Discover the Power of Tailored Learning
Available through our online Educator Portal our flexible curriculum is not a one size-fits-all approach. Instead, it empowers educators to thoughtfully assemble content from an extensive range of resources to cultivate students’ social-emotional competence and well-being. With an annual subscription to the Educator Portal, you can gain access to a powerful SEL curriculum designed to meet the diverse needs of students across all grade levels.
Our Curriculum
Each subscription to the Changing Perspectives Educator Portal grants full access to all content across every grade level, providing a wide range of instructional materials and resources to support all levels of instruction.
Pre-K
- 50+ Lesson Plans (15-20 minute duration)
- 40+ Book Resources
- Family Resources
- Educator Resources
Elementary
- 125+ Lesson Plans (20-45 minute duration)
- 180+ Book Discussions
- 95+ Video Discussions
- Family Resources
- Educator Resources
- Pre & Post SEL Student Assessments
Middle School
- 60+ Lesson Plans (20-45 minute duration)
- 30+ Book Discussions
- 50+ Video Discussions
- Family Resources
- Educator Resources
- Pre & Post SEL Student Assessments
High School
- 45+ Advisory Activities (15-20 minute duration)
- 100 Core Subject Integration Strategies
- 35 Video Discussions
- Educator Resources
- Pre & Post SEL Student Assessments
Social-Emotional Learning Lesson Directory
Grade | Competency | Lesson Title | Description |
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PreK | Self-Management | Finding Your Calm | Students will learn about strategies they can use to help them “find their calm” when they have big feelings. |
PreK | Relationship-Skills | What Kind of Words? | Students will begin to understand kind and unkind words affect others. |
PreK | Responsible-Decision-Making | What Am I Going To Do? | Students will develop their decision-making skills by learning how to make predictions based on critical thinking and observations. |
PreK | Relationship-Skills | Making Friends in Different Places | Students will learn that we can make friends in different places. |
PreK | Self-Awareness | When We Have Feelings | Students will learn to identify emotions and explore how they can express them. |
PreK | Self-Management | The Many Dimensions of Emotions | Students will learn that our emotions affect us in many ways. |
PreK | Relationship-Skills | Tall Towers | Students will learn how to work as a team in small groups with a common goal. |
PreK | Self-Awareness | We All Learn Differently | Students will learn that everyone learns in their own way at their own pace. |
PreK | Social-Awareness | Gratitude in Bloom | Students will learn about gratitude by naming people or things they feel grateful for. |
PreK | Social-Awareness | 3 Steps of Empathy | Students will begin to learn about feeling and showing empathy. |
PreK | Responsible-Decision-Making | Making Good Choices | Students will strengthen their decision-making skills by using observation and critical thinking to make choices. |
PreK | Social-Awareness | Mirror, Mirror | Students will learn about the importance of recognizing kindness and other positive attributes in others. |
PreK | Social-Awareness | Learning About Perspective | Students will begin to develop an understanding of what perspective is. |
PreK | Social-Awareness | Walk in My Shoes | Children will learn that we can change things about our appearances without changing who we are. |
PreK | Relationship-Skills | Caring Is Cool! | Students learn how to identify others’ emotions and respond with caring and kindness. |
PreK | Self-Awareness | Emotion Dice | Students will learn how to connect their personal experiences and preferences with their emotions. |
PreK | Responsible-Decision-Making | What Could Happen? | Students will build decision-making skills by exploring the concepts of anticipation and consequences. |
PreK | Self-Awareness | Truth Train | Students will gain awareness of the value of telling the truth. |
PreK | Relationship-Skills | I Know Your Name | Students will learn their classmates’ names and practice using them to build positive relationships and classroom culture. |
PreK | Self-Management | My Nose Helps Me Feel Calm | Students will learn that we can use our senses to help us manage our emotions and calm our bodies. |
PreK | Responsible-Decision-Making | Rolling Out Choices | Students will gain confidence in their decision-making abilities by becoming aware of how many decisions they make every day. |
PreK | Self-Management | Learning As We Go | Students will develop stress-management skills by connecting past experiences to future choices. |
PreK | Self-Awareness | Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself | Students will learn about themselves and their classmates. |
PreK | Self-Awareness | What Do We Have in Common? | Students will learn the value of finding common interests and different interests with peers. |
PreK | Social-Awareness | Friendship Necklaces | Students will learn about the value of giving and receiving and of expressing gratitude in their classroom community. |
PreK | Self-Management | What Comes Next? | Students begin developing skills for setting goals and making plans for how to reach them through a picture sequencing activity. |
PreK | Relationship-Skills | Community Puzzle | Students will learn that everyone “fits” together in their community. |
PreK | Relationship-Skills | Friendly Conversations | PreK Learning Intention Students will learn how to have friendly conversations to support relationship building. |
PreK | Responsible-Decision-Making | Thinking About Choices | Students will develop skills that support responsible decision-making. |
PreK | Social-Awareness | Practicing Perspective | Students will learn what perspective is and begin to understand that people can have different ways of experiencing the world. |
PreK | Self-Awareness | I Am Kind Name Tags | Students will learn about kindness and identify ways that they are kind. |
PreK | Responsible-Decision-Making | I Notice, I’m Curious | Students will develop their observation and curiosity skills. |
PreK | Social-Awareness | Feeling Friends | Students will be able to identify their own and others’ emotions to help them develop awareness and empathy skills. |
PreK | Self-Awareness | Celebrating Our Similarities and Differences | Students will understand that we are all different from and similar to one another in some ways and that this is a positive thing. |
