Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Showing How to Deal With Anger
Molly Bang's book, When Sophie Get's Angry-Really, Really Angry, provides students with positive ways of dealing with anger. When students explore their own methods of dealing with anger and then talk and write about new ways of...
Committee for Children
Second Step: Grade 1: Lesson 14: Calming Down Anger
In this Second Step instructional activity, 1st graders will learn how to calm down their anger.
Committee for Children
Second Step: Grade 1: Lesson 14: Calming Down Anger
For this Second Step lesson, 1st graders will learn the Calming-Down Steps that will help them use when they are angry.
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Vanderbilt University: Helping Young Children Control Anger & Handle Disappoint
Strategies are provided that will help students deal with upsetting times in their lives.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Anger as Inspiration by Sami Awad
Sami Awad is the Founder and Director of The Holy Land Trust, a non-profit humanitarian organization dedicated to improving the lives of children, families and communities in the Middle East. The group identifies the cycle of violence as...
Committee for Children
Second Step: Grade K: Lesson 17: Managing Disappointment
For this lesson from Second Step, students will learn how to handle their disappointment constructively.
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Teaching Guide: Controlling Anger
A collection of activities and discussion questions to assist young young scholars in learning to control their anger.
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Teaching Guide: Controlling Anger (Spanish)
The Spanish version of a collection of activities and discussion questions to assist young students in learning to control their anger.
Read Works
Read Works: Blue Nail Polish
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Molly who learns that it's okay to be angry, but she still has to act appropriately. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Conflict Resolution Network: The Law Series: Lesson 5: Triggers
This resource provides training for students that will help them identify emotional triggers and then handle these triggers in socially acceptable ways.
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Dealing With Feelings
Through the exercises presented at this website, students with "Learn that other kids experience the same kids of emotions as they do," "That it's important to understand what we're feeling," and "That we can often benefit by discussing...
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Handling Emotions
Know that it is normal to experience different emotions and learn positive ways to deal with your emotions. This website, which is meant to accompany a video on emotions and good character, provides questions for discussion, activity...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Scheming Against an Adversary
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson makes readers think seriously about this question: "What if I had to spend an entire day with someone with whom I had a conflict?" This question presents young writers with a great launching pad for developing...
Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: 'Lockdown' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Lockdown by Diane Tullson looks at what could happen when a student brings a gun to school, intent on revenge. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, discussion topics and teaching ideas.