Respect & Gratitude Unit for K-2

This respect SEL curriculum is teacher-approved and includes 5 detailed lessons filled with hands-on and mindful activities that teach children about respect, acceptance, honesty, and gratitude.

♥♥The mind+heart Social Emotional Learning Curriculum for K-2 is available for a SPECIAL DISCOUNT. Get your entire year’s worth of lessons (40 included) and activities to help young children to develop emotional literacy, self-control, and social competence TODAY! ♥♥

Through a variety of thought-provoking lessons, discussions, community building ideas, and tons of engaging activities…

• Children will understand what respect is and describe how it sounds, looks, and feels.
• Children will describe and demonstrate ways to show respect in different places and ways.
• Children will be encouraged to show respect each day.
• Children will describe what honesty and telling the truth means and demonstrate ways of being honest.
• Children will describe what gratitude means and the importance of giving thanks.
• Children will strive to give thanks and appreciate what they have.
• Children understand and show appreciation of differences and similarities amongst classmates.

What does this unit cover?

What is Respect?

Lesson 1 teaches to understand what respect is and describe how it sounds, looks, and feels.

Showing Respect

Lesson 2 teaches children to describe and demonstrate ways to show respect in different places and ways. They will be encouraged to show respect each day.

Honesty & Telling the Truth

Lesson 3 teaches children to describe what honesty and telling the truth means and demonstrate ways of being honest.

Gratitude & Giving Thanks

Lesson 4 teaches children to describe what gratitude means and the importance of giving thanks. Strive to give thanks and appreciate what they have.

Appreciating & Accepting Differences

Lesson 5 teaches children to understand and show appreciation of differences and similarities amongst classmates.

Activities included in the Respect unit:
Look at the PREVIEW for a look at this SEL unit up close and the variety of lessons and activities included!

• Discussion Starters cards
• Anchor Chart pieces
• Coloring Posters
• Boardgame
• Tons of literature connections & writing activities
• Mini-Books
• Sorting activity
• Respect vs. Disrespect sort
• The Day the Crayon Box Talked craftivity
• Scenario cards
• Gratitude wall or jar note templates
• Poetry activities & templates
• Respect hat
• Gratitude cube game
• Gratitude journal
• & more!

PLUS A BRAND NEW BONUS: Family Partnership Guide

Connect with and encourage families to take part in the social-emotional learning development of their child and the concepts you are teaching at school. Each unit includes a printable guide with a letter to families, strategies and activities they can try at home, and a book guide with video links.

WHY this is the ONE Social-Emotional Learning resource you need to teach kids about their emotions!

1. Each lesson and follow-up activities can extend to cover your SEL time for a month! This is a flexible SEL curriculum that can be taught when teachers have time, while the recommendation is to teach a lesson once a week and extend it throughout the week with the follow-up activities.
2. You will have what you need to facilitate meaningful discussions and impactful activities that build important social and emotional skills and grow your classroom community.
3. You will save time as the planning is done for you.
4. Since this is research-based and follows the CASEL framework for SEL, you know that you are covering the most important lessons kids need!
5. It provides a TON of variety and includes activities that will engage students and help them build important emotional awareness skills.
6. The lessons and activities work great for morning classroom meetings or end of the day lessons, for school counselors, classroom teachers, and in a homeschool setting.

Try the SEL program that is needed in ALL classrooms!
mind+heart Social Emotional Learning curriculum for K-2

Check out the other SEL units for K-2:
Emotions & Feelings
Self-Regulation & Self-Control
Growth Mindset
Relationships & Friendship
Empathy & Social Awareness
Kindness & Bucket Filling
Respect & Gratitude
Responsibility, Goal Setting, & Conflict Resolution

♥♥Teach 3-5? The mind+heart Social Emotional Learning Curriculum for 3-5 is available for a SPECIAL DISCOUNT. You will get an entire year’s worth of lessons (40 included) and activities to help older kids to develop emotional literacy, self-control, and social competence! ♥♥

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