This article explains 6 ways to use breathing for stress relief and mental wellness.

A collection of videos and ideas to help teach GRIT to your students.

This site has a series of pre-made free lesson plans that are ready to teach right away. MATH, ELA, SCIENCE, SEL, CAREER, ART, DIGITAL LITERACY, TECH, STEM

They have clips of popular movies and TV shows built right in - and you are allowed to use them bc the site is made by AT
&T and Warner Bros.

"The Achievery helps connect students to a new world of digital learning through stories that spark curiosity and content that entertains as well as teaches."

Don't miss checking this one out! You can use the filters to find exactly what you need.

Copy and paste this url into a browser to watch a short 1 min intro video - https://youtu.be/w-y0u82ps3o

You will have to sign up to access the lessons but it's totally worth it.

Be Good People is an incredible health and social emotional learning resource that follows 5 themes: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision Making.
Each section comes with more than 10 lessons or extension activities that help you address these themes with your students.

This resource has content for kindergarten through grade 12.

Made by Minnesota Educators
Educators at the St. Croix River Education District in rural Minnesota.

This is a fabulous list of 21 books to teach students about everything from self-regulation to patience.

These books would be a wonderful addition to any classroom library or library and would be excellent as read-aloud stories for students, followed by discussion.

These books are all connected to 21st century skills - especially self management or character/self-regulation.

Colours have the power to make us think and feel different emotions. This assignment allows students to dive into the psychology of colours. 

Explore moods and emotions using drawing and creativity!  These mindful moodles will help students get in touch with their emotions. Thank you to Smiling Mind for the these great materials. 

Help students reflect on how their digital lives impact their social and emotional well-being in three simple steps.

1. Engage students in daily activities
2. Build your digital citizenship roadmap
3. Promote digital citizenship in your community

This is an excellent program for teaching young kids emotion identification, regulation, and social relationships.

"Emotional ABCs Classroom is a research-based Social Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum providing teachers (K–3) with 20 sequential Workshops and extensive classroom support materials for Teacher-led, in-class instruction."

This program teaches:
Self-Awareness
Social Awareness
Self-Management
Responsible Decision-Making
Relationship Skills

"Emotional ABCs Workshops are designed for teacher-led classroom instruction. Your free single user account gives you access to all resources needed to present the Workshops.

All Workshops include a Warm-Up, Mini-Lesson, Activity, Share-Out, and a Self-Reflection, and each can be taught as a 'stand-alone' lesson to target specific skills.

Instructors can teach directly from online Workshops or printable PDFs.

Emotional ABCs Classroom uses a common emotional language throughout the curriculum which can be readily adopted school-wide with minimal teacher training."

These visuals teach students to identify their emotions, and then take action! It's not enough to know that you're anxious or angry - you need to learn what to do about to manage your emotions or self-regulate. Thank you to TeamBCSD for sharing this resource on Twitter! 

This is a great video to introduce the idea that failure isn't failure if you keep on trying. It's only failure if you quit.
This can be used to introduce PBL, genius hour, or any time your students are struggling or want to give up easily.

Consider having the students watch the film, then give them a reflection question. Have them re-watch the video with your question in mind and then respond.

"A new tool for anyone seeking to improve their ability to focus."

Users progress through timed steps, with self-regulation activities embedded in their progression.
This tool can also be used with groups to encourage better focus.

Focusable is free - but there is also an upgraded version available.

Do your students have trouble realizing how much time they need to dedicate to studies? Do your students regularly have excuses as to why they didn't get their work done? This lesson can be done the first week of classes to help students plan a realistic schedule that allows them time to be successful in the courses they enroll.

Mental Wellness Basics introduces students to concepts related to mental health and wellness. Stigma associated with mental health can have serious and negative impacts on help-seeking behaviors, and many mental health conditions and symptoms can be significantly lessened through prevention. As such, the lessons in this course focus on:

Supporting students in identifying threats to mental health early, and taking measures to increase factors that protect mental health.
Introducing students to the experiences of others in order to develop awareness and empathy, reduce stigma, and provide facts on the prevalence and symptoms of mental health conditions.
Fostering a mental health mindset to help students develop feelings of self-efficacy and skills that promote and model advocacy for self and others.

This Course Covers
Self Awareness
Self Management
Relationship Skills
Social Awareness
Responsible Decision-Making

Mental Wellness – Basics is a course that introduces adolescents to concepts related to mental health and wellness. Stigma associated with mental health can have serious and negative impacts on help-seeking behaviors, and many mental health conditions and symptoms can be significantly lessened through prevention. As such, this course will do the following:

Support students in identifying threats to mental health early, and taking measures to increase factors that protect mental health.
Attempt to reduce stigma by introducing students to the experiences of others in order to develop awareness and empathy, as well as by providing facts on the prevalence and symptoms of mental health conditions.
Foster a mental health mindset in students and help them develop feelings of self-efficacy by introducing knowledge and skills that promote and model advocacy for self and others.

This Course Covers
Self Awareness
Self Management
Relationship Skills
Social Awareness
Responsible Decision-Making

What Is It?

When the COVID-19 health crisis began, the Panorama team moved quickly to compile a list of informational resources, articles, and guides to support educators in practicing self-care and resiliency despite the circumstances.

The five core SEL skills —self-management, self-awareness, responsible decision-making, social awareness, and relationship skills—are more important than ever.

This is a collection of vetted resources on everything from managing anxiety to adapting to a distance learning environment. It is being updated as relevant information becomes available. Categories include:
- Adult Self-Care
- Resources for Educators and School Communities
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Live Webinars: Guided Mindfulness Practice for Adult and Student Wellness
- Resources for Families and Parents

This activity makes students aware of how well they are self-managing or regulating.
It ASKS : "Today when you are working, there will be a clock or timer on the SMARTBoard. At random intervals, you will hear a beep or a bell. When you hear the sound, reflect on your behaviour. Are you self-managing?"
Students complete the chart attached to measure their growth and ability to self-manage or regulate.

This is a rubric that can be used to Assess students Self-Regulation in the classroom.

Sun West 7 C & SECRET Guidebooks Grade 6 to 9 including: character, collaboration, communication and self-management.

Sun West 7C and SECRET Guidebooks for High School including: character, collaboration, communication and self-management.