PreK | Responsible-Decision-Making | Self-Care Charades | Students will learn about why taking care of themselves is a healthy choice. |
PreK | Relationship-Skills | Musical Mural | Students will understand that they are part of a classroom community where everyone’s contributions are important. |
PreK | Self-Management | Step To It! | Students develop skills around goal-setting and planning by breaking tasks into steps. |
PreK | Self-Management | Turn It Up, Turn It Down | Students will build self-control skills through a fun, physical stop- start activity. |
PreK | Responsible-Decision-Making | What Should I Wear? | Students will develop their decision-making skills by using critical thinking to make choices for various situations. |
K-2 | Social-Awareness | Empathy Collage | Students will explore the strategies we use to identify others’ emotions. |
K-2 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Morning Meeting Conversation Starters | Students will explore responsible decision-making through discussion prompts. |
K-2 | Self-Management | Frozen Figures | Students will practice self-management by practicing self-control. |
K-2 | Relationship-Skills | Teamwork Traits | Students will learn about the qualities of being a good team member. |
K-2 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Changing Your Mind | Students will explore how changing your mind can be a sign of learning and growth. |
K-2 | Relationship-Skills | Symbols of Culture | Students will learn what symbols are and how they represent different aspects of a range of cultures. |
K-2 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Critical Thinking Weather Dice Activity | Students will learn how to use critical thinking skills to make responsible decisions. |
K-2 | Self-Awareness | Integrity: Matching Words and Actions | Students will learn what integrity is and why it is important that our words and actions match up. |
K-2 | Self-Awareness | Strengths in Me | Students will be able to recognize some of their strengths and challenges. |
K-2 | Relationship-Skills | Who Is a Trusted Adult? | Students will understand the meaning of the phrase “trusted adult” and be able to identify a trusted adults in their lives. |
K-2 | Social-Awareness | Social Awareness Check-Ins (Spanish) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
K-2 | Self-Management | Courage Superhero Poses | Students will learn that courage is a universal “superpower” they can use to face their challenges. |
K-2 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Let’s Get Curious | Students will learn that there are many ways to demonstrate and satisfy curiosity. |
K-2 | Relationship-Skills | Four Steps for Apologizing | Students will learn the basic steps for making an apology. |
K-2 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Emotion/Energy/Decision-Making | Students will develop an understanding of how our emotions affect our ability to make responsible decisions. |
K-2 | Social-Awareness | Diversity Garden | Students will learn about the value of diversity by thinking about their classmates’ strengths and skills. |
K-2 | Self-Awareness | Emotions Museum | Students will understand that emotions can affect our bodies as well as our thoughts. |
K-2 | Relationship-Skills | Handling Social Pressure | Students will learn what social pressure is and practice strategies to resist negative social pressure. |
K-2 | Self-Management | Goal-Setting Steps | Students will be able to list three steps for reaching a goal. |
K-2 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Responsible Decision-Making Check-Ins (Spanish) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
K-2 | Self-Management | Practicing Self-Control | Students will be able to identify some of the skills necessary for demonstrating self-control. |
K-2 | Relationship-Skills | Morning Meeting Conversation Starters | Students will explore relationship skills through discussion prompts. |
K-2 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Day at the Beach | Students will explore how critical thinking supports responsible decision-making. |
K-2 | Self-Awareness | Morning Meeting Conversation Starters | Students will explore self-awareness through discussion prompts. |
K-2 | Self-Awareness | Emotion Zones | Students will enhance their understanding of the different feelings they experience or see others experience. |
K-2 | Relationship-Skills | Many Ways To Communicate | Students will learn about and practice different forms of communication. |
K-2 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Making Choices Every Day | Students will practice making decisions that have positive outcomes. |
K-2 | Relationship-Skills | We Are All Leaders | Students will learn that we all have the ability to be leaders. |
K-2 | Responsible-Decision-Making | The Importance of Dependability | Students will be able to explain what it means to be dependable. |
K-2 | Self-Management | Morning Meeting Conversation Starters | Students will explore self-management through discussion prompts. |
K-2 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Problem Solvers | Students will be able to match a solution to a problem. |
K-2 | Self-Awareness | Acrostic Names | Students will recognize their strengths. |
K-2 | Self-Management | Self-Management Check-Ins (Spanish) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
K-2 | Self-Awareness | Cultivating a Growth Mindset | Students will explore how to transform “fixed mindset” statements into “growth mindset” statements. |
K-2 | Social-Awareness | Social Cues Charades | Students will be able to identify and explain at least two aspects of social cues. |
K-2 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Responsible Decision-Making Check-Ins (English) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
K-2 | Self-Management | Stress Management Match-Up | Students will be able to identify appropriate coping strategies to use when they feel big emotions. |
K-2 | Social-Awareness | Expectations in Our Community | Students will explore and understand the varying expectations in different settings within their community. |
K-2 | Self-Awareness | A Vision of Me | Students will be able to recognize and demonstrate aspects of their personality through a visual representation. |
K-2 | Social-Awareness | Gratitude Heart Cards | Students will learn about the value of showing gratitude to others. |
