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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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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.

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Unit Plan 22 (Grade 1 Counselor): Handling Anger Safely

Teach Grade 1 anger coping with body clues, calming tools, safe words, respectful conflict choices, and adult help when anger feels too big.

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Unit Plan 21 (Grade 1 Counselor): When I Feel Worried or Scared

Help Grade 1 students understand worry and fear with calming tools, body clues, trusted adults, and help-seeking for big feelings.

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Unit Plan 20 (Grade 1 Counselor): My Calm-Down Plan

Help Grade 1 students create personal calm-down plans with coping tools, trusted adults, and strategies for big feelings and safe choices.

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Unit Plan 19 (Grade 1 Counselor): My Strengths and Interests

Help Grade 1 students name strengths, interests, and growth areas while building self-awareness, belonging, and pride without comparison.

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Unit Plan 18 (Grade 1 Counselor): Safe Choices Around School

Review Grade 1 safe and responsible choices in school spaces with scenario sorting, trusted adults, and safety explanation practice.

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Unit Plan 17 (Grade 1 Counselor): Setting a Simple School Goal

Teach Grade 1 goal setting with small school goals, strengths, action steps, and reflection on learning, friendship, coping, and responsibility.

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Unit Plan 16 (Grade 1 Counselor): How to Join Play

Teach Grade 1 joining play with kind phrases, respectful listening, turn-taking, safe next steps, and adult help when problems continue.

Parent Tips Featured

Parent Tips: Family-School Communication for Busy Parents

Family-school communication tips for busy parents: quick check-ins, weekly routines, and teacher messages that support learning.