2nd Grade Character Education Google Apps

SEL Journal Prompts for the School Year

Introducing "SEL Journal Prompts for the School Year" – a comprehensive and empowering resource designed for elementary school teachers (grades 2-5) to nurture students' social-emotional learning. Available in print and digital resources and ligned with the CASEL 5 Social Emotional Competencies, this product provides over 30 thoughtfully crafted prompts for each month (over 350 total writing prompts!), ensuring your students have the tools to thrive emotionally and academically throughout the school year.

Key Features:

• Google Slides version for whole-class projection, fostering engagement and classroom discussion.
• Google Slides version for individual student assignments, promoting digital literacy and self-reflection.
• Printable PDF version for hands-on learning, encouraging written expression and creative exploration.
• Over 350 thoughtfully designed prompts aligned with CASEL 5 competencies, facilitating emotional growth and resilience.

Comprehensive Prompts Aligned with CASEL 5 Competencies

Cultivate emotional growth and resilience with our meticulously crafted journal prompts. Each prompt is carefully aligned with the CASEL 5 competencies, addressing key aspects of social-emotional learning throughout the school year. By exploring themes such as gratitude, self-awareness, empathy, and resilience, your students will develop vital skills to navigate their emotions and foster a positive mindset.

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Back-to-School Character-Building Bulletin Board BUNDLE: Friendship, Kindness, & Gratitude Character Education Posters and Activities for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Grade

This bundle includes THREE bulletin board poster sets.

FRIENDSHIP BULLETIN BOARD:

This FRIENDSHIP bulletin board and activities product is perfect for any time of year! It was created for 3rd grade and above (NOTE: the bulletin board can be used in lower grades, but verbiage and vocabulary on the printables are more appropriate for students in 3rd grade and above).

• Use this friendship display on a bulletin board, classroom display, counseling office, or common area in your school.
• There are two choices for each letter in FRIENDSHIP. Review the choices and print the words that will work the best with your class. You can also choose to use the word FRIEND or FRIENDS in lieu of using FRIENDSHIP (perhaps your bulletin board space is limited, for example).
• The size of the letters for the bulletin board (GOOD FRIENDS ARE…) might be too large. You can adjust the size of them when you print. The letters on the image of this product (found on the cover) are printed at 65%.
• You will find a printable for each word choice (20 pages). You will likely only use the worksheets that correspond to the words you chose for your bulletin board or display.
• PLEASE BE AWARE that you may have students who don’t feel like they have friends. Always give your class the option to write about a family member, community member, pet, or other public figure (or someone they’d like to be their friend). If you are able to observe students while they complete the activities, it’s important to keep an eye out for students who appear uncomfortable or upset. Supporting these students might involve talking with them privately or deliberately planning subsequent activities where they can connect and interact with students.

12 DAYS OF KINDNESS BULLETIN BOARD:

This 12 Days of Kindness activity is perfect for any time of year but is particularly timely for Thanksgiving in November, any December holiday, or in February for Valentine's Day. It can be used for any grade level.

• Use these posters on a bulletin board, classroom display, counseling office, or common area in your school.
• Each student should complete four acts of kindness in each of the three categories during the course of 12 days OR you can simply use the letters that say “KINDNESS CHALLENGE” and ask students to complete as many acts of kindness as they possibly can.
• There is a page that students can use to track their progress towards 12 acts of kindness. Each column should have four ripped off papers from the kindness posters when the student has completed their 12 acts of kindness challenge. You may choose NOT to use this tracker if you want students to complete more than 12 acts of kindness.
• Many of these activities will need to be completed outside of school. This is PERFECT for homework in the month of December for the holidays or in February around Valentine’s Day. Class time can be used for discussing the acts of kindness and processing their feelings and experiences as they face and complete each act of kindness.
• Offer additional copies of the 12 Days of Kindness if students choose to go above and beyond the 12 days.
• It is best for students to rip ONE ACT OF KINDNESS AT A TIME (one for each of the 12 days). There are TEN acts of kindness per category (kindness to self, kindness to others, and kindness to earth) for a total of 30 acts of kindness.
• If students ALREADY engage in an activity or suggestion, encourage them to find something different. For example, you may have students who already use reusable water bottles every single day. They would naturally need to choose a different act of kindness in that category. The idea is to challenge themselves to do something new.
• Please note that you can CHOOSE THE TITLE for your bulletin board! Here are the choices included:
  • 12 DAYS OF KINDNESS
  • KINDNESS CHALLENGE
  • 12 DAYS OF KINDNESS CHALLENGE