K-2 | Social-Awareness | Social Awareness Check-Ins (English) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
K-2 | Relationship-Skills | Making Friends Bingo | Students will learn a strategy for learning about others as a way to make friends and develop healthy relationships. |
K-2 | Self-Management | Organization 101 | Students will be able to recognize the value and benefits of being organized. |
K-2 | Self-Awareness | I Am Many Things | Students will learn about the varied roles they have in different settings or areas of their lives. |
K-2 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Making Responsible Choices | Students will explore what decision-making means and looks like. |
K-2 | Self-Awareness | Self-Awareness Check-Ins (English) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
K-2 | Relationship-Skills | Followed by the Leader | Students will learn why clear communication is essential to leadership. |
K-2 | Relationship-Skills | Relationship Skills Check-Ins (English) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
K-2 | Self-Awareness | Truth Towers | Students will learn about the benefits of telling the truth. |
K-2 | Relationship-Skills | Relationship Skills Check-Ins (Spanish) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
K-2 | Social-Awareness | I Spy a Strength | Students will learn to recognize others’ strengths. |
K-2 | Relationship-Skills | ABCs of Being an Upstander | Students will learn what it means to be an upstander and some strategies for helping others. |
K-2 | Self-Management | What’s Your Stress-Management Strategy? | Students will learn a variety of stress-management strategies to help them in everyday situations. |
K-2 | Social-Awareness | Color and Share: Social Awareness | Students will explore what social awareness means to them. |
K-2 | Social-Awareness | Empathetic Body Language | Students will be able to identify what body language communicates empathy. |
K-2 | Self-Management | Self-Advocacy Contracts | Students will learn what self-advocacy is and strategies for asking for support. |
K-2 | Self-Management | Self-Agency Salad Bar | Students learn what self-agency is and tools to help them make personal choices. |
K-2 | Relationship-Skills | Kind Word Hearts | Students will be able to recognize the power that words can have on others and themselves. |
K-2 | Self-Management | Color and Share: Self-Management | Students will explore what self-management means to them. |
K-2 | Relationship-Skills | Color and Share: Relationship Skills | Students will explore what relationship skills are and mean to them. |
K-2 | Social-Awareness | How Systems Influence Our Behaviors | Students will learn about how systems may shape our behaviors. |
K-2 | Self-Awareness | Wheel of Emotions | Students will be able to describe when they feel an assortment of emotions. |
K-2 | Social-Awareness | Gallery of Emotions | Students will be able to identify a feeling that matches a facial expression. |
K-2 | Self-Management | Focus, Engage, Persevere | Students will learn about self-management strategies that can help them focus, engage, and persevere. |
K-2 | Relationship-Skills | Sensory Empathy | Students will understand how empathy helps us maintain positive relationships. |
K-2 | Self-Awareness | Self-Awareness Check-Ins (Spanish) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
K-2 | Social-Awareness | Gratitude Gifts | Students will learn that we can show gratitude through our actions. |
K-2 | Self-Awareness | Relationship Names Bingo | Students will be able to identify their roles in family, community, and the world by exploring common relational names. |
K-2 | Responsible-Decision-Making | I Am Curious | Students will learn about how curiosity supports decision-making. |
K-2 | Self-Awareness | Turning Thoughts Around | Students will learn that revising a negative thought can produce a positive feeling. |
K-2 | Responsible-Decision-Making | How Can I Help? | Students will learn about why it is important to help others. |
K-2 | Self-Awareness | Believing In Yourself | Students will learn about how they can cultivate self-belief, a key component of the self-efficacy skill set. |
K-2 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Color and Share: Responsible Decision-Making | Students will explore what responsible decision-making means to them. |
K-2 | Self-Management | Courage To Try | Students will learn about the role courage plays in learning and growing. |
K-2 | Self-Management | Self-Management Check-Ins (English) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
K-2 | Social-Awareness | Are They Just Social Norms? | Students will learn what social norms are and that they may change over time to become more just (fair). |
K-2 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Message for Our School | Students will reflect about responsible decision-making and create posters to promote its importance in their school community. |
K-2 | Social-Awareness | Morning Meeting Conversation Starters | Students will explore social awareness through discussion prompts. |
K-2 | Social-Awareness | Two Perspectives | Students will be able to identify the perspective of each character in a skit. |
K-2 | Responsible-Decision-Making | How Big Is the Problem? | Students will explore how to evaluate the size of a problem so they can gauge solutions. |
K-2 | Social-Awareness | What Are Norms? | Students will understand what norms are and be able to identify norms in various situations. |
K-2 | Self-Awareness | Color and Share: Self-Awareness | Students will explore what self-awareness means to them. |
K-2 | Self-Management | Raccoon Detective | Students will enhance self-management skills by practicing self- control. |
K-2 | Self-Management | aMAZEing Planning | Students will learn about the importance of making a plan that they or others can follow to accomplish a task. |
3-5 | Self-Management | Self-Advocating as a Learner | Students will explore how to self-advocate as a learner. |
3-5 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Problem, Solution, Reflection | Students will be able to generate a solution to a given problem and reflect on the outcomes. |
3-5 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Decisions for Me and You | Students reflect on how decision-making can affect individuals and communities. |
3-5 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Spheres of Impact | Students will learn how their actions impact themselves, friends, classmates, and the school. |
