Kindergarten

Grit and Preparation

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Lesson 18: Goal-Setting/Growth Mindset

Lesson 19: Self-Discipline/Grit

Lesson 20: Perspective Taking

Lesson 21: Identifying Problems

Lesson 22: Problem Solving

Lesson 23: WW Day

Lesson 24: Appreciating All Peoples and Cultures

Lesson 25: Appreciating All Peoples and Cultures, Part 2

Lesson 26: WW Follow Up

Lesson 27: Conflict Resolution, Part 1

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Gratitude and Celebration

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Lesson 28: Conflict Resolution, Part 2

Lesson 29: Ripples of Hope

Lesson 30: Evaluating

Lesson 31: Expressing Gratitude, Part 1

Lesson 32: Expressing Gratitude, Part 2

Lesson 33: Ethical Responsibility

Lesson 34: Reflecting

Lesson 35: Celebration

Respect and Responsibility

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Lesson 1: Identifying Emotions

Lesson 2: Accurate Self-Perception

Lesson 3: Recognizing Strengths

Lesson 4: Self-Confidence

Lesson 5: WW Day

Lesson 6: Self-Efficacy

Lesson 7: Respect for Others

Lesson 8: WW Follow Up Day

Lesson 9: Awareness of External Supports

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Caring and Giving

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Lesson 10:Unity Day

Lesson 11: Self-Control

Lesson 12: Self-Care/Stress-Management

Lesson 13:Empathy

Lesson 14: Communication

Lesson 15: Social-Engagement

Lesson 16: Relationships Day

Lesson 17: Teamwork

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Link to Wylie Ways Lessons

Respect and Responsibility

Lesson 1: Identifying Emotions

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting spot.
2. Take 3 deep breaths!
3. Let’s play feelings bingo!
4. What are you feeling?

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Lesson 2: Accurate Self-Perception

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1. Come to the carpet.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. Who is important to you?
4. Let’s look in the box that shows a very important person.
5. Let’s go back to our seats and draw the very important person we saw in our box!
6. Let’s share with a shoulder parter and talk about why that person is so very important to our class.

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Lesson 3: Recognizing Strengths

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting spot.
2. Take 3 deep breaths!
3. Let’s talk about strengths!
4. Let’s play “Hands up if this is your strength!”

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Lesson 4: Self-Confidence

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting spot.
2. Take 3 deep breaths!
3. What is confidence?
4. Echo read 3-5 confidence builders.
5. Let’s “think and share” one thing we can say each day to find our confidence.
6. Let’s draw our “confident selves.”

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Lesson 5: Wylie Way Day

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Follow the district plans for today’s lessons.

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Lesson 6: Self-Efficacy

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting spot.
2. Take 3 deep breaths!
3. Let’s practice “self-trust talk.”
4. Let’s make a class list of “self-trust talk” we can all turn to when we need to practice self-efficacy.

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Lesson 7: Respect for Others

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1. Come to the carpet.
2. Take 3 deep breaths.
3. Let’s talk about personal boundaries, or personal space!
4. Show your personal space bubble!
5. Let’s practice respecting personal space around the room.

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Lesson 8: Wylie Way Follow Up Day

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Please follow your school’s planning for this lesson.

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Lesson 9: Awareness of External Supports

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1. Come to the carpet.
2. Take 3 deep breaths.
3. Let’s make a bridge (see instructions)
4. Who do you have to support you?
5. Let’s draw a picture of the people who support you!

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Lesson 10: Unity Day

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Please follow your campus plans for today’s lesson. A sample lesson is available here.

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Lesson 11: Self-Control

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1. Come to the carpet.
2. Take 3 deep breaths.
3. Let’s talk about “Flipping Your Lid.”
4. Let’s watch this video about your amazing brain!
5. Let’s draw a time you calmed yourself down. What did you do to calm your amazing brain?

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Lesson 12: Self-Care/Stress Management

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting spot.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. Let’s talk about stress.
4. Let’s look at the Emotional Charades Chart and talk about situations that are stressful.
5. Now that we know what stress is, let’s do this activity to calm our stress.

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Lesson 13: Empathy

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting space.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. Let’s talk about EMPATHY.
4. Let’s practice understanding emotions with Go Noodle (Click on “Let’s Play,” “Play,” and then �“Quick Play.” Choose your grade and then the “Emotions” game. Practice identifying and understanding the emotions.).
5. Come back to the carpet and make a feelings face to show how you are feeling right now. Turn to a partner and try to guess your partner’s “feelings face.”

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Lesson 14: Communication

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting spot.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. Today, we’re going to practice communicating our emotions with our faces and bodies.
4. Let’s play “Emotions Charades”

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Lesson 15: Social-Engagement

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting spot.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. Let’s talk about our school helpers!
4. Let’s choose an important task to do as school helpers today!

