Dial' concept (levels 1-4) and presenting scenarios to practice shifting behaviors between classrooms, hallways, cafeterias, and playgrounds.