3-5 | Self-Awareness | I Am/I Do | Students reflect on who they are, what they can do, and their future capabilities. |
3-5 | Responsible-Decision-Making | PSA for RDM | Students will be able to articulate the importance of responsible decision-making and create a persuasive message to promote it. |
3-5 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Responsible Decision-Making Check-Ins (English) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
3-5 | Responsible-Decision-Making | I Notice, I Wonder, I Would | Students will explore how observation and curiosity support decision-making and action. |
3-5 | Self-Management | SMART Goal-Setting | Students will be able to edit a goal to be a “SMART” goal. |
3-5 | Relationship-Skills | Be an Upstander | Students compare and contrast what it means to be a bystander and an upstander. |
3-5 | Self-Awareness | Relationship Names Bingo | Students will be able to identify their roles in family, community, and the world by thinking about common relational names. |
3-5 | Self-Management | Which Type of Agency? | Students will learn that personal and collective agency are involved in many life situations. |
3-5 | Relationship-Skills | Making Friends Bingo | Students will learn a strategy for learning about others as a way to make friends and develop healthy relationships. |
3-5 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Social Media Challenges Decision Trees | Students will learn how to evaluate social media challenges using decision trees. |
3-5 | Relationship-Skills | Six Steps to Standing Up | Students will learn a strategy to help them stand up for themselves and for others. |
3-5 | Self-Awareness | Honesty and Integrity Comic Strips | Students will explore the connection between honesty and integrity. |
3-5 | Self-Management | Sensory Soothers | Students explore sensory experiences that are calming for them. |
3-5 | Relationship-Skills | Leadership Course | Students will learn about leadership skills they have and would like to develop. |
3-5 | Self-Management | Courageous Conclusions | Students will be able to identify solutions to a problem. |
3-5 | Relationship-Skills | Morning Meeting Conversation Starters | Students will explore relationship skills through discussion prompts. |
3-5 | Self-Management | Self-Management Check-Ins (Spanish) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
3-5 | Social-Awareness | Understanding Norms | Students will be able to identify norms for various situations. |
3-5 | Social-Awareness | Making Faces | Students will be able to demonstrate feeling a given emotion with their facial expressions. |
3-5 | Social-Awareness | Gratitude Bingo | Students will learn about the many ways gratitude plays a role in their lives. |
3-5 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Having an Open Mind | Students explore what is means to be open-minded. |
3-5 | Relationship-Skills | Positive Communication Concentration | Students reflect on the most effective and positive ways to communicate with others. |
3-5 | Social-Awareness | Social Cues Charades | Students will be able to identify and explain at least two aspects of social cues. |
3-5 | Self-Awareness | Create a Vision | Students will be explore their personalities, ideas, and goals through a visual representation. |
3-5 | Relationship-Skills | Cultural Competence in Action | Students will learn what cultural competence is and how it helps us build relationships with people from different backgrounds and experiences. |
3-5 | Self-Awareness | Identifying Bias | Students will learn how opinions and biases are related. |
3-5 | Self-Management | Organization 101 | Students will be able to elaborate on the importance of being organized in relation to one’s emotional well-being. |
3-5 | Self-Management | Focus, Engage, Persevere | Students will be able to sort strategies into the categories of focus, engagement, and perseverance. |
3-5 | Social-Awareness | Expectations 4-Square | Students will explore situational expectations that are common and unique to a variety of places. |
3-5 | Self-Management | Small Goals, Big Goal | Students will develop an understanding of how setting and achieving small goals are part of the process for achieving big goals. |
3-5 | Relationship-Skills | Making Sincere Apologies | Students will learn how to construct a meaningful apology. |
3-5 | Responsible-Decision-Making | The Importance of Dependability | Students will be able to explain what it means to be dependable. |
3-5 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Ripple Effects of Decisions | Students will learn about how their decisions may affect others. |
3-5 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Responsible Decision-Making Check-Ins (Spanish) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
3-5 | Relationship-Skills | Team Building Blocks | Students will practice collaborating with others to accomplish a team goal. |
3-5 | Relationship-Skills | Relationship Skills Check-Ins (Spanish) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
3-5 | Social-Awareness | Strengths Dream Team | Students will learn what personal strengths are, both those they possess and may aspire to. |
3-5 | Relationship-Skills | Conflict Charades | Students explore various strategies for resolving conflicts in respectful ways. |
3-5 | Social-Awareness | Morning Meeting Conversation Starters | Students will explore social awareness through discussion prompts. |
3-5 | Self-Awareness | Self-Awareness Check-Ins (English) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
3-5 | Self-Management | Initiative and Courage | Students will learn that taking initiative requires various types of courage. |
3-5 | Social-Awareness | Empathy Role Play | Students will understand that we both give and receive empathy. |
3-5 | Social-Awareness | Social Awareness Check-Ins (English) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
3-5 | Relationship-Skills | Offer or Seek Help? | Students will understand the importance of evaluating what type of help is needed in a situation. |
3-5 | Self-Awareness | Tell Me You’re Honest | Students will learn about the qualities that contribute to honesty. |
3-5 | Relationship-Skills | Kindness in a Two-Way Street | Students will understand that relationships involve give and take. |
3-5 | Self-Awareness | Finding a Purpose Equations | Students will learn about how the interrelation between interests and talents/skills can help them identify purpose in their lives. |
