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Hang this printout in your classroom or hand it out to students to use as a reminder of how to be self-aware when facing a problem. It encourages students to stop, take a breath, think about the problem, think about solutions to the problem, and go ahead with the best solution.

Students will put four related emotions in order from least intense to most intense. Then they will explain how they chose the order. Answers may vary from student-to-student. The important part is that they can explain their choices.

Think about times you have felt emotions related to sadness, such as grief, regret, or shame. Write about those experiences and reflect on what made you feel that way.

It's just as important to be aware of our positive feelings as it is to be aware of the negative ones. Use this happiness reflection sheet to help students reflect on their experiences with happiness.

Fear is a difficult emotion to deal with, and there are many different levels of it. With this worksheet, students pick three emotions related to fear and write about their experiences with them.

With this printout, students will think about times they have experienced emotions related to anger. They will reflect on these experiences on the lines provided.

When a student needs to take a deep look at their emotions, actions, and reactions, this is the perfect worksheet. Print it out and have your student write about what they are feeling, how and why they reacted the way they did, and how they can take responsibility and do better next time.

Use this printout to help students reflect on their emotions, actions, and reactions. It makes a great thinking activity when a student needs to step back from a situation or take a time out.

Students will match the emotions or feelings on the left side of the page with the most accurate definitions on the right.

This anchor chart can help students understand different levels, or shades, of the emotions of happiness, sadness, anger, and fear.

Use this emotions survey to help students become more self-aware about their emotions. The simple agree or disagree format makes it accessible for all ages, whether you go question-by-question with younger students, or assign it as independent work for older students.

This self-awareness anchor chart offers 5 ways students can be self-aware. It includes examples of steps to take to recognize, understand, and take responsibility for your actions, emotions, and reactions. It also includes guidance on how to best handle feedback on listen to other perspectives.

Students can use this anchor chart to check in with themselves about how they are feeling and reacting to certain things. It offers 3 steps to being self-aware and includes thinking questions to help them sort out their emotions.

This short passage introduces students to National Acts of Kindness Day, a day where everyone is encouraged to act with kindness, which hopefully your students are already doing! They'll learn about the day and answer a few questions about the reading.

Have your students write an acrostic poem about kindness using each of the letters in the word as the first letter of a line.

Test your students' understanding of the vocab words from this part of the book in a fun way with this vocabulary crossword. Clues such as not stopping or giving up (persistent) and synonym for sudden (abrupt) help students complete the puzzle.

The vocab words for this section of Hatchet are spear, prong, primitive, persistent, abrupt, tension, slender, fluid, exulted, faint, confines and sulfurous. Use these cards in various ways to practice the words and their definitions.

Read about this basic, but very important, economics concept. After reading the article, answer questions about the text to reinforce an understanding of cost and benefit analysis.

Read all about the second-largest lizard in the United States--the chuckwalla! Then answer comprehension questions, complete a vocabulary activity, and respond to a writing prompt.

Use this anchor chart to help students learn about cause and effect, or why something has happened and what happens as a result. This colorful printout includes definitions, an example, and an eye-catching illustration.

Deepen your students' understanding of context clues with these advanced-level task cards. Each card has a sentence with an underlined word. Students must use clues from the sentence to choose the correct meaning of the word.

Use the context clues in the sentences on each of these task cards to determine the meaning of the underlined words.

Print out this copy of the Pledge of Allegiance to help your students learn the words, or use it as a reference for students who are already familiar.

This Venn diagram worksheet guides students to compare and contrast the book and movie Bridge to Terabithia by writing about similarities and differences.

With this chart, students will write about how they pictured the characters, setting, and main events when they were reading the book, and how they compared with how they were represented in the movie.

Compare and contrast the book and movie adaptation of Bridge to Terabithia with this printable worksheet.

This worksheet is perfect if you're showing your students the movie adaptation of Bridge to Terabithia after reading the book. Have them complete the worksheet during and after watching the movie by writing about the similarities and differences.

Students needing the support of primary lines can use this note template to write a kind note to a friend, family member, teacher, or anyone else in their life they wish to spread kindness to.

This template can be cut into 4 separate note cards for students to write kind notes to someone. Encourage them to use kind words and share them with a friend, teacher, or family member.

With the guidance of primary lines, students will write examples of how they can show kindness in their home, school, or community. They will draw pictures showing examples of each act too.

Students will write examples of how they can show kindness in different places: school, home, and their community. They will also draw pictures to show these acts.

Have your students make and read this mini book to reinforce simple ways they can show kindness. From holding the door open to sharing toys, there are plenty of simple acts they can do to show kindness every day!

Think of and write down as many /ph/ words as you can on this page. The printout includes primary ruled lines to neatly write the words on.

Have your students brainstorm words that have the /ph/ sound. They can even get a few hints from the pictures on this page.

This word bank on this printout includes images and spelled-out words. Students will pick the best word to complete each sentence.

Choose the word from the bank with the correct number of letters to complete the sentence. Make sure the word makes sense in the sentence too!

Draw lines to match the pictures on the left side to the correct ph words on the right side of the page.

Fill in the missing letters to complete each of the ph words shown. Then rewrite the words on the lines below.

Students can trace the ph words on this sheet and then rewrite them on the primary-ruled lines. They can also color the images. Words include: phone, graph, photo, and aphid.

Students will write the ph word that matches each picture on the primary line below the image. A word bank is included to help students with spelling and recognition.

On this worksheet, students are instructed to color only the pictures that show words spelled with the ph digraph.

This anchor chart includes eight common words with the ph digraph. Hang it in your classroom to reference or have students color the page while reviewing the words.

Pull out the letter stampers and have students practice spelling out each of the eight ph words provided.

Cut out the words and rearrange them to make sentences, using at least one ph word in each sentence. Practice handwriting skills by rewriting each sentence on the lines provided.

Use these cards in centers or as part of a fun phonics practice game to help students review ph words. They can be used for a memory match game, dry erase activity, alphabetical order practice, or any other way you can think of.

This phonics word slider looks like an elephant and includes that ph word as well as many more, such as dolphin, alphabet, and phonics. The digraphs are bolded in each word so students can quickly spot them no matter where they appear in the words.

Engage in fun phonics practice with this ph word wheel. The letters ph are highlighted in each word so students will be able to quickly identify where in the word the digraph appears.

Practice a variety of words that have the ph digraph with these flash cards. Words include sphere, gopher, alphabet, morph, phrase, sphinx, phonics, and more!

The pictures on this page include an elephant, photo, graph, and phone. They also include other words that do not have the ph digraph. Students will cut and glue the pictures according to the chart.

Assign each of your students one of these ph digraph pennants and then use them to create a fun decoration for the classroom.