SEL Social Stories Task Cards – Determining Emotion in Engaging Literature

Description

Social Stories Task Cards are designed to offer a fun and interactive way to encourage discussion, empathy, and understanding of various emotions and perspectives.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

✍️ PRINT:

• 32 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)
  • 1st – 3rd Leveled Cards
    • Color
    • Black-line

• • 4th-6th Leveled Cards
    • Color
    • Black-line

• Recording Sheets
• Answer Keys

DIGITAL:

• Google Slides
  • 1st – 3rd Leveled Cards
  • 4th – 5th Leveled Cards

DIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:

• Leveled task cards for different abilities
• Digital or Print
• Challenge Card to extend the lesson
• Audio Support

Great for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade!

CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE A LOT MORE!

NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable.

Here are some ideas for using these task cards:

• Warm-up Activity – Begin your day with a time to read and discuss a story card. This can help students become more comfortable and open to discussing their own experiences and perspectives.
• Group or Pair Work – Divide your students into small groups or pairs. Assign each group a task card or let them choose one at random. Encourage students to read the story together and discuss the emotions or perspectives presented. Allow students to share their thoughts, personal experiences, or connections to the story.
• Class Discussion – After each group has had a chance to discuss their task card, bring the class back together for a whole-class discussion. Ask each group to summarize the story from their task card and share their insights or findings with the rest of the class. Encourage other students to ask questions or share their thoughts on the story.
• Creative Writing Activity – Ask students to choose a task card and write a short story, poem, or essay based on the emotion or perspective presented. Encourage them to be creative and to draw from their own experiences. Once they have finished writing, invite students to share their work with the class or in small groups.
• Reflective Journaling – Incorporate reflective journaling as a follow-up to the task card activities. Have students write about their thoughts, feelings, and experiences related to the emotions and perspectives discussed in class. Encourage them to explore their own emotional landscape and consider how they can better understand and empathize with others.

Teacher Tip

• Download our FREE Task Card Handbook to learn 31 different ways you can use this resource!

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About the Author

Rachel Lynette is a published author of over 120 nonfiction books for children on a variety of subjects, as well as several teacher resource books. She has written for publishers such as Harcourt, Thompson-Gale, Rosen, Children’s Press, Evan-Moor, Kagan, and several others. This resource reflects more than a decade of professional writing experience.

Terms of Use

This resource was created by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack for Minds in Bloom INC., all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded.

If you want to share this resource with colleagues, please purchase additional licenses. Thank you for respecting these terms of use.

This product is happily brought to you by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack of Minds in Bloom.

SKU: 9481361