3-5 | Self-Management | I Can Make a Difference Pledge | Students will be able to identify a problem and understand how to make a pledge to help address it. |
3-5 | Responsible-Decision-Making | How Big Is the Problem? | Students will be able to think critically about how to evaluate the size of a problem so they can gauge solutions. |
3-5 | Self-Management | What Motivates Me? | Students will reflect on what motivation is and its role in their lives. |
3-5 | Social-Awareness | Empathetic Questions | Students will be able to formulate questions that communicate empathy. |
3-5 | Relationship-Skills | Many Ways To Communicate | Students will learn about the role nonverbal communication strategies play in our interactions with others. |
3-5 | Relationship-Skills | Processing Peer Pressure | Students will learn what peer pressure is and consider how it can be both negative and positive. |
3-5 | Social-Awareness | Finding Silver Linings | Students will learn about the value of positive thinking. |
3-5 | Self-Awareness | How Did I Grow Today? | Students will reflect on the many opportunities they have to learn every day. |
3-5 | Social-Awareness | Social Awareness Check-Ins (Spanish) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
3-5 | Self-Management | Morning Meeting Conversation Starters | Students will explore self-management through discussion prompts. |
3-5 | Self-Awareness | Personal Strengths Inventory | Students will be able to identify some of their personal strengths. |
3-5 | Self-Awareness | Mood Meter | Students explore positive and negative emotions and the energy it takes to manage them. |
3-5 | Social-Awareness | Gratitude Scoops | Students will understand that gratitude is both a feeling and an action. |
3-5 | Relationship-Skills | Relationship Skills Check-Ins (English) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
3-5 | Self-Awareness | What’s Inside? | Students will explore invisible differences and how they can influence our interactions with each other. |
3-5 | Self-Awareness | Morning Meeting Conversation Starters | Students will explore self-awareness through discussion prompts. |
3-5 | Self-Awareness | Self-Awareness Check-Ins (Spanish) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
3-5 | Self-Management | Self-Management Check-Ins (English) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
3-5 | Social-Awareness | Empathy Collage | Students will be able to identify and discuss others’ feelings. |
3-5 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Social Dilemma Decision-Making | Students will be able to practice making decisions that have positive outcomes. |
3-5 | Social-Awareness | Two Perspectives | Students will learn about identifying multiple perspectives in a situation. |
3-5 | Self-Awareness | Emotions Equations | Students will explore how are emotions are linked to our needs and actions. |
3-5 | Self-Management | Stress Management Match-Up | Students will be able to match triggers with appropriate coping strategies. |
3-5 | Relationship-Skills | Team Task Team-Building | Students will be able to listen and communicate clearly in order to work collaboratively with others. |
3-5 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Butterfly Effect | Students will learn how simple acts may lead to a variety of outcomes. |
3-5 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Morning Meeting Conversation Starters | Students will explore responsible decision-making through discussion prompts. |
3-5 | Self-Awareness | Wheel of Emotions | Students will explore the nuances of a range of emotions. |
3-5 | Self-Awareness | What Is a Growth Mindset? | Students will be able to define what a growth mindset is and learn a strategy for nurturing it. |
3-5 | Social-Awareness | Strengths in Others | Students will learn that everyone has individual strengths and reflect on strengths they admire in others. |
3-5 | Self-Management | Practicing Self-Control | Students will be able to identify some of the skills necessary for demonstrating self-control in the context of social situations. |
3-5 | Self-Management | What Can I Control? | Students will consider what they can and cannot control in their lives as a means of understanding how to manage their emotions. |
3-5 | Social-Awareness | Expectations by Environment | Students compare how behavioral expectations vary by environment. |
3-5 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Dilemma Drama | Students consider how to weigh pros and cons when making decisions. |
3-5 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Critical Thinking in Motion | Students will practice critical thinking skills. |
6-8 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Circle of Impact | Students will recognize the impact of their decisions on those around them. |
6-8 | Relationship-Skills | Peer Pressure Pivot | Students will learn about what motivates peers to engage in negative peer pressure and how to resist that pressure. |
6-8 | Social-Awareness | Gratitude Cards | Students will practice expressing gratitude toward others by recognizing their peers’ contributions to the classroom community. |
6-8 | Social-Awareness | Know Your Norms | Students will explore why norms are important for helping us navigate different situations and environments. |
6-8 | Self-Management | Motivate Me | Students will reflect about what motivates them personally. |
6-8 | Relationship-Skills | Relationship Skills Check-Ins (Spanish) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
6-8 | Self-Awareness | How Am I Feeling? | Students will learn how to identify the source of their emotions in order to plan how to manage or promote what they are feeling. |
6-8 | Self-Awareness | Stereotype or Bias? | Students learn to define and differentiate between “stereotype” and “bias.” |
6-8 | Self-Awareness | Self-Awareness Check-Ins (Spanish) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
6-8 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Let’s Get Ethical | Students will explore the role of ethics in decision-making. |
6-8 | Relationship-Skills | Relationship Skills Check-Ins (English) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
6-8 | Relationship-Skills | Four Best Qualities | Students will reflect on the qualities that support positive relationships. |
6-8 | Social-Awareness | Through Another’s Eyes | Students will learn how to define empathy. |
