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This mental health curriculum includes suggested activities and tips to support mental health education and instruction for students in 5th through 8th Grade. Depending on students ability levels, this product could be used in 4th and 9th grade as well.

What's in this product:

Mental Health Promoting Self Care and Strength Notes - This product includes a 2 page teacher guide with tips and tricks when teaching self-management - promoting self-care for mental health and overall well being, an activity that relates with self-management, and a 12 page teacher guide with tips and tricks when teaching resiliency - students will learn from adversity and become a stronger, wiser person. Students will learn about overcoming problems that have helped them to become stronger, sometimes when we have problems we get pushed down and there are different choices we can make. Those choices are reviewed in this product. Students will discuss the importance of learning life lessons, positive feedback, poor habits, and good habits. They will learn the importance of being open-minded and how being open-minded leads to change, growth, and new possibilities. Students are also presented with different words that will help them to remember to have an open mind. Students will learn how to express positive feelings about themselves to help build self-esteem, strengthen their own identity, appreciate positive traits about their peers, and practice appropriate use of social media and mobile technology tools. Students will be presented with a real-life situation about how one woman defined herself and found happiness, they will discuss this individuals feels, how positive traits inspired her, and how she built up her self esteem. Students will discuss positive and neutral character traits, they will identify unique character traits about themselves and discuss them further and how these positive traits promote their overall well being.

Understanding Emotions - In this product, students will discuss what to ask for help for oneself and others. Students will identify and express a variety of feelings, common emotions that students feel, compare their emotions to a roller coaster ride and why that may happen, examples of emotional highs and emotional lows, when we feel emotional highs and lows, we may feel more pressure, and as students grow and develop – they need to deal with pressure. When students feel pressured, they can read the list of healthful ways to handle pressure, the list of feelings that it is okay to feel, what it is never okay to do, feelings and their definitions are included: embarrassment, depression, awkwardness, isolation, confusion, disappointment, hopefulness, optimism, happiness, and excitement. The importance of controlling emotions, suggestions for handling emotions are provided, mood swings, feeling pressure, and irritability are discussed. Students will be presented with different situations where they are required to identify the feeling, helpful ways to deal with the feeling, and harmful ways to deal with the feeling. Transition from elementary to middle school and adolescence are discussed and reviewed. Better techniques that can be used to form healthful relations are taught. Gossiping and annoying behaviors are reviewed and why they are frowned upon is included in this product. Students will also identify emotions, have students describe their own feelings and act out emotions. 10 emotion scenarios are provided for students to identify how students would feel if they were in that situation, students will track their emotions in a 7 day journal that is provided in this packet, coping skills are discussed and how they help us handle emotions in productive and positive ways, so our actions match our behavior, a list of poor coping skills is included along with healthy coping skills. Comprehension questions are asked throughout this product for students. They can be answered individually or as a group and can also be used as a group discussion. A teacher’s guide along with tips and activities is included with this product.

Social Communication Skills Adapted Notes and Review - In this product, students will begin to understand what words mean to others, get students to learn to actively listen to someone telling them information or telling them to complete a task, get students to verbalize more clearly, and get students to effectively communicate. Students will work with a partner by following their partners directions, and after the activity, students will evaluate the easiest part of the activity, hardest part of the activity, and answering the question why communication is important when verbalizing or interacting with others, students will read communication starters using facial expression, intonation, and tone of voice, the importance of using facial expression, intonation, and tone of voice are discussed in depth when having a conversation with others, Examples of different tones of voice are included in this product. Students will practice saying an expression a few different ways so they can understand how tone of voice is important, when we are frustrated or annoyed about something our tone of voice changes as does our intonation and facial expression, therefore, alternative strategies students can implement in their day to day routine are provided for when they feel frustrated, and when talking to others, students will learn that by listening to their conversation partner that they will understand how they are feeling based on their facial expressions, intonation, and tone of voice.

