1st Grade Instructional Guide

Building Resilience Building resilience is part of a key set of skills that involves understanding your emotions, how to manage them, and ways to express them constructively. This enables one to handle stress, control impulses, and motivate oneself to persevere in overcoming obstacles to achieve academic and personal goals. Scope and Sequence - 10/13 through 11/21

Lesson and Date

1st Grade

2nd Grade

3rd Grade

4th Grade

5th Grade

BR 1 Week of 10/13 - 10/17 BR 2 Week of 10/20 - 10/31

Feelings Have Names

Emotion Vocabulary

What’s the Emotion?

Basic and Complex Emotions

Identifying Emotions

Understanding My Basic and Complex Emotions

We Have Feelings

How Big Are My Emotions?

Using Self-Talk

How Do I Feel?

The Brain’s Involvement in Emotions

BR 3 Week of 11/3 - 11/7

Calming Strategies for Big Emotions

Coping with Big Emotions

Effective Coping Strategies

Staying Calm

BR 4 Week of 11/10 - 11/14

Reading Facial Expressions

Managing Test Anxiety

Belly Breathe

Positive Self-Talk

Coping Skills

BR 5 Digital Citizenship Week of 11/17 - 11/21

Meet Arms of the Digital Citizens!

Our Responsibilities Online

My Feelings When Using Technology

Finding My Media Balance

My Media Choices

*2nd Grade Bonus Lesson: Listening and Avoiding Distractions