Lashawndra Elmore

In this 30-minute life skills lesson for 7th and 8th graders, students will discover and celebrate their unique character strengths, reflect on their self-efficacy, and craft strategies to apply those strengths in upcoming class tasks. By adopting an asset-based mindset, students build confidence and set the stage for academic success.

In this 30-minute lesson for 7th & 8th graders, students will discover and celebrate their unique character strengths by identifying three personal assets and drafting a strategy to apply one strength in an upcoming class task. This asset-based mindset activity builds self-efficacy and supports student engagement across subjects.

This 30-minute lesson for 7th & 8th graders helps students explore personal identity by articulating at least two facets of who they are and understanding how self-perception influences school choices. Through a fun emoji warm-up, mini-lesson, reflective worksheet, and pair-share, students build self-awareness and learn that trustworthiness begins within.

In this 30-minute Pre-K lesson, students will learn to match colors with emotions and share personal experiences, helping them recognize body signals and express feelings. This engaging activity promotes emotional literacy and self-expression while building foundational social-emotional skills.

In this fun, interactive Pre-K lesson, students embark on a treasure hunt to learn about honesty by distinguishing truthful from untruthful statements. This lesson builds social-emotional skills—trust, ethical choices, and understanding honesty—in just 30 minutes through play-based exploration. Audience: Pre-K, 30 minutes, whole class.

In this Pre-K lesson, children will explore and identify four basic emotions—happy, sad, mad, and scared—by using mirrors to practice facial expressions and reinforce vocabulary. This 30-minute session builds self-awareness, social-emotional skills, and expressive language through engaging activities and peer interaction.

A playful 30-minute Pre-K lesson where children explore and name four basic emotions—happy, sad, mad, and scared—using handheld mirrors and peer interaction. This lesson builds self-awareness, emotion vocabulary, and social skills through modelling, mirroring games, and reflective drawing.

In this single-session Pre-K lesson, students will play a mirror game to identify and label four basic emotions—happy, sad, mad, and scared—using facial expressions. This lesson builds vocabulary, self-awareness, and early social-emotional skills through hands-on, playful activities.