Emotional Awareness - In this product, students will identify how powerful positive and negative words are and for students to build empathy. Students will talk about words and actions that can hurt someone's heart/feelings. Students will learn the power of words and how they impact others, students will discuss the meanings of words: bullying, cattiness, discrimination, gossiping, self-esteem, and teasing, a list of hurtful words and actions, and helpful words and actions are provided, and students will be required to add onto all of these lists, students will talk about the effects of hurtful words on the heart, when students are frustrated what they can do to feel better, and how to better handle situations in the future when someone uses a hurtful word or you go to use a hurtful word.

Forgiveness Activities - In this product, students will learn what forgiveness is, to understand what forgiveness looks like, to discuss what forgiveness means, discuss the benefits of forgiveness, and to strategize how to practice forgiveness. Students will talk about what forgiveness means and how forgiveness means letting go of anger or resentment, Elizabeth Eckford and Tariq Khamisa are discussed in this product and what happened to them, how forgiveness was important in their situations, how forgiveness is important in these situations. Comprehension questions are asked that relate with Elizabeth and Tariq's situations and how students would handle forgiveness in these situations. Students will learn when they may want to forgive someone, when you may want someone to forgive you, and who you are hurting if you don't forgive someone. Students will learn that forgiveness requires compassion, empathy, and courage, it takes time and that is okay. Students will learn what to say to someone when they forgive them, how to show someone that you forgive them, and how you can ask forgiveness.

Gratitude Activity – Students will complete a gratitude scavenger hunt, where will they look for things in their environment that they are grateful for and students will answer questions about what they are grateful for such as something that they are thankful for that shows a vibrant color, something that makes them feel strong, something that they recently learned/discovered, etc.

Feelings and Mental Health Activities and Tips - In this product, students will learn to ask for help for self and others, students will use their imagination and visualization to release bad feelings, recognize when a situation needs help, students will identify the adults in school to ask for help from, identify the adults out of school to ask for help from, understand what trusting a person means, students will learn how we are all connected, learn what it means to work as a team, learn about different forms of communication, and practice different forms of communication. Students will talk about stuck feelings and how they get stuck, because you don't know that they are there, or you don't know how to let them go, a story about stuck feelings will be presented to students, and they will be required to answer questions about how they would best solve the problem if they were in the characters shoes, students will talk about pulling out their feelings, sending them away, and letting them go, students will focus on one uncomfortable feeling and will discuss where they can send it to let it go, so it doesn't return, students will talk about what they can do when they feel an unpleasant feeling, they will work on a feelings survival kit that will help them handle a situation in the future where they feel unpleasant feelings, students will discuss the definition of trust and who they can trust to help them when they are feeling unpleasant feelings, they will complete activities such as a buddy walk, trust fall, and trust drawing to help build trust, and students will complete a human knot and will work together with their peers to get out of the knot. Upon completing the human knot, students will complete the journal questions that are included in this product. Students will talk about the importance of communication and how we effectively communicate with others both verbally and nonverbally. Students will play the games telephone, charades, and hello with partners/groups and will reflect on their communication skills in the journal included in this product.

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Mental Health Curriculum 5th – 8th Grade Bundle

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Individual Products:

Mental Health Promoting Self Care and Strength Adapted Notes

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Mental-Health-Promoting-Self-Care-and-Strength-Notes-and-Activities-9662166

Understanding Emotions Activities:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Understanding-Emotions-Activities-9684291

Social Communication Skills Notes and Review:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Social-Communication-Skills-Notes-and-Review-9700711

Emotional Awareness:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Emotional-Awareness-9711191

Forgiveness Activities:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Forgiveness-Activities-9753807

Gratitude Activities:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Gratitude-Activities-9753926

Feelings and Mental Health Activities and Tips:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Feelings-and-Mental-Health-Activities-and-Tips-9766418

This product focuses on the following areas:

This mental health curriculum includes suggested activities and tips to support mental health education and instruction for students in 8th through 12th Grade. Depending on students ability levels, this product could be used in 6th and 7th grade as well.