GRATITUDE CHALLENGE BULLETIN BOARD:

This gratitude challenge activity is perfect for any time of year, but is particularly timely for Thanksgiving in November and/or any December holiday. It can be used for any grade level.

Research shows that expressing gratitude has a positive effect on mood, peer relationships, and an overall higher quality of life. Gratitude ignites the parasympathetic nervous system, which leads to feelings of calmness. Expressing gratitude releases dopamine and serotonin, which also results in a more pleasurable state of mind.

This file contains bulletin board letters that spell "GRATITUDE CHALLENGE" as well as letter to spell "RIP-N-RECOGNIZE" (these are optional for the bulletin board), 20 RIP-N-RECOGNIZE Gratitude Challenge posters in full color and black and white, teacher tips, a gratitude challenge points page, and letter writing templates.

• Use these posters on a bulletin board, classroom display, counseling office, or common area in your school.
• Set a goal for students to reach, but issue a “challenge” for students to go above and beyond the recommended goal. Each challenge (poster) is worth TWO points. Students get one point for writing the letter and an additional point for sending or delivering the letter/note. Some posters DO REQUIRE students to research an address. NOTE: The second point on any given challenge CANNOT be earned until the letter is dropped off at the post office or delivered in person.
• You will find a challenge sheet for students to keep track of their points. You can structure the challenge in whatever way works best for your class. You can ask students to RIP-N-RECOGNIZE as an early finisher activity, a bell ringer activity, for a gratitude exercise in Social Studies, or as a writing activity during your ELA block.
• You may choose NOT to use the points as an incentive and instead teach students that expressing gratitude is an inherently rewarding experience all by itself.
• Each challenge sheet has enough space for 5 challenges. Simply offer copies of the same sheet for students who complete more than 5 letters/notes.
• It is best for students to rip ONE CHALLENGE AT A TIME. Their next challenge can’t be “ripped” until they finish the first challenge they chose. This will eliminate issues with students ripping too many challenges at a time, losing the little ripped notes, and “biting off more than they can chew”.
• There are 20 challenge options for students. Some challenges might not work for some students. Honor and respect a student’s choice NOT to do challenges that don’t work for their life circumstances. For example, you might have students who don’t know any other family members outside their immediate home, students who are in a foster situation, or students who are homeless. Requiring students to complete ALL the challenges will surely put some students in a vulnerable position and that is not the goal of this activity.

NOTE: THESE FILES INCLUDE A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

These products include a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

Social-Emotional Learning Activities BUNDLE: Self-Regulation, Cool Down Corner, and Self-Care for 1st and 2nd grade

This social-emotional activities bundle includes THREE corners to help your students with self-regulation, self-esteem, and relationship-building for PRIMARY GRADES.

If you're looking for the bundle for upper elementary, please click HERE: SEL Corner Activities BUNDLE for Upper Elementary

You will find a conflict resolution corner, 2 choices for a calm down corner (one file includes people clip art and the other file includes dot dudes clip art), and a self-care corner.

***NOTE: THIS BUNDLE IS MORE DISCOUNTED BECAUSE YOU WILL LIKELY ONLY USE ONE OF THE TWO COOL-DOWN CORNERS.

The descriptions are as follows:

CONFLICT RESOLUTION CORNER:

Social-emotional learning has never been more important!  This conflict resolution corner outlines STEP-BY-STEP instructions for helping students to solve conflicts with one another.  This file was created for 1st and 2nd-grade students. If you'd like to take at the upper elementary file, you can find it here: Conflict Resolution Corner for Upper Grades

Don't have a corner or bulletin board space?  That's okay!  You will also find smaller versions of the step-by-step posters that students can glue into a notebook.

