Want to help your students build strong community around school and within the classroom? Use these discussion based mini-lessons to teach responsibility for creating community in student choices every day. 

• K-5

• Grades 6-12

Students write compliments to each other when they catch a peer doing something positive or helpful. 

Teachers and students fill buckets when they see others being kind to peers. 

Have students caption the amusing animal pictures in this slide deck as an icebreaker  or brain break activity. 

Use or all of these six discussion starter activities with your students to learn more about them. 

Digital versions of calendar time for primary classrooms.

• Daily Interactive Calendar (Slides)

• Animal Calendar (Lumio by SMART)

• Monster Calendar (Lumio by SMART)

These questions can be posted in Brightspace as a discussion question, in Smart Learning Suite Online with Shout it Out, or with Nearpod's Collaborate boardto facilitate class discussions.

Google Docs

Jamboard template for Morning Meetings that goes through number of the day, weather, and daily goals. 

Google Slides template for with spaces for quote of the day, checklist, would you rather, and more.

Use one of these slide decks as a fun brain break activity or getting started ice breaker. 

• Option 1

• Option 2

Turn digital cards to uncover engaging questions students can discuss with partners. 

Use these virtual tools to acknowledge desired student behaviors. 

• Toolkit

• Guided Tour

• Marble Jar and Piggy Bank

Use this choice board to build relationships with students during the first week of school. 

• K-2

• Grades 3-8

Use this template to see track students feelings and energy about a topic. Students make a notation or insert an image in the appropriate box. 

• Google Slides

• Lumio

Students complete a daily prompt in Slides, focusing on what they are grateful for that day. 

Students express what matters most to them by "mapping" their heart. 

• • Teacher Directions

  • Hyperdoc

  • Templates

    • Wixie

    • Slides

    • Drawings

Use this slide deck to check in with students each day to see how they are feeling. 

Students insert text boxes and/or word art to fill a virtual jar with things they are grateful for and complete a journal prompt. 

Students identify and describe their happy place, where they can mentally go to relax and get away from stress. 

Google Slides

Students combine a selfie with adjectives to create a powerful image about themselves. 

Use this Lumio slide as a workspace activity for students to confidentially let you know how things went for them during the week.