What's in this product:

Positive Self Talk - This product includes a brief teacher guide that discusses the importance of promoting self-care for mental health and overall well-being, suggestions are provided for short mindfulness exercises for teenagers, emotional responses to various situations that may arise - both positive self-talk and negative self-talk, the importance of being unable to change the situation, but changing the way we think about something and how we feel and act, students will take time to reflect on a time they felt upset about something and what happened when they used both negative and positive-self talk, the importance of our mental health, mood, and motivation are shared, examining unhealthy thinking styles, and recognizing negative-self talk in given situations that relate with jumping to conclusions, personalization, catastrophizing, shoulding, overgeneralization, labelling, emotional reasoning, magnification and minimization (the definition of each is provided along with examples). Students will then write down ways that they would challenge and change their negative self-talk in order for it to become positive self-talk to help improve mental health, mood, and motivation.
Resiliency Activities - This product emphasizes resiliency and how it is important for students to learn from adversity and become a stronger, wiser person and recover quickly from challenges, 7 activities that can be carried out with small groups or the entire class are included in this product - these 7 activities include a teacher's guide, tips, and templates (as required are included) to go along with the teacher's guide are also included in this product. Feelings are also discussed in this product. a feelings journal template is included in this product that allows students to document how they are feeling regarding each prompt that is asked each day. A blank template is also included in this packet if you want students to complete a free-write journal entry each day.

Communication Styles Adapted Notes and Review - This product provides students with skills to support effective communication skills, explore the importance of both verbal and nonverbal communication skills, identify the principles of effective communication, and learn the difference between the 4 communication styles - passive, passive aggressive, aggressive, and assertive. Students will answer short answer comprehension questions that compare the 4 communication styles. Students will learn about passive, passive aggressive, aggressive, and assertive communication, what each communicate style entails, how they differ from each other, what passive, passive aggressive, aggressive, and assertive communicators will do (body language, facial expression, etc.), the impact of each communication style in individuals is reviewed, what each communicator may believe and say to others, and tips on how to communicate with individuals who use the 4 kinds of communication styles to communicate.

Emotional Awareness - In this product, students will identify how powerful positive and negative words are and for students to build empathy. Students will talk about words and actions that can hurt someone's heart/feelings. Students will learn the power of words and how they impact others, students will discuss the meanings of words: bullying, cattiness, discrimination, gossiping, self-esteem, and teasing, a list of hurtful words and actions, and helpful words and actions are provided, and students will be required to add onto all of these lists, students will talk about the effects of hurtful words on the heart, when students are frustrated what they can do to feel better, and how to better handle situations in the future when someone uses a hurtful word or you go to use a hurtful word.

Mental Health Stigma Activities - This product provides students with information regarding stigma. Students will answer questions regarding technology and social media and how they can affect our ability to show compassion to others, why people forget to take care of themselves and show compassion for themselves, how to stop negative thoughts from happening. Students will review the meaning for stigma, stereotype, prejudice, and discrimination. Students will also review what negative things they have heard about people with mental illness, along with positive things. Talking about how others are different and that's what makes them unique, and how others are stigmatized based on how they look, act, etc. Examples of possible stigmas are presented. The meaning of self-stigma and what examples of self-stigma are presented. Students will also review health conditions or social differences that were stigmatized throughout history, and ways to reduce stigma to eliminate negative feelings.

Throughout this product, students will answer comprehension questions and will also be presented with social scenarios that they may encounter where they are asked how they would feel or what they would do. An attitude survey regarding mental health that contains 10 questions is also included in this product. Students will compare their results when they are finished and will go over the correct answers.

Gratitude Activity – Students will complete a gratitude scavenger hunt, where will they look for things in their environment that they are grateful for and students will answer questions about what they are grateful for such as something that they are thankful for that shows a vibrant color, something that makes them feel strong, something that they recently learned/discovered, etc. students will write about experiences in for which they feel gratitude and expand upon that experience.

Stress Response Adapted Notes - This product provides students with information regarding stress. Students will complete a stress test and reflect on what may cause them stress. Fight/flight/freeze response is also reviewed in this product and how it relates with stress. Once students have taken the stress test, they will analyze their results. Students will work in groups and complete the packet regarding the effects of stress. Students will answer questions such as how they felt when they were feeling stressed, etc. Students will review the effects of stress charts provided that include what happens when the body is in fight or flight compared to when it is relaxed. Students will also learn about the emotional, physical, and mental effects of stress and see how they differ from one another. Students will learn what stress and stressors are when they discuss coping with stress. Healthy and unhealthy strategies to cope with stress are included in this product. Students will take time to reflect on a time when they were stressed or if they were stressed and answer questions regarding making healthy or unhealthy choices to cope with stress.

