Do your students' self-doubt and negative self-talk hold them back from reaching their full potential? This Happiness and Positive Thinking SEL Unit gives you everything you need to build a classroom where students reflect on what brings them joy, build confidence, and develop the positive mindset they need to thrive academically and socially.
NOTE: This character education unit is also included in the SEL Morning Meeting Bundle 2 with four additional themes.
Through analyzing social scenarios in suggested read alouds, reflecting and journaling with happiness-focused prompts, and participating in positive thinking and self-esteem activities, students will learn to recognize the role that positive self-talk plays in experiencing joy and develop the confidence and optimism needed to flourish both inside and outside the classroom.
WHY TEACHERS LOVE THIS UNIT
- 20 Days of Ready-to-Use Lessons – Print-and-go lesson plans with suggested read-alouds, discussion questions, 16 positive thinking and self-esteem activities, extension ideas, and linked online resources.
- Flexible for Any Setting – Works for morning meetings, character education programs, counselor lessons, or sub plans.
- Standards-Aligned SEL – Integrates happiness and positive thinking directly into ELA skills and common themes in literature, maximizing every minute of your SEL or morning meeting time.
- Printable & Digital – Google Slides for teachers and students included.
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR HAPPINESS SEL UNIT (Scroll through the preview to see more!)
✨ 20 Days of Printable & Editable Lesson Plans — includes suggested read alouds, discussion questions, positive self-talk and self-esteem activities, extension ideas, and linked online resources
✨ Social Emotional Learning Journals — happiness-related discussion prompts, self-reflection and goal setting exercises, and social emotional learning worksheets to deepen students' understanding of happiness and positive thinking, with activities like Choose Joy Scenario Sort, Self-Talk Matters & Practicing Positive Thinking, Challenges of Happiness + Strategies for Overcoming, Common Traits of Happy People, and more!
✨ SEL Bulletin Board Materials that include important vocabulary like joy, choice, optimism, pessimism, self-talk, and self-esteem and inspirational quotations for a visual reminder of your happiness and positive thinking lessons
✨ SEL Morning Meeting Google Slides — Teacher and student versions to implement this unit digitally or use as visual prompts and discussion starters on your interactive whiteboard
Watch your students embrace joy, build confidence, and develop a positive mindset that lights up the classroom. Grab this set and start creating a community of happiness and positivity today!
WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "These are great SEL activities for my morning meetings! Thanks for creating this wonderful resource!"
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "These morning meeting activities are perfect to start the day on a positive note! It made the kids think about SEL first thing in the morning which made for a great rest of the day!"
SAVE WITH A MINI-BUNDLE OR THE MEGA BUNDLE OF ALL TOPICS
SEL Morning Meeting Bundle Set 1: Perseverance, Kindness, Belonging, Empathy & Compassion, and Conflict Resolution
SEL Morning Meeting Bundle Set 2: Gratitude, Happiness, Integrity, Goal Setting, & Individuality
SEL Morning Meeting Bundle Set 3: Courage, Intrinsic Motivation, Responsibility, Friendship & Managing Emotions
If you're looking for a year-long social emotional learning curriculum that is perfect for morning meetings, classroom community building, counselor lessons, or sub plans, click here to save 40% on the all themes bundle of 16 social emotional learning units. Each unit is set up similarly with the same components for easy implementation!
YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZIPPED FILE CONTAINING:
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PDF of guided lesson plans and student activity journal; within this PDF, you'll find a link to two Google Slides:
- Teacher Presentation Google Slides
- Student Notebook Google Slides
- PDF of bulletin board materials with vocabulary and quotation posters
Copyright © Tammy Roose, Tarheelstate Teacher.
The purchase of this resource gives the buyer permission to download and copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution is also limited to single classroom use. Copying for other teachers, school-wide use, or school systems is only allowed with the purchase of additional licenses.