Are your students learning online?  No worries!  We've got you covered with a digital version in Google Forms.  Students will be taken through a series of questions to help them resolve the conflict.

This social-emotional learning file includes the following:

• an image of a sample conflict resolution corner already set up
• letters for the title of the corner (Conflict Resolution Corner...)
• title poster (Identify Conflict: What is my conflict?)
• 8 posters listing the steps of resolving a conflict
• 4 reference pages for the corner (tips, feelings chart, asking for help, possible solutions)
• small versions of every poster/card
• black-and-white versions of every page

This file was created for students in 1st and 2nd-grade but would work just fine in a 3rd or 4th-grade classroom as well.  Using it with younger kids would require a great deal of support (the vocabulary used in the resource is above a primary level).

COOL DOWN CORNER (this bundle includes TWO options for this file):

This cool-down corner was designed to help students regulate their emotions.  Teaching students to be more mindful and to develop self-control has never been more important.

You will find everything you need to create a safe space for students to decompress and calm down in a comfortable, supportive setting.

PLEASE NOTE: You have access to TWO FILES for a calm down corner. One file shows dot dudes clip art and the other file shows kid clip art. Simply choose ONE of the files!

This file includes:

• a quick and handy one-page guide with steps to follow to cool down
• a cool down recording sheet to reflect on shifts in mood and emotion
• half-size poster sheets with step-by-step instructions for calming down
• feelings poster
• feelings cards (bind them with a binder ring, if you choose)
• cool down strategies poster
• 15 individual posters for cool down strategies
• card sized cool down strategies (use a binder ring, if you choose)
• yoga cards with poses
• cool down affirmations (1 page)
• cool down printable resources (that coincide with a few of the strategies posters)
• black and white versions of all pages

SELF-CARE CORNER:

This self-care corner was created to help students navigate their self-esteem and self-image. Students will learn how to take care of themselves and make healthy choices. If there was ever a need for this type of activity, it is NOW!

You will find everything you need to create a safe space for students to work on self-care.

This file includes:

• a self-care corner sample image

• teacher reference pages outlining each poster

• bulletin board letters (Self-Care Corner...)

• 10 posters for the self-care corner that outline an activity for students

• 16 speech bubbles with positive affirmations that you can place around a mirror

• 10 printable worksheets that coincide with the 10 posters

• black-and-white versions of the posters

• digital instructions and link for Google Slides

You may also be interested in these corners:

• Conflict Resolution Corner for Upper Elementary
• Calm Down Corner for Upper Elementary (Dot Dudes Clipart)
• Calm Down Corner for Upper Elementary (People Clipart)
• Self-Care Corner for Upper Elementary

Thank you for taking the time to check out this self-care activities file. Please direct questions to me before purchasing this product.

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GROWTH MINDSET AFFIRMATIONS

Need growth mindset bell ringers? Choose your grade here:

GROWTH MINDSET ACTIVITIES: Daily Warm-Ups for Kinder-1st Grade

GROWTH MINDSET ACTIVITIES: Daily Warm-Ups for 2ND-3RD Grade

GROWTH MINDSET ACTIVITIES: Daily Warm-Ups for 4th Grade and Up

All the files in this growth mindset literature unit bundle now include digital distance learning options in Google Slides™. Please refer to the final 7 pages of each file for the links and instructions.

These Growth Mindset Literature Units include these titles:

• We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio
• Bubble Gum Brain by Julia Cook
• Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall

Please see the following information and links to each individual product:

We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio

We're All Wonders contains powerful messages for elementary students. This product was created for 2nd-4th graders (though you can modify it to use with grade levels outside this range).

This product includes:

• teacher tips
• journal prompts
• no prep worksheets
• a newspaper template
• a craftivity
• vocabulary for discussion
• a mini-booklet with sentence starters on each of 8 pages (half-sheets)
• compare and contrast
• a quote poster
• discussion activities

These activities are sure to get your students thinking about how they can make this world a better place, one wonder at a time!