Throughout this product, students will answer comprehension questions and will also be presented with social scenarios that they may encounter where they are asked how they would feel or what they would do. An attitude survey regarding mental health that contains 10 questions is also included in this product. Students will compare their results when they are finished and will go over the correct answers.

If you aren’t interested in this bundle, you may be interested in each product that is included in this bundle:

Positive Self Talk:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Positive-Self-Talk-Activities-and-Tips-9822221

Resiliency Activities:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Resiliency-Activities--9826305

Communication Styles Adapted Notes and Review:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Communication-Styles-Adapted-Notes-and-Review-9837662#show-price-update

Mental Health Stigma Activities:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Mental-Health-Stigma-Activities-9844604

Gratitude Activities:

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Gratitude-Activities-9753926

Stress Response Adapted Notes:
https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Stress-Response-Adapted-Notes-and-Activities-9848108

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This is a complete wellness curriculum pack for grade 1. It aligns with the Alberta curriculum shifts of 2023.

All activities are scaffolded for all kinds of learning.

It includes:

• Healthy Relationships in the Community
• Personal Characteristics
• Identifying and Expressing Emotions
• Personal Boundaries and Safety
• Types of Food
• How Money Can Be Used
• Growth and Hygiene Practices

To make your teaching experience easier, this packet includes assessments, cutouts, and answer keys.

This is a complete wellness curriculum pack for grade 1 in SPANISH. It aligns with the Alberta curriculum shifts of 2023.

All activities are scaffolded for all kinds of learning.

It includes:

• Healthy Relationships in the Community
• Personal Characteristics
• Identifying and Expressing Emotions
• Personal Boundaries and Safety
• Types of Food
• How Money Can Be Used
• Growth and Hygiene Practices

To make your teaching experience easier, this packet includes assessments, cutouts, and answer keys.

This is a complete wellness curriculum pack for Spanish bilingual grade 2. It aligns with the Alberta curriculum shifts of 2023.

All activities are scaffolded for Spanish language learners.

It includes:

• Maintaining Healthy Relationships
• Types of Roles
• Self Regulation
• Applying Safety Principles in Various Contexts
• Personal Food Chioces
• Growth
• Making Decisions About Money

To make your teaching experience easier, this packet includes assessments, cutouts, and answer keys.

This is a complete wellness curriculum pack for grade 2. It aligns with the Alberta curriculum shifts of 2023.

All activities are scaffolded for all kinds of learning.

It includes:

• Maintaining Healthy Relationships
• Types of Roles
• Self Regulation
• Applying Safety Principles in Various Contexts
• Personal Food Chioces
• Growth
• Making Decisions About Money

To make your teaching experience easier, this packet includes assessments, cutouts, and answer keys.

This complete wellness curriculum pack for Alberta kindergarten is designed to align with the 2023 curriculum updates.

It covers essential topics such as:

• Healthy Relationships
• What Makes Me Me?
• Feelings and Emotions
• Boundaries
• Food
• Money
• Physical Growth.

This pack includes a student booklet, detailed teacher's notes, cutouts for hands-on activities, and a set of 38 Google Slides that match the student booklet for easy, interactive teaching.

Perfect for creating an engaging and structured learning experience, this pack supports both teachers and students in exploring wellness concepts.

This complete wellness curriculum pack for Alberta Spanish kindergarten is designed to align with the 2023 curriculum updates.

It covers essential topics such as:

• Healthy Relationships
• What Makes Me Me?
• Feelings and Emotions
• Boundaries
• Food
• Money
• Physical Growth.

This pack includes a student booklet, detailed teacher's notes, cutouts for hands-on activities, and a set of 34 Google Slides that match the student booklet for easy, interactive teaching.

Perfect for creating an engaging and structured learning experience, this pack supports both teachers and students in exploring wellness concepts.