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Lesson 16: Relationships Day

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Please follow your school’s plans for today’s lesson.

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Lesson 17: Teamwork

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting space.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. Let’s talk about teamwork.
4. TEAM = Together Everyone Achieves More
5. Let’s learn more about being on a team with this Go Noodle.

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Lesson 18: Goal-Setting/Growth Mindset

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting spot.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. Let’s talk about Growth Mindset.
4. Let’s watch this Class Dojo video about growth mindset.
5. Think about one thing you’d like to get better at.
6. Let’s go back to our desks and write or draw one thing we’d like to get better at!

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Lesson 19: Self-Discipline/Grit

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1. Come to the carpet (or meeting spot).
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. What’s one Kindergarten goal you have? Let’s talk about a goal we have as learners in this class.
4. Let’s go back to our seats and draw one goal you have for Kindergarten.

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Lesson 20: Perspective Taking

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting spot.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. Let’s talk about what “whole-body listening” looks like.
4. Let’s sing this song about “whole-body listening.”
5. Let’s practice by going around the circle and telling what your favorite animal is. While the speaker is talking, we will all practice. Let’s look at these reminders before we begin.
6. Extra challenge: Let’s try to remember each other’s favorite animals!

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Lesson 21: Identifying Problems

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting spot.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. Today, we’re talking about problems. How do you know something is a problem?
4. Today, we’ll watch Hunter and Eve as they come across a problem that needs to be solved.
5. Let’s review the problem-solving steps! (Challenge: Answer the problem-solving questions)

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Lesson 22: Problem Solving

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting spot.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. Let’s review the steps for problem solving!
4. Let’s think of a classroom problem and use these steps to solve it.

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Lesson 23: Mapping your Future

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Please follow the district lesson plans for today’s lessons.

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Lesson 24: Appreciation for all Peoples and

Cultures, Part 1

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting spot.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. Today, we’ll talk about the ways we are similar and different.
4. We will read the book The Colors of Us and answer some questions.
5. Let’s look at the colors of our skin on our hands. Each of us is a different color.
6. All of us are different and similar. Our differences make our class wonderful and unique (or special).

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Lesson 25: Appreciation of all Peoples and

Cultures, Part 2

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting spot.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. Read The Sneeches. Look for “thumbs up” and “thumbs down” situations in the book.
4. Let’s review! What were some “thumbs down” situations in the book? What were some “thumbs up” situations in the book?
5. When we see or are in a “thumbs down” situation, what should we do?

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Lesson 26: Wylie Way Follow Up

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Please follow your school’s plans for today’s lessons.

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Lesson 27: Conflict Resolution, Part 1

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting spot.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. Let’s talk about conflict!
4. Let’s watch this video.
5. Let’s review how Elmo dealt with conflict.

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Lesson 28: Conflict Resolution, Part 2

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting spot.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. Let’s solve this conflict! What could happen next?

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Lesson 29: Ripples of Hope

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Please follow your school’s plans for today’s lesson.

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Lesson 30: Evaluating

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1. Let’s talk about INTEGRITY! Integrity is when we do what is right and best even if no one is around to tell us we did a great job. Even if no one even knows the good thing we did.
2. Today, we’ll read What if Everybody Did That?
3. We’ll answer some of the questions that come up in the book.
4. Let’s turn to a partner and talk about one way we could practice integrity today.

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Lesson 31: Expressing Gratitude, Part 1

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting spot.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. Today, let’s talk about giving compliments.
4. Let’s watch this video.
5. Now, let’s practice! Turn and give your shoulder partner a compliment.

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Lesson 32: Expressing Gratitude, Part 2

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting spot.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. Today, we’ll show gratitude for the people we live with.
4. Let’s go back to our desks and write or draw a thank you card for someone we live with.

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Lesson 33: Ethical Responsibility

(Doing what’s right!)

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting space.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. Let’s talk about making good choices!
4. Let’s play “What would you do?”
5. Now it’s your turn: What is a tricky situation you can think of? Let’s see if we can decide what a person should do next in your example.

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Lesson 34: Reflecting

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1. Come to the carpet or meeting spot.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. You have a right to keep yourself safe!
4. When someone touches your body in a way that makes you uncomfortable, you can Say NO, GO, and TELL a trusted adult.
5. Let’s watch this video about a boy who has to tell someone “NO.”
6. Let’s reflect!

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Lesson 35: Day of Celebration

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1. Come to the carpet.
2. Take three deep breaths.
3. You are about to graduate from Kindergarten and become 1st graders!
4. Let’s go around the circle and each say one thing we’ve learned in kindergarten. Then, we’ll clap (or silent cheer) for each other’s accomplishments!