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Grade 1 Counselor Units

Unit Plan 21 (Grade 1 Counselor): When I Feel Worried or Scared

Help Grade 1 students understand worry and fear with calming tools, body clues, trusted adults, and help-seeking for big feelings.

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Unit Plan 20 (Grade 1 Counselor): My Calm-Down Plan

Help Grade 1 students create personal calm-down plans with coping tools, trusted adults, and strategies for big feelings and safe choices.

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Unit Plan 19 (Grade 1 Counselor): My Strengths and Interests

Help Grade 1 students name strengths, interests, and growth areas while building self-awareness, belonging, and pride without comparison.

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Unit Plan 18 (Grade 1 Counselor): Safe Choices Around School

Review Grade 1 safe and responsible choices in school spaces with scenario sorting, trusted adults, and safety explanation practice.

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Unit Plan 17 (Grade 1 Counselor): Setting a Simple School Goal

Teach Grade 1 goal setting with small school goals, strengths, action steps, and reflection on learning, friendship, coping, and responsibility.

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Unit Plan 16 (Grade 1 Counselor): How to Join Play

Teach Grade 1 joining play with kind phrases, respectful listening, turn-taking, safe next steps, and adult help when problems continue.

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Parent Tips: Family-School Communication for Busy Parents

Family-school communication tips for busy parents: quick check-ins, weekly routines, and teacher messages that support learning.

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6-8 Lesson Plans Featured

Lesson Plan (Grades 6-8): Meme Logic Workshop - Analyzing Claims, Fallacies, and Persuasion in Digital Media

Analyze memes and digital posts in grades 6-8 with claims, evidence, bias, fallacies, and responsible media creation.

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Unit Plan 15 (Grade 1 Counselor): Listening to a Friend

Teach Grade 1 friendship listening with partner sharing, turn-taking, repeat-back practice, and respectful responses that help classmates feel heard.

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Unit Plan 14 (Grade 1 Counselor): Stop, Calm, Think, Choose

Teach Grade 1 conflict resolution with Stop, Calm, Think, Choose, helping students name problems and choose safe, respectful solutions.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade 1 Counselor): Small Problems and Big Problems

Teach Grade 1 problem-solving with small and big problem sorting, safe strategies, trusted adults, and clear help-seeking words.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade 1 Counselor): Mistakes Help Us Grow

Teach Grade 1 growth mindset with mistakes, “not yet,” helpful self-talk, strengths, and still-learning reflection activities.

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Unit Plan 11 (Grade 1 Counselor): Feelings Show Up in My Body

Help Grade 1 students notice body clues, name feelings, choose coping tools, and ask trusted adults for support when emotions feel too big.

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade 1 Counselor): Name the Feeling, Choose a Strategy

Teach Grade 1 students to name feelings, notice clues, and choose coping strategies with a feelings toolbox for safe emotional regulation.

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade 1 Counselor): We Belong in Our Class

Build Grade 1 classroom belonging with kindness, respectful listening, inclusion, and community activities that help every student feel valued.

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Unit Plan 8 (Grade 1 Counselor): Asking for Help Is a Strong Choice

Teach Grade 1 help-seeking with trusted adults, safety scenarios, and clear phrases for asking for support when problems feel too big.

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Unit Plan 7 (Grade 1 Counselor): Calm-Down Tools

Teach Grade 1 coping tools with breathing, counting, self-talk, stretching, breaks, help-seeking, and calm choices for big feelings.

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade 1 Counselor): Taking Turns and Sharing Fairly

Teach Grade 1 sharing and turn-taking with fair phrases, waiting strategies, small problem-solving, and cooperative classroom games.

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Unit Plan 5 (Grade 1 Counselor): Personal Space and Boundaries

Teach Grade 1 personal space, body boundaries, safe touch, sharing, and respectful stop words with movement and role-play activities.

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Unit Plan 4 (Grade 1 Counselor): Kind Words and Helpful Actions

Teach Grade 1 kindness with words, helpful actions, inclusion, sharing, encouragement, and role-play that builds a welcoming classroom.

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Unit Plan 3 (Grade 1 Counselor): Listening Like a Learner

Teach Grade 1 students active listening, respectful responses, and school-success skills through stories, partner sharing, and three-step directions.

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Unit Plan 2 (Grade 1 Counselor): Feelings Have Names

Help Grade 1 students build emotional vocabulary by naming feelings, reading clues, and connecting emotions to experiences and needs.

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Unit Plan 1 (Grade 1 Counselor): Meet the School Counselor

Introduce Grade 1 students to the school counselor, trusted adults, help-seeking, belonging, and school success through simple scenario sorting.

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K-2 Lesson Plans Featured

Lesson Plan (Grades K-2): Space Snack Mission - Phonics, Sequencing, and Simple Engineering in a Cosmic Classroom Adventure

Launch K-2 learners into a space snack mission with phonics, sequencing, and simple engineering as they read, build, test, and explain.

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The Admin Angle: Grading Drift

Address grading drift with schoolwide guardrails for late work, retakes, missing work, extra credit, and grades that clearly signal learning.