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Collaboration refers to the ability to work well with others along lines of difference. Collaboration works to build positive communication, value multiple perspectives, effectively solve problems, and work through conflict.
Discover a variety of lessons and exercises that strengthen COLLABORATION skills by clicking on the links below.
Discover a variety of lessons and exercises that strengthen COLLABORATION skills by clicking on the links below.
FREE & PAID // K-5TH GRADE
About: What is active listening, how do students do it, and why? This lesson answers these questions and provides ways for you to increase active listening in your classroom using fun games and exercises to reach all students.
FREE // 3RD-8TH GRADE
About: Communication games are a fun way for students to learn helpful methods through team interaction. This webpage includes 7 games you and your students can play to improve communication skills.
FREE // P-12TH GRADE
About: Students or staff sit in a circle, center themselves with a Mindfulness Moment, and use a talking piece to respectfully take turns answering a question about how they are doing. They close the Circle process by reflecting on the effectiveness of the process itself.
FREE // P-2ND GRADE
About: Kindness has been found to benefit students by increasing their well-being and peer acceptance, both of which lead to greater academic achievement, a stronger sense of belonging, and better relationships with peers and teachers. In this lesson, students think of ways they have acted with kindness towards others and then draw and write about it.
FREE // 6TH-12TH GRADE
About: Students watch videos on prosocial (kind, helpful) action, complete self-reflection activities, and plan and record their prosocial acts over ten consecutive days. They finish with a reflection on the impact of their actions.
FREE // 3RD-8TH GRADE
About: In this exercise, students examine how they face everyday moral dilemmas and consider who and what influences their reactions when conflicts arise. These types of discussions can help students think in a more critical and sophisticated way about the social and ethical challenges they may face.
FREE // K-6TH GRADE
About: There are many effective ways to solve a problem. In this activity, students will imagine difficult situations and talk about strategies for making responsible, ethical, and healthy choices. Talking about these choices will help students make decisions in the future when problems arise.
Individual lessons are available for Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade, and Sixth Grade.
FREE // K-6TH GRADE
About: Young children who can accurately read facial expressions and assign an appropriate emotion to a situation perform better academically, have fewer behavior problems, and demonstrate greater prosocial (kind, helpful) behavior. For this activity, in a group meeting students share their feelings while also building their feelings vocabulary and emotion knowledge.
Individual lessons are available for Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade, and Sixth Grade.
FREE // 6TH-12TH GRADE
About: This practice, inspired by the lectio divina method, asks students to read a text slowly and carefully and then reflect on it, helping to cultivate deeper awareness and understanding.
FREE // 6TH-8TH GRADE
About: Students watch a video about an anonymous group of students’ “random acts of kindness,” and then they plan ways to perform their own acts of kindness.
FREE // 9TH-12TH GRADE
About: Students apply a “growth mindset” lens to people who exclude others and/or are victims of exclusion, recognizing that people can change for the better.
FREE // K-12TH GRADE
About: In this guide, you will find activities that are aligned to Sandy Hook Promise’s Start With Hello and Say Something programs. These activities also boost essential social and emotional skills needed during times of social distancing. The activities can be shared with students, used and modelled by trusted adults, and given as ‘Promise Challenges’ by educators. Each activity supports at least one of the five CASEL competencies.
FREE // K-3RD GRADE
About: Looking for ways to help your child with social-emotional learning (SEL)? Many schools have started teaching kids how to do things like cope with feelings, set goals, and get along with others. Here are a handful of social-emotional learning activities that can help children manage emotions and work on social skills — and have some fun with you along the way. These social-emotional learning games are very low-tech and all are designed to fit easily into daily routines.
FREE // 3RD-5TH GRADE
About: A master math teacher in Anchorage, Alaska, establishes a cooperative-learning environment in an upper-elementary classroom.
Morning Meetings
Morning Meetings
FREE // P-5TH GRADE
About: At Symonds Elementary, teachers use morning meetings to develop valuable social-emotional skills, create a culture of respect and trust, and prepare students to learn.
FREE // P-5TH GRADE
About: At Playworks, we create a place for every kid on the playground to feel included, be active, and build valuable social and emotional skills. Here are some of the games and activities our schools use to make recess fun for all students:
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