This Social Emotional Learning Respect & Manners Lessons & Book Companions Bundle includes 5 weeks of respect activities and 5 read aloud lessons on popular picture books to teach kids all about being respectful and using manners in Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade.
⭐Teach important lessons on respect with engaging activities and book companion lessons that promote being a good listener, manners, and respectfulness.
⭐No more wasting your precious teacher planning time looking for the RIGHT books to teach about respect. This bundle has curated lists of mentor texts ready for you to grab and go! Kids will love the follow-up activities that are included in each book companion!
⭐Children will participate in classroom discussions and book chats, reflect on what it means to be respectful, and engage in fun, meaningful activities that build the knowledge of respect using both books and activities. Use them to build off one another for an in-depth exploration of manners and respectfulness.
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- Respect SEL Curriculum
- Respect Book Companion Bundle
What does the Respect SEL K-2 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:
- 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!
Included in the Respect & Manners book companion pack:
- 5 Children’s books related to respect, manners, tattling, honesty, and good listening.
- Detailed lesson plans
- Book chat cards to guide discussion
- Anchor charts
- Book responses & writing prompts
- 4 follow-up activities for every book (2 in digital format)
- Book companion guide with safe links
- Google Slides ready for use in Google Classroom
- Images for use in Seesaw
- Interactive PowerPoint file
5 Respect & Manners Book Companions Included:
❤️1. Do Unto Otters by Laurie Keller
FOCUS: respect and how to treat others
Children will learn the meaning of respect, identify good manners, and practice treating others how they want.
4 Activities in the Do Unto Otters book companion:
- Ways to Treat Others Respect & Manners Social Story
- What Do You Do? Scenario Cards & Puppet Show
- Otter Directed Drawing & Writing Prompts
- Character Traits Match Game
❤️2. Respect and Take Care of Things by Cheri J. Meiners
FOCUS: how to show respect by taking care of things
Children will identify and practice showing respect by caring for things at school, home, and the community.
4 Activities in the Respect and Take Care of Things book companion:
- Is it Respectful? Scoot Game
- I Show Respect hat craft activity
- Things To Take Care Of task cards
- Respect Bingo - board of ideas
❤️3. Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker by Christianne Jones
FOCUS: good listening skills
Children will learn when it is important to listen rather than talk. They will learn how to be good listeners and practice whole-body listening.
4 Listening Activities in the Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker book companion:
- Owl Craft and Writing Activity
- "Listen to Me!" Boardgame
- Talk or Listen sorting activity
- Listening Journal
❤️4. Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie by Laura Rankin
FOCUS: telling the truth and showing honesty
Children will learn what happens when we lie. They will practice telling the truth and making honest choices.
4 Activities in the Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie book companion:
- Telling the Truth role play scenario cards
- Honesty Pledge, Poem & Activities
- Two Truths & a Lie Card Game
- Truth Journal & Prompts
❤️5. Don’t Squeal Unless It’s a Big Deal by Jeanie Franz Ransom
FOCUS: tattle tailing
Children will learn about tattling (a kid-sized problem) and when it’s a good time to tell an adult (a big deal). They will understand the difference between tattling and reporting.
4 Activities in the Don’t Squeal Unless It’s a Big Deal book companion:
- Tattling vs Telling Check-In Poster Kit
- Tattling vs Reporting sort activity
- Squeal or Big Deal tattling scenario role play cards
- Class Shout Out positive reporting activity
↑↑↑ Look at the PREVIEW for the mind+heart Respect SEL and Book Companion BUNDLE up close, the individual units, and the variety of lessons and activities included!↑↑↑
Don’t own a copy of a book? No problem! Safe links to video recordings of books being read aloud are included, as well as a book list of more books to use during your lessons.
DISCLAIMER: The video links to the read-alouds and supplemental lesson content are subject to change at any time. Proud to be Primary is not the creator of these videos, and therefore the links may be removed by the creators or authors of the content at any time at their discretion. If you find a broken link in the resource, please let us know by leaving a Q&A, and try searching YouTube for an alternate video to watch instead. Read alouds online are also available for teachers via the library website Hoopla.
TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Margaret P. says, "Such a good resource for the beginning of the year. My students really need Respect defined, and this really encapsulated what it means to show respect at school!"
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lisa K. says, “A lot of really great ideas for teaching manners and respect. My students have enjoyed the book choices."
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This Social-Emotional Learning and Book Companion BUNDLE gives you an entire YEAR’S WORTH of SEL lessons (41) and HUNDREDS of activities along with 40 Book Companions covering many important social-emotional topics all young children need to learn and practice.
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