Do your students struggle with short attention spans, emotional responses to setbacks, or a desire for instant gratification? This Perseverance SEL Unit gives you everything you need to build a classroom culture of grit, resilience, and the power of yet.
NOTE: This character education unit is also included in the SEL Morning Meeting Bundle 1 with four additional themes.
Through analyzing social scenarios in suggested read alouds, reflecting and journaling with perseverance-focused prompts, and participating in grit and resilience activities, students will develop the real tools they need to push through challenges and embrace a growth mindset.
WHY TEACHERS LOVE THIS UNIT
- 20 Days of Ready-to-Use Lessons – Print-and-go lesson plans with suggested read-alouds, discussion questions, 15 perseverance and grit 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 perseverance and resilience 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 PERSEVERANCE SEL UNIT (Scroll through the preview to see more!)
✨ 20 Days of Printable & Editable Lesson Plans — includes suggested read alouds, discussion questions, perseverance activities, extension ideas, and linked online resources
✨ Social Emotional Learning Journals — perseverance-related discussion prompts, self-reflection and goal setting exercises, and social emotional learning worksheets to deepen students' understanding of grit and resilience, with activities like The Power of Yet Affirmations, Analyzing Situations That Test Our Perseverance, Responding with Determination & Perseverance, The Challenges of Perseverance + Strategies for Overcoming, and more!
✨ SEL Bulletin Board Materials that include important vocabulary like resilience, perseverance, adversity, and grit and inspirational quotations for a visual reminder of your perseverance and resilience 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
Imagine watching your students transform into focused, resilient, confident individuals who embrace every challenge. Grab this set and start building a classroom of grit today!
WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I love these morning meeting units! One of these days I'm going to have to go in for a bundle of them. Even without using them in exactly the same way they are suggested to be used, I find them so valuable. I feel like my students are building community, learning incredibly valuable social-emotional skills, and working on literacy skills at the same time. Thank you for creating these!"
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This is an outstanding resource---very complete and thought-out. My school is doing "perseverance" as the character trait of the month. I purchased it so that I could incorporate the ready-made slides into my daily slides. Worked like a charm. I'm so glad I purchased."
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.