6-8 | Self-Management | My Future Self(ie) | Students will learn about future visioning as a valuable tool for setting and working toward personal goals. |
6-8 | Relationship-Skills | When, How, and Why To Be an Upstander | Students will learn how to assess situations when someone’s rights are being infringed upon, along with how and why to take a stand. |
6-8 | Self-Awareness | Having a Sense of Purpose | Students will explore what it means to have a sense of purpose. |
6-8 | Self-Management | Planning Ahead for Success | Students will practice planning ahead to meet their daily commitments successfully. |
6-8 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Responsible Decision-Making Check-Ins (Spanish) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
6-8 | Self-Management | Exploring Self-Advocacy | Students will understand what it means to advocate for themselves, why it is important, and how to ask for support. |
6-8 | Self-Management | Learning To Fly | Students will learn about taking responsibility for their learning and that not everyone has the same resources and advantages. |
6-8 | Self-Awareness | Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset | Students will explore mindsets and identify growth mindset strategies they can use when facing challenges. |
6-8 | Social-Awareness | Seize the Moment | Students will learn how to recognize situational demands in challenging situations so they take positive action. |
6-8 | Social-Awareness | Taps of Acknowledgment | Students will identify strengths in others as a means of building individual confidence and a sense of classroom community. |
6-8 | Relationship-Skills | Exploring Leadership Techniques | Students will understand different leadership techniques and how they apply to different situations. |
6-8 | Self-Management | Self-Regulation Strategies | Students will learn about strategies for self-regulation and impulse control. |
6-8 | Relationship-Skills | What Makes a Team Work? | Students will explore the qualities that make a team effective. |
6-8 | Relationship-Skills | Tough Conversations | Students will explore strategies for how to engage in tough conversations with their friends. |
6-8 | Social-Awareness | Whose Story Is It? | Students will learn how to have empathy and compassion by looking at events from multiple perspectives. |
6-8 | Self-Awareness | Road Mapping Your Purpose | Students will learn what it means to have a sense of purpose and the importance of planning to achieve their goals. |
6-8 | Self-Awareness | Where I'm From Poems | Students will learn to use writing as a way to reflect about themselves authentically. |
6-8 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Responding with Curiosity | Students will understand the importance of curiosity in effective decision-making. |
6-8 | Social-Awareness | Bubbling Over With Respect | Students will explore what respect and sounds like in action. |
6-8 | Self-Awareness | One Great Accomplishment | Students will reflect about an accomplishment that boosts their self- confidence. |
6-8 | Social-Awareness | Social Awareness Check-Ins (Spanish) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
6-8 | Self-Management | Stepping Up To Goal Setting | Students will explore a concrete strategy for setting and achieving attainable goals. |
6-8 | Social-Awareness | Social Norms and Injustice | Students will learn about social norms and how some relate to unjust behaviors and actions toward others. |
6-8 | Relationship-Skills | Conflict Resolution Tiles | Students will learn and practice strategies for appropriate responses to conflict. |
6-8 | Social-Awareness | Social Awareness Check-Ins (English) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
6-8 | Self-Awareness | Showcase Me | Students will explore their unique traits and qualities to reflect about who they are at this time in their lives. |
6-8 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Moral Compass | Students will understand the concept of morals and will reflect on how their morals influence important decisions they make. |
6-8 | Relationship-Skills | Looks Like, Sounds Like, Feels Like | Students will understand what respectful relationships look like, feel like, and sound like. |
6-8 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Decision Role Play | Students will explore the steps for safe, ethical decision-making. |
6-8 | Responsible-Decision-Making | One Tough Decision | Students will reflect on a past choice they made to help them think about decision-making skills. |
6-8 | Self-Management | Proactive Calendars | Students will practice proactive planning and goal-setting skills for their academic and social commitments using a calendar process. |
6-8 | Self-Awareness | Try My Shoes | Students will explore the importance of having empathy. |
6-8 | Self-Awareness | Let’s Be Honest | Students will learn about the connections between honesty and integrity and the value of both. |
6-8 | Relationship-Skills | Cultural Competency Self-Audit and Growth | Students will learn about cultural competency and create action plans for personal growth in this area. |
6-8 | Self-Awareness | Cultural Elements That Shape Us | Students will identify cultural elements that have helped to shape them and the people around them. |
6-8 | Social-Awareness | Mobilizing Gratitude | Students will expand their understanding of gratitude and its importance in our lives. |
6-8 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Evaluating the Options | Students will explore how to weigh options when making decisions. |
6-8 | Self-Management | Collective Agency Octopus Planner | Students will understand what collective agency is and how their individual choices and skills contribute to achieving group goals. |
6-8 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Managing Fight or Flight | Students will recognize how stress influences their decision-making and identify coping strategies to make more thoughtful decisions. |
6-8 | Self-Management | Bridge Between Idea and Action | Students will explore the difference between ideas and actions and learn what it takes to have initiative. |
6-8 | Responsible-Decision-Making | You Power! | Students learn about how they can have positive impacts on the communities they are part of. |
6-8 | Relationship-Skills | Communication in Many Forms | Students will explore the power of communication to be positive or negative. |
