Explicit SEL Skill-Building Activities:

• 3-2-1 Bridge

• Affirming Important Values

• A Moment for Me

• A Time I Felt Grateful

• Best Possible Self

• Freezing the Moment

• Instead I

• Intentional Family Tree

• It's All In How You Look At It

• Map the Climate in Your School

• Mindful Movement for Teens

• My Mind is a Cast of Characters

• Nurturing Gratitude from the Inside Out: 30 Activities for Grades 6-8

• Positive Activities List

• Putting on the Impulse Breaks

• The Beatbox

• THINK About Social Media Use

• Thought Bubbles

• Woke Up

Integrate SEL into Academic Content:

• Classroom Venn Diagrams (PDF + Google Slide)

• Different Perspectives in Literature (Google Slide + PDF)

• Planning to Persevere

SEL Activity Lists + Other Resources:

• 7 Middle School SEL Activities to Support Growth and Transitions

• 5 SEL Activities for Middle School

• Flip the Script on Tik Toxic Trends

On Panorama's Playbook, we recommend looking at activities from these curriculum providers, who specialize in SEL for middle schoolers:

• Move This World

• Ripple Effects

• ThinkGive

• 7 Mindsets

• Second Step