Generosity Social Emotional Learning | Morning Meeting | Character Education
Social skills are just like academic skills—we need to spend time practicing them with our students! Bolster your SEL block with this Generosity Character Education Unit. You’ll have a toolbox full of generosity activities, printables, lesson plans, coloring pages, bulletin board materials, anchor charts, and so much more to give your students intentional practice with generosity in your classroom. Empower your students to be their best selves as you use these resources to develop generous skills and positive character traits.
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Social skills are just like academic skills—we need to spend time practicing them with our students! Bolster your SEL block with this Generosity Character Education Unit. You’ll have a toolbox full of generosity activities, printables, lesson plans, coloring pages, bulletin board materials, anchor charts, and so much more to give your students intentional practice with generosity in your classroom. Empower your students to be their best selves as you use these resources to develop generous skills and positive character traits.
You’ll Love:
- A variety of resources to explicitly model and practice generosity with students
- Giving your students an opportunity to build their classroom community
- Bolstering your SEL curriculum and making character education a priority
What You Get in this Generosity Character Education Unit:
A Full Month of SEL/Character Education Curriculum
Generosity Pacing Guide
- Organize your entire month of generosity.
- Plan to set aside the necessary time to complete the curriculum with your students
Generosity Pacing Guide
- Get family members involved so they can reinforce the character education trait at home.
- Provide parents with tools to help them explain, model, and praise generosity at home.
- Includes a list of books and movies that families can enjoy together.
Generosity Parent Letter
- Get family members involved so they can reinforce the character education trait at home.
- Provide parents with tools to help them explain, model, and praise generosity at home.
- Includes a list of books and movies that families can enjoy together.
Generosity Read Alouds
- Choose generosity read aloud texts that teach different aspects of generosity.
- Each book makes for a great discussion!
Generosity Bulletin Boards
- Introduce generosity to your students with a beautiful bulletin board display.
- Keep this display in your classroom for the entire month that you are teaching generosity.
- Everything you need to create the display is here—including completed examples!
Generosity Anchor Chart
- Create a visual reference for your students—keep learning accessible!
- Students can refer back to this anchor chart as they respond to questions, work independently, and contribute to discussions during your SEL or Character Education lessons.
- A printable version of the anchor chart is also included.
Generosity Posters
- Provide students with a visual definition of generosity in your room with 4 poster options.
Editable Acts of Generosity Calendar
- Use this calendar to challenge your students to do something generous each day.
- It is editable so you can change the month or the acts of generosity.
- TIP: Edit this resource to make multiple versions of the calendar – students perform different generous acts from their classmates each day!
Doodle Reflection Page
- Give students the chance to get creative with ideas about what generosity is.
- Includes reflection questions, examples of generosity, fun generosity quotes, and doodles.
Generous with my Talents Activity
- Students reflect on their talents and write about how they can share them generously with others.
- Students discuss how they and others will feel when sharing their talents.
Charity Poster Activity
- Students will design a poster for a charitable cause to encourage support – perhaps they choose a cause they are familiar with or a cause they care about.
- Students learn about charitable causes and ways to support those causes, such as donating money, volunteering, or collecting items such as food and clothing.
Generosity Give and Keep Activity
- Students help a student named Charlie decide if and how to share her chocolates.
- Students will learn the concept of balancing generosity with fairness and reflect on some difficult scenarios where it’s not so easy to be generous.
Generosity Coupon Book Activity
- Students will complete a coupon book with different acts of generosity.
- There are ten different coupon templates and a cover page.
- Students can pass out their coupon books to family or friends.
Quote of the Week
- Each week, discuss a new quote about generosity with your students.
- Quote of the week includes five different quotes about generosity.
- Activity page with three reflection questions is included for each quote.
- Each quote is available in a speech bubble that you can print and hang.
Generosity Scenarios/Social Stories
- Let students place themselves in new situations and think about ways to be generous.
- Use these scenarios to inspire meaningful conversations in your classroom.
- Display the scenarios on your bulletin board for a class discussion or print the scenarios for students to work in groups or independently.
Readers Theater
- Readers theater will help with fluency, comprehension, and speaking and while studying character education.
- There are three scripts for students to read and perform.
Writing Prompts + Publishing Pages
- Includes five writing prompts for students to reflect and write about generosity.
- Students write about a time someone was generous to them, different ways they can be generous to others, the lessons they can learn about a man who made a large donation for all to see, a short story about generosity, and a story about a selfish and greedy person named Agatha.
- Bulletin board, writing paper, and clipart to turn this into a display is included.
Digital Option for Use With Google
- Option to go 100% paperless with this resource
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These activities are perfect for:
- Morning Meetings
- Counselor Lessons
- Whole-Class Discussions
- Service Learning Projects
- Conflict Resolution Discussions
- Small Groups
- Independent Work
- Early Finishers
- Morning Work
- Sub Plans, and so much more!
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⭐️ Why Teachers Like You LOVE This Resource: ⭐️
“This was a great supplemental resource that I loved using in my class!!”, – Stephanie A
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