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Integrate 5 factors into your writing classroom
Self-awareness: Understanding one’s own emotions, thoughts, and values.
Build a Writer Rubric with students.
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The Color Monster,
Anna Llenas
Pass it On,
Sophy Henn
The Way I Feel,
Janan Cain
We’re All Wonders,
R.J. Palacio
Self-management: Managing one’s emotions, thoughts, and behaviors effectively.
Perseverance Makes Me Stronger, Elizabeth Cole
Social awareness: Understanding the perspectives of and empathizing with others.
Voices in the Park,
Anthony Browne
Duck! Rabbit!,
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
You, Me, and Empathy,
Jayneen Sanders
Relationship skills: Establishing and maintaining healthy and supportive relationships.
Introduce peer-revision procedures using the Revision Conferencing Cards.
Fostering Resilient Learners,
Kristin Souers with Pete Hall
Help for Billy,
Heather T. Forbes
Responsible decision-making: Making choices about personal behavior and social interactions.
A World Without Failures,
Esther Pia Cordova
Because Amelia Smiled,
David Ezra Stein
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain,
JoAnn Deak
I Can’t Do That, YET,
Esther Pia Cordova
Giraffes Can’t Dance,
Giles Andreae
Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed,
Emily Pearson
Share student-facing mini-lessons
All student-facing mini-lessons shared below were recorded during 2020 to support teachers (and students) during school shutdowns. Use the videos to plan your own mini-lessons based on the shared resources.