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Sanford Harmony, Diversity & Inclusion Lessons for Kindergarten through Sixth Grade
Sanford Harmony is an instructional program for PreK-6th grade educators to help their students develop social-emotional skills. Sanford Harmony provides educators with the tools to foster and support student connections, collaborations and learning.
Please register with Sanford Harmony to access the materials. Lesson plans aligned with Common Core and ASCA (American School Counselor Association) are provided below for your convenience. Training and demo videos will help you implement Sanford Harmony’s SEL program inside and outside the classroom.
A pre/post test for third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade is included after the Fifth/Sixth grade lesson plans.
Meet Z
Meet a very special alien named Z. Z isn’t a he or a she—just a Z! Z learns about children on Earth and friendship!
Kindergarten
This unit promotes a community environment in the classroom as children learn to recognize and appreciate one another's similarities and differences. This unit is designed to help students learn diversity and inclusion skills.
GOALS
- Get to know one another.
- Discover and appreciate commonalities
- Appreciate and learn from diversity
- Develop an attitude of inclusion
- Embrace a common classroom identity
- Feel valued as an individual and as a member of the group
Four Lessons in this Unit
1.1 Getting to Know One Another
1.2 Discovering Commonalities
1.3 Learning from Diversity
1.4 Building Community
First and Second Grade
This unit promotes a community environment in the classroom as children learn to recognize and appreciate one another's similarities and differences. This unit is designed to help students learn diversity and inclusion skills.
GOALS
- Get to know one another.
- Discover and appreciate commonalities
- Appreciate and learn from diversity
- Develop an attitude of inclusion
- Embrace a common classroom identity
- Feel valued as an individual and as a member of the group
Four Lessons in this Unit
1.1 Getting to Know One Another
1.2 Discovering Commonalities
1.3 Learning from Diversity
1.4 Building Community
Third Grade
This unit promotes a community environment in the classroom as children learn to recognize and appreciate one another's similarities and differences. This unit is designed to help students learn diversity and inclusion skills.
GOALS
- Provide an inclusive environment in the classroom
- Provide opportunities for students to get to know each other
- Recognize and appreciate one another's similarities and differences
- Develop a common classroom identity
Lessons
1.1 Who We Are
1.2 The Things We Have in Common
1.3 Learn Something New
1.4 Classroom Identity
Fourth Grade
This unit promotes a community environment in the classroom as children learn to recognize and appreciate one another's similarities and differences. This unit is designed to help students learn diversity and inclusion skills.
GOALS
- Provide an inclusive environment in the classroom
- Provide opportunities for students to get to know each other
- Recognize and appreciate one another's similarities and differences
- Develop a common classroom identity
Lessons
1.1 Who We Are
1.2 The Things We Have in Common
1.3 Learn Something New
1.4 Classroom Identity
Fifth and Sixth Grade
This unit promotes a community environment in the classroom as children learn to recognize and appreciate one another's similarities and differences. This unit is designed to help students learn diversity and inclusion skills.
GOALS
- Provide an inclusive environment in the classroom
- Provide opportunities for students to get to know each other
- Recognize and appreciate one another's similarities and differences
- Develop a common classroom identity