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Grade 1 Counselor Units

Unit Plan 15 (Grade 1 Counselor): Listening to a Friend

Teach Grade 1 friendship listening with partner sharing, turn-taking, repeat-back practice, and respectful responses that help classmates feel heard.

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Unit Plan 14 (Grade 1 Counselor): Stop, Calm, Think, Choose

Teach Grade 1 conflict resolution with Stop, Calm, Think, Choose, helping students name problems and choose safe, respectful solutions.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade 1 Counselor): Small Problems and Big Problems

Teach Grade 1 problem-solving with small and big problem sorting, safe strategies, trusted adults, and clear help-seeking words.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade 1 Counselor): Mistakes Help Us Grow

Teach Grade 1 growth mindset with mistakes, “not yet,” helpful self-talk, strengths, and still-learning reflection activities.

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Unit Plan 11 (Grade 1 Counselor): Feelings Show Up in My Body

Help Grade 1 students notice body clues, name feelings, choose coping tools, and ask trusted adults for support when emotions feel too big.

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade 1 Counselor): Name the Feeling, Choose a Strategy

Teach Grade 1 students to name feelings, notice clues, and choose coping strategies with a feelings toolbox for safe emotional regulation.

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade 1 Counselor): We Belong in Our Class

Build Grade 1 classroom belonging with kindness, respectful listening, inclusion, and community activities that help every student feel valued.

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Unit Plan 8 (Grade 1 Counselor): Asking for Help Is a Strong Choice

Teach Grade 1 help-seeking with trusted adults, safety scenarios, and clear phrases for asking for support when problems feel too big.

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Unit Plan 7 (Grade 1 Counselor): Calm-Down Tools

Teach Grade 1 coping tools with breathing, counting, self-talk, stretching, breaks, help-seeking, and calm choices for big feelings.

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade 1 Counselor): Taking Turns and Sharing Fairly

Teach Grade 1 sharing and turn-taking with fair phrases, waiting strategies, small problem-solving, and cooperative classroom games.

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Unit Plan 5 (Grade 1 Counselor): Personal Space and Boundaries

Teach Grade 1 personal space, body boundaries, safe touch, sharing, and respectful stop words with movement and role-play activities.

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Unit Plan 4 (Grade 1 Counselor): Kind Words and Helpful Actions

Teach Grade 1 kindness with words, helpful actions, inclusion, sharing, encouragement, and role-play that builds a welcoming classroom.

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Unit Plan 3 (Grade 1 Counselor): Listening Like a Learner

Teach Grade 1 students active listening, respectful responses, and school-success skills through stories, partner sharing, and three-step directions.

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Unit Plan 2 (Grade 1 Counselor): Feelings Have Names

Help Grade 1 students build emotional vocabulary by naming feelings, reading clues, and connecting emotions to experiences and needs.

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

Introduce Grade 1 students to the school counselor, trusted adults, help-seeking, belonging, and school success through simple scenario sorting.

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K-2 Lesson Plans Featured

Lesson Plan (Grades K-2): Space Snack Mission - Phonics, Sequencing, and Simple Engineering in a Cosmic Classroom Adventure

Launch K-2 learners into a space snack mission with phonics, sequencing, and simple engineering as they read, build, test, and explain.

The Admin Angle Featured

The Admin Angle: Grading Drift

Address grading drift with schoolwide guardrails for late work, retakes, missing work, extra credit, and grades that clearly signal learning.

The Admin Angle

The Admin Angle: The Coverage Crisis

Build a school coverage plan that manages sub shortages, protects teacher planning time, uses fair rotations, and keeps instruction stable.

The Admin Angle

The Admin Angle: What Central Office Should Actually Own — A Smarter Division of Labor Between District Teams and Schools

Clarify central office, principal, and teacher responsibilities to reduce campus overload and strengthen instructional leadership.

Parent Tips Featured

Parent Tips: The Overwhelmed Child Playbook—What to Say When School Feels Like Too Much

Help an overwhelmed child handle school stress with calm scripts, a triage checklist, teacher email template, and practical reset plan.

Grade 2 Counselor Units

Unit Plan 36 (Grade 2 Counselor): Grade 2 Counselor Celebration

Celebrate Grade 2 counseling growth with a joyful review of feelings, coping tools, empathy, problem-solving, safety, goals, and responsibility.

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Unit Plan 35 (Grade 2 Counselor): Look How I Have Grown

Help Grade 2 students reflect on growth in feelings, coping, friendship, safety, problem-solving, and goals with a then-and-now activity.

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Unit Plan 34 (Grade 2 Counselor): Classroom Helpers and Student Leaders

Teach Grade 2 students classroom leadership with activities on kindness, responsibility, strengths, belonging, and positive helper choices.

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Unit Plan 33 (Grade 2 Counselor): Safe, Kind, and Responsible Choices

Teach Grade 2 students safe, kind, and responsible choices with boundary, empathy, and scenario-sorting activities that support safety and learning.

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Grade 2 Counselor Units

Unit Plan 32 (Grade 2 Counselor): Friendship and Empathy Review

Review Grade 2 friendship skills with empathy, cooperation, turn-taking, listening, inclusion, and repair through games, role-play, and reflection.