Description

Build positive classroom community with this Giraffe Problems book companion featuring 12 ready-to-use SEL activities for self-acceptance and friendship skills! This comprehensive resource pack includes teacher lesson plans, discussion questions, and engaging student activities aligned with CASEL standards to help students celebrate uniqueness, develop positive self-image, and build healthy relationships.

Perfect for upper elementary classrooms, this engaging book companion for Jory John’s “Giraffe Problems” helps students explore important social-emotional learning concepts through quality literature. Your students will connect deeply with Edward the giraffe’s journey to self-acceptance while developing critical SEL skills that strengthen classroom community.

Here’s what you’ll get in this comprehensive resource:

• Detailed teacher lesson plans with standards alignment
• Pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading discussion questions
• 12 differentiated student activities to choose from
• Literary elements analysis for ELA integration
• Compare and contrast graphic organizers
• Self-reflection writing prompts
• Community-building activities
• CASEL-aligned lessons focused on relationship skills
• Printable student worksheets ready for immediate classroom use

Your students will love engaging with this beautifully illustrated story while exploring important concepts about self-acceptance and friendship. The varied activities accommodate different learning styles and provide authentic opportunities to practice SEL skills in a supportive classroom environment. The perfect blend of ELA skills and social-emotional learning makes this resource especially valuable for today’s busy teachers.

This resource is quick to implement with minimal prep – simply read the book together, choose the activities that best fit your classroom needs, and watch as your students develop deeper self-awareness and relationship skills!

This versatile resource works perfectly for:

• Whole-class SEL instruction
• Small group interventions (Tiers 2 and 3)
• Independent work stations
• Morning meeting activities
• Counselor-led sessions
• 1:1 student support
• Building classroom community at any time of year

The combination of ELA skills practice and social-emotional learning makes this resource especially valuable for integrating SEL into your literacy block or morning meeting routine.

Join thousands of teachers who have used The SEL Bookshelf resources to make social-emotional learning engaging and effective in upper elementary classrooms.

✅ Download the preview to see how comprehensive this resource is!

One of the most significant needs in our schools and in our classrooms is access to an appropriate and meaningful SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) curriculum. Students need to be able to work through the five competencies of SEL: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision Making (© CASEL 2017).

This product is a part of The SEL Bookshelf™ Curriculum Series.

Copyright © Mikey Sivert & Mikey D Teach.

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

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