This Social Emotional Poem of the Week Resource has everything you need to teach an interactive poem routine each week while also building important social-emotional skills through engaging poems and poetry activities.
⭐With 24 original poems and differentiated activities for every poem, you will keep interest high, build important reading, literacy, and social-emotional skills.
⭐Use the poems of the week to teach social-emotional skills digitally with the included files for Google Classroom, as well as a PowerPoint file and images for Seesaw.
Are you searching for high-interest poems for your weekly instruction that teaches important topics and include engaging activities? This NO-PREP bundle of poems and activities on social-emotional topics is all you need for your weekly poetry lessons and poetry center!
This resource includes everything you need for an interactive poetry routine:
- 24 original poems on important social-emotional topics
- A variety of activities for each poem (PRINTABLE & DIGITAL)
- Activities that build ELA skills (reading, writing, comprehension)
- Poems on sentence strips for your pocket chart
- Poem of the Week or Month banner for your bulletin board
**See the PREVIEW for more details and pictures of what this HUGE BUNDLE has to offer!
Why you need the SEL Poems & Activities resource by Proud to be Primary!
♥ Each poem is original and written for teachers to use in the classroom.
♥ Each poem has a social emotional theme making them the perfect addition to your daily discussions and SEL lessons each week.
♥ This resource saves you time as it comes with print-and-go activities and everything you’d need to include a weekly poem in your classroom.
♥ This resource helps you facilitate meaningful discussion on important social-emotional topics and enhance understanding in those areas with follow-up activities!
♥ Repeated reading of the poems and completion of the engaging activities will build oral reading fluency and comprehension skills.
♥ Easily display, teach and organize the poems with the sentence strips and notebook options.
Every poem includes these materials and engaging activities:
- Printable poem sheet with different print options
- Writing paper to copy the poem at a poetry center
- Activities with sentences of the poem to cut, reorder, & paste onto a separate sheet
- Poem with fill in the blanks
- Extra ELA skill tasks with sight words, rhyming words, etc.
- Many places to illustrate the meaning of the poems
- Comprehension questions about the poem
You’ll love the 24 Social-Emotional Learning poems on important topics!
- Back to School Fears
- My Stretchy Brain (growth mindset theme)
- I Can’t YET (growth mindset theme)
- Making Mistakes
- I’m a Kind Student
- Calm & In Control
- Sunshine and Happy Times
- HELP! I Can’t Focus!
- I Love My Checklist
- My Bubble Space (personal space theme)
- Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
- The Courageous M
- Patience Can Be Tough
- My Friend & Me
- The Classroom Tattle Tale
- Self Care is the Best Care
- The Secret to Fitting In
- Our Community
- Manners are Important
- Overcoming Fear
- Classroom Rules
- Empathy
- Compassion
- Positivity
How to Use the SEL Poem of the Week Activities:
- This resource is low-prep and print-and-go!
- Print and laminate the sentence strips and place them in a pocket chart for easy repeated reading.
- Easily differentiate learning with the variety of poem activities for students to complete. Select for them or let them choose!
- Assign the digital activities for an easy, at-home social-emotional lesson that students can complete independently or share with a parent.
Comes with READY-FOR-YOU Google Slides, PowerPoint file, & images for Seesaw:
- Comes with instructions for Google Classroom with Google Slides - You will receive a file with a link to create copies of the Google Slides to use in your Google Classroom.
- Comes with instructions for using images in Seesaw, where you can edit an activity and add instructions for students to complete. Assign the activities using your Seesaw Classroom account, which is compatible with Chromebooks, computers, iPads, iPhones, Android tablets, Android phones, and Kindle Fire.
- You will also receive a PowerPoint file that can be used as you see fit.
How to Use the DIGITAL SEL Poem of the Week Activities:
- Teach and practice the class poem, while assigning virtual activities for students to complete throughout the week
- Students will type onto colored text boxes with pre-formatted font and sizing.
- Children can complete activities digitally after a whole class, small group, or one-on-one lesson
- Beneficial for one-to-one classrooms
- It can be used to further a child’s independent practice of reading skills: in the classroom or in a homeschool setting.
Interested in learning more about teaching poetry in primary? Join the FREE poetry e-course HERE!
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