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New Product :: Friendship Scoot

You may already know that I love “Scoot Games.”Unfortunately, there’s a million and one ELA and Math Scoots, but virtually NO special ed/counseling Scoots. Go figure, right? Well, I’m going to try to fix that! Our kids deserve to have fun too!!

Here are the rules:

  • Place one task card on each student desk or around the room in numerical order. It makes it easier for students is cards are put in order. Then, give each student a recording sheet and a pencil.
  • Next, each student completes the card on their desk and writes their answer in the number on their recording sheet that corresponds to the number on the task card.
  • After about a minute, the teacher says “Scoot” (or uses another signal) and the students quickly stand up, leave the card at their desk, take their recording sheet with them, and scoot over to the next seat with the next number and get started on the question right away.

I’m planning to make a bunch more social-emotional type scoot games as time goes on, but for now, check out my Friendship Game. I also have a Bullying Game too! It contains 35 different friendship task cards, which can be used as a way to review concepts in a fun, interactive way with kids in grades 2-6. Question formats include several types such as True/False, Multiple Choice, Fill-In-The-Blank, and Very Short-Answer.

Friendship ScootFriendship 3Cards are presented in PDF format and are completely editable in Adobe Reader, so the wording and questions can be adjust to your student’s needs and ability levels! Scoot recording sheets are provided for several different class sizes (8, 12, 20, 30, and 35), so it can be played in a small group or full class!

Bullying Scoot

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Review :: Julia Cook Books

One of my favorite authors for social-emotional learning is Julia Cook. She has a book for almost every single type of behavior or situation I encounter as a school social worker and they’re great for on-the-go lesson planning when I’m scrambling to make time to plan. Best of all, my students love the books and actually pay attention while we’re reading and talking about them. What’s not to love? Here are a few of my favorites:

 

 

 

 

 

Do you have any favorite books for teaching social-emotional skills?

Disclaimer: I didn’t receive any compensation for reviewing these books. I just own all of them and love using them with my students! However, the links in this post are Amazon Affiliate links, so if you buy them from Amazon through these links, I get a little extra money to help pay for the blog/hosting/etc!

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New Product :: Social Skills Rubrics

These rubrics were designed to help counselors, teachers, social workers, or SLPs keep track of a student’s progress on school success, problem-solving, friendship, feelings, communication, and self-esteem goals. Each individual set includes 7 rubrics in both a teacher and student version (for a total of 14 rubrics + 2 blank ones to customize).

Rubrics are presented in PDF and editable Microsoft Powerpoint Format, so the wording can be customized to fit your students’ ability levels and needs. Also, you can use Powerpoint’s printing settings to print multiple rubrics per page. Great for when you have multiple students working on the same goal!

If you’d like to save a little money, you can download the Complete Social Skills Rubric Pack for a discount! It includes 42 rubrics in both a teacher and student version (for a total of 84 rubrics + 2 blank ones to customize). The following skills are included:

Enjoy 🙂

School Success Social Skills Rubrics

School Success Skills
– Following Directions
– Work Completion
– Remaining On-Task
– Asking Questions
– Being Prepared
– Attendance
– Following School Rules

Problem Solving Social Skills RubricsProblem-Solving Skills
– Debugging
– Tattling and Reporting
– Compromise
– Point of View
– Fact and Opinion
– Dealing with Disagreements
– Dealing with Gossip

Friendship Social Skills Rubrics

Friendship Skills
– Choosing Friends
– Feeling Left Out
– Being a Good Sport
– Apologizing
– Taking Turns
– Giving a Compliment
– Accepting a Compliment

Feelings Social Skills Rubrics

Feelings Skills
– Feelings Identification
– Reading Body Language
– Responding to Negative Emotions
– Feelings Demonstration
– Expressing Feelings
– Dealing with Anger or Frustration
– Dealing with Anxiety

Communication Social Skills Rubrics

Communication Skills
– Introducing
– Having a Conversation
– Talking on Topic
– Interrupting
– Conversation Body Language
– Personal Space
– Mental Filtering

Self-Esteem Social Skills Rubrics

Self-Esteem Skills – some skills offered as a freebie
– Positive Self-Talk
– Goal Setting
– Understanding Strengths
– Dealing with Peer Pressure
– Dealing with Mistakes
– Self-Reflection (Complete Pack only – not in freebie)
– Working in a Group (Complete Pack only – not in freebie)

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