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Classroom Introductions

Introduce yourself to your students and discuss year long objectives. Students also introduce themselves to each other.

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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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Name Game

Improve students' alphabet recognition and letter-sound associations while learning fellow classmates' names.

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Practicing Problem Solving Lesson

Help students solve word problems using a step-by-step process.

Subjects

Safety

Health and Safety

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A Back-to-School Conversation

Foster trust in the classroom through this first day of school activity.

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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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Name Tags

Use name tags to help you learn students' names.

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Squiggle Drawing

Students learn about group dynamic by creating a group picture.

Subjects

Visual Arts

Art, Music and Drama

Drawing

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Acting Out Conflict

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

Subjects

Safety

Social Skills

Health and Safety

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Postcards Icebreaker

Students create postcards that reflect a summer happening. They use a pen name to sign it and the rest of the class has…

Subjects

Creative Writing

Language Arts and Writing

Writing

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Baseball Cards

Students make baseball cards as a way of getting to know one another.

Subjects

Baseball

Sports

Physical Education and Fitness

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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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Comparative Subtraction

In this lesson students compare one number with another using manipulatives, write number sentences to show the…

Subjects

Mathematics

Addition

Division

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Survey About Conflict and Me

A survey for students concerning their responses to conflict.

Subjects:

Health and Safety

Social and Emotional Development

Social Skills

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Self Portrait Class Book

Make a book of self-portraits that you can then use to compare with end of the year portraits.

Subjects

Visual Arts

Art, Music and Drama

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Teamwork and Tangrams

Students use tangrams in this math lesson to practice group participation and cooperation.

Subjects

Mathematics

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Adapting Existing Materials

An article on adaptations that can be used when existing materials are judged to be inappropriate but may only need…

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A Visit to the Zoo Sub Kit ( 1-2)

Use this substitute teacher kit for grades 1-2 that encourages children to explore the world of animals.

Subjects:

Animals (Zoology)

Safety

Biology

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Identify the Resolution

This handout is for use in the There Are Many Ways to Resolve Conflicts lesson plan.

Subjects

Social Skills

Social and Emotional Development

Health and Safety

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Talk It Out Together

In this school safety lesson plan, students learn the Talk It Out Together conflict-solving process.

Subjects

Safety

Social Skills

Health and Safety

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Opening Activities

Teach students that learning begins right away in your classroom with a daily opening learning activity.

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Classmate Book Report Icebreaker

Pupils generate fake book reports with their classmates by sharing information.

Subjects

Creative Writing

Language Arts and Writing

Writing

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