Category Archives: Social and Emotional Learning

The Feelings Book and Self-Regulation

At the beginning of our self-regulation unit, we read  The Feelings Book and acted out the different emotions and discussed the four zones of regulation. I then gave each student an emotion to represent with a Todd Parr style painting. … Continue reading

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Goal Setting

When students came into class in the morning they would set their literacy centre goals for the day. They would decide what they would read and which word work activities they would complete. At the end of the allotted time, students … Continue reading

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The Invisible Boy Class Discussion

The Invisible Boy is an amazing book written by Trudy Ludwig which shows a young boy who feels invisible, it discusses the different things the other students do which perpetuate his feelings and how one student helps him feel visible. … Continue reading

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