$3.25
Teach the importance of forgiveness with this engaging, weeklong SEL unit based on The Sour Grape by Jory John and Pete Oswald. Designed for first through third graders, this resource provides five days of 15-minute lesson plans focused on letting go of grudges and practicing forgiveness. Each day includes activities like guided questions, letter writing, reflection worksheets, a social story, and a forgiveness pledge. Students also get to connect with their families through a take-home journal activity. With manageable, bite-sized lessons, this unit makes social-emotional learning approachable and impactful!
Teach your first, second, or third-grade students the importance of forgiveness with this set of engaging and comprehensive lesson plans and activities to get students to stop holding grudges, designed to be used in conjunction with the book ‘The Sour Grape’ by Jory John and Pete Oswald.
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS SEL RESOURCE?
HOW ARE THESE FORGIVENESS LESSONS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS?
⇨ This weeklong unit focuses on ONE SEL ‘goal’ so your students have time to digest and understand the message.
⇨ This weekly focus of FORGIVENESS is based upon one mentor text (The Sour Grape) that is read on Monday, giving students a frame of reference and schema about the focus of the week in a kid-friendly and relatable way.
⇨ Each daily lesson is designed to take only 15 minutes of class time, making it manageable for the busy classroom teacher.
YOUR WEEK USING THESE MAKING FRIENDS LESSON PLANS WILL GO A LITTLE LIKE THIS…
✅ Monday: Students will listen to the read-aloud (you if you own the book -OR- find a YouTube reading!). Question and discussion prompts included. Note: Read-aloud book/read-aloud video not included with purchase.
✅ Tuesday: Students will engage with you in a classroom meeting where you will remind students of the focus, and begin to generalize the story so it can apply to your focus. Students will draw and/or write their understanding of the focus of the week in their journals.
✅ Wednesday: Students will view a video clip. Then, another community-building classroom meeting will be held to talk about how the video clip relates to the focus of the week.
✅ Thursday: Students will engage in an activity to reinforce the focus of the week. *This week’s activity is letter writing to practice forgiveness.*
✅ Friday: Students will draw and/or write about their new learning by completing prompts in their journal. Then, students will take their journals home and share the ‘Home Connection’ with their families.
*Detailed lesson plans are provided for each day! Don’t want to split it up? Easily combine lessons!
WHAT ARE OTHER TEACHERS SAYING ABOUT ‘READERS WITH CHARACTER’ SEL BOOK COMPANIONS?
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Siobahn says, “This has been so helpful in my class so far this year. My students enjoy the lessons built around the books and has been a great way to enhance our classroom climate. Thank you for such a wonderful product. I am looking forward to using the rest of the lessons as the year goes on!”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sarah says, “I honestly can’t say enough praise about this resource. It has changed the climate of my classroom!!!”
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