5th Grade

Positive Classroom Behavior

A positive classroom begins with you Read ideas and find resources on establishing and maintaining acceptable behavior…

Subjects:

Health and Safety

Social and Emotional Development

Social Skills

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Use these fun games to help pupils remember each other's names.

Remembering Names

Subjects

Reading and Literature

Listening

Social Skills

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Similar and Different Lesson

Students discuss the ways in which they are similar and different.

Subjects

Social Skills

Social and Emotional Development

Health and Safety

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ACTIVITIES

Maniac Magee Literature Guide

This Newbery Medal winner tells the mythical tale of a legendary hero: 12 year old Jeffrey Magee – known as Maniac…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

African-American History

Equality Struggles

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A coping list checklist for the classroom.

Coping Skills Checklist

Subjects:

Social Skills

Social and Emotional Development

Mental Health

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Use this strategy to help students see when they are escalating so they can intervene and use coping skills to manage…

Feelings Thermometer

Subjects:

Mental Health

Social Skills

Social and Emotional Development

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Exploring the Nature of Conflict

Explore the negative and positive sides of conflict, and discuss with your students how they respond to conflict. Use…

Subjects

Social Studies and History

Health and Safety

Safety

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Dealing with Technology in the Classroom

A primer on new technology that students may be introducing to the classroom to cheat, bully, or harm others. Find tips…

Subjects:

Health and Safety

Bullying

Internet Safety

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Students brush up on their manners by learning do's and don'ts for the dinner table.

Table Manners

Subjects

Social Studies and History

Vocabulary

Families

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Cyberbullying: The Downside of New Media Technology

New media technology — cell phones, PDAs, and computers — has given rise to a new form of bullying called cyberbullying.…

Subjects:

Social Studies and History

Society Development and Technology

Health and Safety

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Students act out skits showing typical conflicts that arise in school and then resolve them using a problem-solving…

Acting Out Conflict

Subjects

Safety

Social Skills

Health and Safety

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Socially Inappropriate Behaviors

Descriptions of socially inappropriate behaviors and suggestions on how to break their cycles.

Subjects:

Health and Safety

Bullying

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ACTIVITIES

Try This, Not That Growth Mindset Activity

Try This, Not That is a basic writing prompt activity that students can work on at the start of every school week.…

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Exercise: Creating a Mantra

How can we teach our students to regulate their emotions, thoughts and behaviors? How can we support them to develop…

Subjects:

Social and Emotional Development

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WORKSHEETS

Resolving Conflicts

Use this worksheet to teach children about conflict resolution and problem solving. Children will write about a conflict…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Language Arts and Writing

Social and Emotional Development

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Emotion Similes Writing Project

Examples of emotion similes, and a writing project for using them Learn about how to convey emotion in written…

Subjects

Reading and Literature

Poetry

Creative Writing

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What Is a Peaceable Classroom?

An activity to encourage your students to interact peacefully in the classroom.

Subjects

Social Skills

Social and Emotional Development

Health and Safety

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BOOK GUIDES

My Side of the Mountain

Discussion and activity guide for the harrowing survival story Use this printable when teaching the book My Side of the…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Fiction

Life Skills

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This resource provides for different breathing techniques that you can teach your students.

Animal Breathing

Subjects:

Social Skills

Mental Health

Social and Emotional Development

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BOOK GUIDES

Seedfolks Teacher's Guide

Examine the themes and characters in Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks, a series of first-person vignettes…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Social Studies and History

Holocaust

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WORKSHEETS

Understanding Discrimination

Students use prior knowledge to write about several forms of discrimination.

Subjects:

Teaching about Racism, Prejudice & Discrimination in America

Equality Struggles

Culture and Diversity

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Looks Like/Sounds Like Graphic Organizer

Use this graphic organizer to help students brainstorm how groups work well together and what they need from each other…

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An introduction to social-emotional learning for teachers and administrators