Educators » Middle School » Self-Awareness Print Self-Awareness Family Resources on Working Memory: Three-Letter WordsProject and Purpose Working in pairs, students listen to a list and rearrange letters into words to practice using their working memory Essential Questions Why should we build our working memory skills? Share this Link BackgroundOpen/Download Parent Conversation Starter.pdf If this [...]
Educators » Middle School » Self-Awareness Print Self-Awareness Family Resources on Calming DownProject and Purpose Students practice exercises for calming down and apply them to situations they have experienced. Essential Questions Why is it important to practice calming down? Share this Link BackgroundOpen/Download Parent Conversation Starter.pdf If this lesson was used in the classroom: Students [...]
Educators » Middle School » Social Awareness Print Social Awareness Family Resources on Advice Column, Part 2Project and Purpose Students assume the role of advice columnists and write a response to a letter seeking advice. Essential Questions How is writing an advice column response an exercise in empathy? Note: This is part 2 of a two-part [...]
Educators » Middle School » Responsible Decision-Making Print Responsible Decision-Making Family Resources on Stop Before You SendProject and Purpose Students will review and discuss the importance of proof-reading email and social media posts before sending or posting. Essential Questions Why is it important to slow down the pace of online e-mail communication? Share this Link [...]
Educators » Middle School » Social Awareness Print Social Awareness Family Resources on Advice Column, Part 1Project and Purpose Students analyze advice column letters and advice responses as basis for writing their own letters. They will then select a letter that is not their own and write an advice response. Essential Questions What is the [...]
Educators » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on When I Feel I Need Part 3Project and Purpose Establishing and nurturing intimate and essential communication in core relationships. Essential Questions How does a “When… I Feel… I Need” statement help us communicate with someone we are close to? Share this Link [...]
Educators » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on When I Feel I Need Part 2Project and Purpose Students practice using “When…I feel…I need” statements to communicate their emotions and desires. Essential Questions How does a “When…I feel…I need…” statement help us communicate better and avoid a tense situation? Share this [...]
Educators » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on When I Feel I Need Part 1Project and Purpose Students work in teams to create A-Z charts of vocabulary to express emotions. Essential Questions How does having the right vocabulary to name our emotions help us communicate better? Note: This is part [...]
Educators » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on Listening and Me, Part 2Project and Purpose Students identify good listening skills and create and analyze scenarios that illustrate good and poor listening skills Essential Questions How can we improve our listening skills in close relationships? Share this Link BackgroundOpen/Download Parent Conversation [...]
Educators » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on Listening and Me, Part 1Project and Purpose Students identify good listening skills and create and analyze scenarios that illustrate good and poor listening skills. Essential Questions How can we improve our listening skills? Share this Link BackgroundOpen/Download Parent Conversation Starter.pdf If this [...]
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