Teach Maverick

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Kindergarten Counselor Units

Unit Plan 6 (Grade K Counselor): Taking Turns and Sharing

Teach Kindergarten sharing and turn-taking with waiting practice, small problem solving, safe choices, and friendly phrases for asking turns.

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Kindergarten Counselor Units

Unit Plan 5 (Grade K Counselor): Personal Space Bubbles

Teach Kindergarten personal space with space bubbles, ask-first language, safe greetings, line safety, sharing, turn-taking, and safe choices.

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Kindergarten Counselor Units

Unit Plan 4 (Grade K Counselor): Kind Words and Helpful Actions

Teach Kindergarten kindness with friendly words, helpful actions, friendship stories, kind/unkind sorting, and classroom belonging.

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Unit Plan 3 (Grade K Counselor): Listening Like a Learner

Teach Kindergarten listening skills with eyes, ears, body, and brain, two-step directions, story practice, and safe school choices.

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Unit Plan 2 (Grade K Counselor): Feelings Have Names

Teach Kindergarten feelings with emotion words, face clues, body clues, puppets, mirrors, story characters, and “I feel” practice.

Kindergarten Counselor Units

Unit Plan 1 (Grade K Counselor): Meet the School Counselor

Introduce Kindergarten students to the school counselor, trusted adults, belonging, help-seeking, and school-ready listening routines.

Parent Tips Featured

Parent Tips: What Teachers Wish Parents Knew in the First Month of School

Help parents navigate the first month of school with teacher insight on routines, grades, adjustment, communication, and when to speak up.

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9-12 Lesson Plans Featured

Lesson Plan (Grades 9-12): Fashion Physics - Engineering Wearable Tech with Sensors, Circuits, and Smart Design

Design a wearable tech challenge for grades 9-12 with sensors, circuits, energy transfer, prototypes, testing, trade-offs, and design defense.

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3-5 Lesson Plans Featured

Lesson Plan (Grades 3-5): Save the Pollinators - Designing Gardens That Help Bees, Butterflies, and Communities

Design a pollinator garden for grades 3-5 with ecosystem research, plant choices, habitat needs, science evidence, and community impact.

Grade 1 Counselor Units

Unit Plan 36 (Grade 1 Counselor): Grade 1 Counselor Celebration

Celebrate Grade 1 counseling growth with feelings, coping tools, friendship skills, problem-solving, boundaries, safe choices, and reflection.

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Grade 1 Counselor Units

Unit Plan 35 (Grade 1 Counselor): Look How I Have Grown

Help Grade 1 students reflect on feelings, coping tools, friendship growth, goals, and progress with before-and-now activities.

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Unit Plan 34 (Grade 1 Counselor): Classroom Helpers and Leaders

Teach Grade 1 leadership as small helpful choices with strengths, belonging, listening, kind words, cleanup, encouragement, and help-seeking.

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Unit Plan 33 (Grade 1 Counselor): Safe, Kind, and Respectful Choices

Teach Grade 1 safe, kind, and respectful choices with boundary practice, scenario sorting, trusted adults, and school safety support.

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Unit Plan 32 (Grade 1 Counselor): Friendship Skills Review

Review Grade 1 friendship skills with kindness, sharing, turn-taking, listening, inclusion, respectful words, and practice goals.

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Grade 1 Counselor Units

Unit Plan 31 (Grade 1 Counselor): Feelings and Coping Review

Review Grade 1 feelings, body clues, coping tools, and help-seeking with active games, toolbox sorts, and trusted adult support.

The Admin Angle Featured

The Admin Angle: The First 30 Days

Help principals stabilize the first 30 days with clear routines, staff norms, communication systems, onboarding, and focused school leadership.

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Grade 1 Counselor Units

Unit Plan 30 (Grade 1 Counselor): Problem-Solving Practice Stations

Build Grade 1 problem-solving skills with practice stations for calming down, naming problems, using respectful words, and choosing safe solutions.

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Unit Plan 29 (Grade 1 Counselor): Who Can Help Me?

Review Grade 1 trusted adults and helping roles with scenario matching, help-seeking words, school safety, and support for big problems.

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Unit Plan 28 (Grade 1 Counselor): Responsible Choices in the Classroom

Teach Grade 1 responsibility with classroom choices, routines, listening, safety, goal setting, and reflection on how choices help everyone.

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Unit Plan 27 (Grade 1 Counselor): Keep Trying When It Is Hard

Build Grade 1 perseverance with growth mindset self-talk, coping tools, small goals, and strategies for trying again when learning feels hard.

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Unit Plan 26 (Grade 1 Counselor): Respecting Body Boundaries

Teach Grade 1 personal space and body boundaries with safe phrases, respectful listening, trusted adults, and safe school choices.

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Unit Plan 25 (Grade 1 Counselor): Including Others

Teach Grade 1 inclusion with kind invitations, sharing, turn-taking, cooperation, and choices that help classmates feel welcome and belong.

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Grade 1 Counselor Units

Unit Plan 24 (Grade 1 Counselor): Apologies and Repair

Teach Grade 1 apology and repair with strong apology steps, feelings, needs, kind words, repair actions, and conflict support.

Blog Featured

Classroom Micro-Museums: Students Curating Learning for the School Community

Create Classroom Micro-Museums where students curate artifacts, captions, QR guides, and exhibits that make learning visible across subjects.

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Grade 1 Counselor Units

Unit Plan 23 (Grade 1 Counselor): Solving Friend Problems with Words

Teach Grade 1 students respectful words for friendship conflicts with scripts, safe solutions, turn-taking, compromise, and adult help.