6-8 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Critical Thinking Breakdown | Students will understand that critical thinking is important inside and outside of the classroom. |
6-8 | Social-Awareness | Perspectives x 2 | Students will consider multiple perspectives in a situation. |
6-8 | Self-Awareness | Exploring Honesty and Integrity | Students will learn about the importance of honesty and integrity when faced with challenging situations. |
6-8 | Relationship-Skills | Just One Person | Students will learn about the value of relationships by reflecting about a special relationship they have with one person. |
6-8 | Relationship-Skills | Active Listening Interviews | Students understand the role active listening plays in forming and managing positive relationships. |
6-8 | Self-Awareness | Self-Awareness Check-Ins (English) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
6-8 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Responsible Decision-Making Check-Ins (English) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
6-8 | Self-Management | Circles of Control | Students will learn a strategy for evaluating and managing feelings of anxiety that arise at times in their lives. |
6-8 | Self-Management | Zones of Comfort | Students will learn to identify their “zones of comfort” to support them in taking initiative. |
6-8 | Responsible-Decision-Making | What’s Happening? | Students will learn a strategy for formulating effective questions using their curiosity. |
6-8 | Self-Awareness | Self-Perception and Actions | Students will reflect on their sense of self and how this influences their actions. |
6-8 | Social-Awareness | Empathy Toolkit | Students will learn a strategy to help them understand others’ perspectives and demonstrate empathy. |
6-8 | Relationship-Skills | That’s Upstanding! | Students learn to analyze conflicts and stand up for others’ rights. |
6-8 | Self-Management | Taming Stress | Students will learn about the importance of stress management and consider strategies they can incorporate into their own lives. |
6-8 | Social-Awareness | Considering Social Norms | Students will learn how to identify social norms and consider their positive and negative impacts. |
6-8 | Self-Management | Self-Management Check-Ins (English) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
6-8 | Social-Awareness | Understanding Terms: Bias, Prejudice, Discrimination | Students will be able to define and understand the words bias, prejudice, and discrimination. |
6-8 | Self-Management | Self-Management Check-Ins (Spanish) | A set of daily SEL check-ins |
6-8 | Responsible-Decision-Making | Assessing Media Using a Critical Lens | Students learn how to use critical thinking skills to evaluate news, entertainment, and social media. |
6-8 | Responsible-Decision-Making | THINK! About Critical Thinking | Students will learn a process for applying critical thinking skills effectively in their lives. |
High School | Relationship-Skills | Restorative Circles Introduction | Students learn about the key concepts and benefits related to restorative practices and participate in a practice circle. |
High School | Relationship-Skills | Creating Connections Circle | Students will explore the connections they have with their classmates. |
High School | Social-Awareness | Active Listening Practice | Students learn about active listening by observing participants in an interview. |
High School | Self-Awareness | Mindfulness Introduction | Students learn how to incorporate mindfulness practices into their daily lives. |
High School | Relationship-Skills | Five Steps of Conflict Resolution | Students learn and practice conflict resolution strategies to support healthy relationships. |
High School | Relationship-Skills | Purposeful Listening | Students will practice listening to others fully and with intention as a means of fostering trust and deepening relationships. |
High School | Self-Management | Building Classroom Community | Students will explore their common values and identify the norms they believe are important for their classroom community. |
High School | Self-Awareness | Who Am I? Questionnaire | Students will improve self-awareness by responding to a questionnaire about their preferences, desires, goals, and skills. |
High School | Self-Management | Recognizing and Responding to Triggers | Students will explore their triggers and build action plans for managing their emotional responses in healthy, socially adaptive ways. |
High School | Social-Awareness | Perspective-Taking Practice (Single Perspective) | In order to practice perspective-taking, students will explore brief social scenarios. |
High School | Self-Management | If I Won the Lottery | Students will imagine themselves as lottery winners to reflect on their self-management skill set. |
High School | Responsible-Decision-Making | Reflecting on Honesty and Integrity | Students reflect on the concepts of trustworthiness, integrity, and honesty to develop a deeper understanding of responsible decision-making. |
High School | Relationship-Skills | Community Circle Work | Students will be led through a circle discussion aimed at building relationships within their classroom community. |
High School | Self-Awareness | Goal-Setting SMARTs | Students will practice goal-setting and long-term planning as helpful vehicles for understanding their aspirations and ambitions. |
High School | Relationship-Skills | Avoiding Toxic Relationships | Students will reflect on the positive attributes and traits they expect from themselves and others in their healthy relationships. |
High School | Self-Management | 5-to-1 Grounding | In an educator-guided process, students explore an emotional regulation technique. |
High School | Relationship-Skills | Support Flowchart | Students will create flowcharts of adults in their lives who can help them work through challenges or adversity. |
High School | Social-Awareness | Recognizing Others’ Strengths | Students will develop their social awareness skills by recognizing and expressing their peers’ abilities and attributes. |
High School | Social-Awareness | Reflection Empathy Wheel | Students will reflect on a personal experience as means of strengthening their empathy skills. |
High School | Self-Awareness | Social Media and Self-Awareness | Students will consider the relationship between authentic self-awareness and self-portrayal on social media. |
High School | Relationship-Skills | Conflict Resolution Skits | Students will practice conflict resolution skills in low-stakes, socially supportive settings that allow for productive, meaningful feedback. |