Do you have students with food allergies in your classroom? If so, this is the Ultimate Food Allergy Awareness Education Guide and Resource for the elementary school classroom, perfect for back to school! It includes digital resources that can be used in Google Classroom, as well as printable options to fit your different teaching needs.

Students will be educated on what food allergies are, the top 9 allergens - with mention of mustard as becoming more common, signs of a reaction and what classmates can do if a reaction occurs, how to be a good friend to someone with food allergies, and ways to keep their food allergic friends safe.

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WHAT'S INCLUDED:

►Food Allergy Presentation Google Slides and PDF- Engaging narrated presentation featuring a silly duck, named Quackers who learns about food allergies with your students. The digital education portion is just under ten minutes long and includes a song to help students remember allergens and ways to keep food allergic students safe. (34 Slides or 34 Page PDF)

►Digital activities - Students answer questions on food allergies by moving symbols over the correct answers, or writing in a text box. Everything digital is narrated with audio as an option for students, which will especially help the early elementary grades. (33 Slides)

►Printable Activites in Color and BW - with an answer key available. These are different than the digital activities, though some ideas may overlap. Pick and choose the activities most appropriate for your student's level. (33 Pages)

►Posters, Signs, Tags - reinforcing the lesson on food allergies with the Food Allergy Song, Top 9 Allergens, and a list of ways to keep friends with allergies safe. We are a _____Free Classroom for your doors and classrooms including the following allergens: Dairy, Egg, Wheat (additional Gluten Free sign), Soy, Peanut, Tree Nut, Shellfish, Fish, Corn, Sesame, Mustard, Latex, Fragrances. Template for you to make your own custom sign (not editable, you can print and write in the allergens you need). Tags for bookbags, lunches, field trips, whatever you need to pin them on. Includes the allergens and blank templates to write in what you need as well. There are additional tags that say "I am Gluten Free, Vegan, Dairy Free, and Lactose Intolerant" for students that don't fit the typical IgE allergy. There are also tags that read, "Allergy Alert Epinephrine Inside" and "Allergy Alert Emergency Medication Inside." (25 Pages)

►Answer Keys - for both digital and PDF activities. (5 pages and 10 pages)

►Teacher Education & Resources Packet - discussing ways to keep your student safe and some considerations to make as a teacher and classroom with a student with food allergies. Includes resources for educators as well. (22 pages)

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Why do you need this in your classroom?

15% of all food allergic children have had a reaction in school. Over 40% of food allergic children have experienced a severe reaction. Children with food allergies NEED the help of their classmates and teacher if they experience a food allergic reaction!

Help educate your students on this important and necessary topic! It’s an important step towards awareness, increased inclusivity of food allergic students, and helping aid in keeping students safe so they can have the opportunity to learn the best they are able, without fear of their own safety.

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 Instructions:

✅You may download this as a printable PDF, use the Google Slides in Google Classroom, send copies out to your students, or download as a PowerPoint to upload to Microsoft Teams. 

✅The Google Slides version of this resource are fillable, meaning students can type in pre-made text boxes and move symbols to correct answers. It is NOT editable due to the clip artists’ terms of use. If you have any questions, please contact me at TeachingDinos@gmail.com before purchasing. 

✅You will need Google Drive in order to access this resource. Your students will also need Gmail accounts so they can access it. Sharing via Google Classroom is recommended, but sharing through Gmail is another option. Of course you can always use the print version instead. 

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✅When assigning this activity to students, make sure you are logged into the account in which the resources were installed. 

✅ Please make sure your district does not block outside audio on your google drive. If your district does block outside audio, it is not necessary to benefit from the full resource. All the text is included and could be read instead.

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⭐⭐⭐Food Allergy BOOM CARDS™ - If you would prefer a more condensed version of this unit, take a look at our Food Allergy BOOM Cards™ Education presentation and digital activities hosted through BOOM Learning™. These do not contain printables, resources, posters...etc. This is strictly the presentation and self-grading and reinforcing, digital activities. Check out the Food Allergy BOOM Cards™ by clicking HERE. ⭐⭐⭐

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