Bubble Gum Brain by Julia Cook

This new picture book by Julia Cook is a winner for any classroom teacher that is trying to instill perseverance and growth mindset in their students. Though the book itself is appropriate for any elementary classroom, this literature companion was created for 2nd-4th graders in mind. If you teach a grade level above or below that, please check the preview and thumbnails prior to purchasing (or contact me with questions).

This literature unit for Bubble Gum Brain includes the following:

• Teacher Tips
• Bubble Gum Brain - Brick Brain printable
• 2 writing prompts
• Reframing brick brain comments
• A newspaper template
• Quote banner templates (5 quotes with corresponding writing pages to be printed front-to-back or on separate sheets)
• A hot air balloon craftivity

Many of the components are pictured in the thumbnails and/or preview.

Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall:

The activities in the literature companion focus more on the concepts presented in the story and less on the content (although there are comprehension questions included in list form as well as task card form).

This file includes:

• 6 vocabulary cards
• 14 discussion question task cards and optional answer sheets
• When I feel nervous... brainstorm
• Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset
• Newspaper Template
• The Power of Yet
• Idioms anchor chart and printable
• Similes and Metaphors anchor chart and printable
• Bookmarks
• Making Inferences anchor charts
• Making Inferences printable and answer key

You will also find several pages of information and anchor charts related to figurative language (idioms, similes, and metaphors).

Please check out the preview for Jabari Jumps prior to purchasing and let me know if you have any questions!

These activities are perfect for teachers or counselors who are helping students develop a growth mindset and understand that it's normal to have fears and anxieties. Please let me know if you have questions prior to purchasing this literature unit.

NOTE: THESE FILES NOW INCLUDE A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

As of 8/26/20, these products include a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

Technology Requirements:

• A Google Drive account
• If sharing with students, a Drive account that is linked to student Google accounts
• Can be shared/delivered on Google Classroom
• Only need access to Google Drive--no outside links to worry about!

These file can be used with iPads, chrome books, laptops, and desktops as long as your students have access to Google Drive or Classroom on a device. The digital portion of this product is on Google Slides™.

Looking for other Growth Mindset Literature Units?:

GROWTH MINDSET PICTURE BOOK BUNDLE #1

ALL the GROWTH MINDSET LITERATURE UNITS

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Kirsten Tulsian has 18 years of experience in elementary education. She has been a homeroom teacher for first grade, third grade, and fourth grade, as well as ESL. She has also been a school counselor for grades PK-6, an ESL pullout teacher for K-6, and a Reading Recovery Teacher. She received her Bachelor’s degree in elementary education and psychology from The University of Iowa and a Master’s of Education in school counseling from Sam Houston State University. She believes that students make the most progress when they are engaged in their hearts as well as their minds. Her resources offer relevant, rigorous, engaging content that nurtures the whole child.

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Motivational Testing Notes for Students Using POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS: Motivational Coloring Page and Notes DURING STATE TESTING WEEK

Motivational Testing Notes for Students: State Testing Encouragement BUNDLE

Test-Taking Encouragement can be fun and rewarding for your students!

This money-saving bundle includes THREE testing motivation products for students in any grade level:

• TEST-TAKING ENCOURAGEMENT: Sticky Notes
• TEST-TAKING ENCOURAGEMENT: Bookmarks
• TEST-TAKING ENCOURAGEMENT: Coloring Pages with Affirmations

Please refer to the following descriptions for more information about each product:

Sticky Notes for Test-Taking Encouragement with an Emoji Theme!

Do you want to encourage your students during test-taking time? Are you seeking unique ways to boost your student's motivation and self-esteem? These encouraging messages can be used during any time of year with any grade level to inspire your students to do their best on high-stakes (or low-stakes) testing.

Once you read the printing instructions, these 66 encouraging sticky note messages are easy to prepare and can be used in a variety of ways. Teachers can place them around the classroom, surprise them by putting them on student's desks, stick them to walls and/or mirrors throughout the school, arm parents with them to display at home, or allow students to choose which messages they need most to be successful on testing.

Bookmarks for Test-Taking Encouragement!