High School | Self-Management | Get a GRIPP | Students explore goal-setting and action planning as strategies to develop and enhance self-management skills and self-control. |
High School | Responsible-Decision-Making | Resisting Social Media Pressure | Students learn strategies for resisting negative social media peer pressure. |
High School | Social-Awareness | Social Media and Social Awareness | Students will explore the benefits and drawbacks of social media environments as opportunities to broaden or disrupt their social awareness. |
High School | Social-Awareness | Decoding Nonverbal Cues | Students learn about the role nonverbal communication plays in social awareness and the development of healthy relationships. |
High School | Self-Awareness | Self-Awareness Role-Playing | Students learn about and hone traits, characteristics, and skills associated with self-awareness. |
High School | Relationship-Skills | Understanding Communication Patterns | Students will work to define four patterns of interpersonal interactions and reflect on how these approaches inform relationship-building. |
High School | Responsible-Decision-Making | Cost/Benefit Analysis | Students will evaluate real-life scenarios and use a cost/benefit analysis process to evaluate solutions. |
High School | Self-Awareness | Advice for Yourself | Students will reflect on past decisions as a means of developing self-awareness and skills around future-thinking and planning. |
High School | Self-Management | Managing Stressful Situations | Students will reflect on personally stressful situations and strategize options for managing their stress effectively. |
High School | Responsible-Decision-Making | Thinking Beyond Yourself | Using a reflection exercise, students develop healthy and adaptive decision-making skills and reinforce social awareness and relationship skills. |
High School | Self-Management | Eisenhower Matrix: A Tool for Prioritizing | Students learn about and practice using a tool for organizing and managing tasks and responsibilities in their lives. |
High School | Social-Awareness | Listening to Understand Relay | To practice active listening as an important element of social awareness, students will participate in a storytelling activity. |
High School | Social-Awareness | Gratitude Messages | Students will reflect on the impacts others have had on their lives and create messages to express their gratitude to those people directly. |
High School | Responsible-Decision-Making | How Would You Handle It? | Students explore different scenarios to practice decision-making skills. |
High School | Self-Awareness | Personal Strengths Inventory | Students explore how self-awareness influences their ability to work collaboratively with others, adapt to challenges, and set and achieve goals. |
High School | Self-Awareness | Personal Values Reflection | Students will identify their some of their personal values and reflect on how these values act as guiding factors in their lives. |
High School | Responsible-Decision-Making | Proactive Decision-Making PLANS | Students practice proactive decision-making for a decision they anticipate. |
High School | Responsible-Decision-Making | Linking Emotions to Actions | Students explore how their emotions influenced their behavioral choices and decisions in various life events. |
High School | Responsible-Decision-Making | Personal Goal Planner | Students will explore a strategy for managing their decision-making, reducing stress, and easing feelings of being overwhelmed. |
High School | Responsible-Decision-Making | Moral and Ethical Dilemmas | Students will engage in critical thinking drills that will help develop their moral and ethical compasses. |
High School | Self-Awareness | STEAM-Powered Reflection | Students will use mindfulness strategies to reflect on the connection(s) among their thoughts, emotions, and actions. |
High School | Social-Awareness | Perspective-Taking Practice (Multiple Perspectives) | Students will read brief scenarios and interpret multiple viewpoints. |
High School | Self-Management | Daily Emotion Planners | Students strengthen emotional regulation skills using proactive planning. |
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Easy-to-Navigate
Online Portal
Our user-friendly online portal offers educators seamless access to curriculum resources from anywhere. Whether in the classroom, at home, or on the go, educators can effortlessly curate content that aligns with their teaching approach, ensuring that they can cater to their students’ needs. Access a wide range of curricular resources, family support materials, implementation guides, and more.

Standards-Aligned Curriculum
Our content is meticulously crafted to align with the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) competencies for SEL. Our commitment to adhering to these standards reflects our dedication to providing high-quality, impactful educational resources that promote social and emotional growth in students.

Expert-Crafted
Content
Our curriculum is thoughtfully curated by experts. We offer a wide range of lesson plans, reading materials, video resources, discussion prompts, and assessments to provide educators with the necessary resources for effective teaching across various age groups and subjects. Our team of professionals continually refine and tailor the content to remain at the forefront of educational best practices.

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Flexible for Diverse Teaching Styles
Designed for educators by educators, our customizable curriculum contains a pre-curated library of learning resources that provide educators with the flexibility and autonomy they need to address the specific needs of their students. Whether you prefer a project-based learning environment or small group activities, our content can be tailored to suit your instructional preferences.

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By allowing the curriculum to be assembled based on student needs, we empower educators to create a truly student-centered learning experience. This approach not only meets students where they are but also nurtures their social and emotional development. As a result, students are more engaged, motivated, and empowered to succeed in and out of the classroom.
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Assessments
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