Do you want to encourage your students during test-taking time? Are you seeking unique ways to boost your student's motivation and self-esteem? These encouraging messages can be used during any time of year with any grade level to inspire your students to do their best on high-stakes (or low-stakes) testing.

There are over 60 encouraging bookmark messages that are easy to prepare and can be used in various ways. Teachers can surprise students by putting them on students' desks, in their lockers/backpacks/books, or arm parents with them to use at home, or allow students to choose which messages they need most to be successful on testing.

Coloring Pages for Test-Taking Encouragement!

Do you want to encourage your students during test-taking time? Are you seeking unique ways to boost your student's motivation and self-esteem? These encouraging positive affirmation messages can be used at any grade level any time of yearto inspire your students to do their best on high-stakes (or low-stakes) testing.

Over 30 encouraging coloring pagesare easy to prepare and can be used in various ways. Teachers can allow students to use these during lessons on mindfulness, as they finish their testing sessions, or as a break from practice or test review. Allow students to choose which messages they need most to be successful in testing.

You may also be interested in these Language Arts products:

• GROWTH MINDSET ACTIVITIES
• LITERATURE UNITS
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PRODUCTS
• CHARACTER TRAITS PRODUCTS
• VOCABULARY PRODUCTS

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PRODUCT IS INCLUDED IN A MONEY-SAVING BUNDLE HERE:

• STICKY NOTES MESSAGES AND QUOTES BUNDLE FOR UPPER GRADES

This Back to School Read Alouds Picture Books and activity BUNDLE packet is perfect for your 1st, 3rd, or 2nd grade first Week of School. It has plenty of Community Building and Getting to Know You Activites to go along with the books.

This book bundle is perfect for the beginning of the school year as you establish the classroom climate and behavior expectations for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade.

Check these individual links for specifics on each product:

• BUCKET FILLERS POSTERS AND ACTIVITIES
• THE INVISIBLE BOY LITERATURE UNIT
• THE NAME JAR

Back to School BUNDLE:

BUCKET FILLER POSTERS, CARDS, AND ACTIVITIES:

Do you talk with your students about filling buckets and dipping in buckets? Teach your students about bucket filling with these posters, trading cards, and no prep printable activities.

This easy-to-use, no-prep, printable product incorporates the concept of filling buckets and makes it an easy to grasp the concept.

This file includes the following:

• 18 full-color posters (also in black and white)
• the same posters in smaller trading card sizes (also in full color and black and white) bucket filler certificates (also in black and white)
• 6 printable worksheets

The full-color posters are PERFECT for a back-to-school or a behavior expectation bulletin board! They are also useful when reading any of the bucket-filling books to your students.

The Invisible Boy Activities:

The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig is a sweet story about a boy who feels invisible. With the help of a new student and his own courage, The Invisible Boy develops friendships and connections with his classmates.

The Invisible Boy Literature Unit is Common Core aligned and includes these easy to use concepts and activities:

• read aloud activity and discussion questions (also printed on task cards to create an option for a writing center or small group work)
• who/what/when/where/why
• vocabulary (an answer key is included for the vocabulary)
• brainstorming on a web
• various writing exercises/prompts
• letter writing
• an exercise in empathy
• author's purpose

All activities are tied directly to The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig.

The Name Jar Activities:

The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi is a perfect picture book for back to school because it helps establish a positive and inclusive classroom climate from the start. This easy-to-use literature companion is common core aligned for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade.

This file includes the following no prep, printable activities related to these topics:

• two pages of discussion questions (15 questions total) from The Name Jar
• discussion questions on task cards (2 questions per page)
• first, next, then, and last for The Name Jar
• who, what, when, where, why, how
• vocabulary words (taken from text in The Name Jar)
• sequencing (with an answer key)
• compare and contrast
• fact or opinion
• "New Students Should Know...."
• "My Name"
• "My Nicknames"
• "Three Truths and a Fib"
• friendly letters
• graphic organizer
• creating a word find
• name acrostic
• "Decorate Your Name"

Please reach out if you have any questions!