Social Emotional Journals in the Classroom

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social emotional journals

I am so excited to share with you my new social emotional journals. These are a perfect addition to your classroom because they allow for daily social emotional learning and discussions!

Don’t feel like reading? Here is a little video of me showcasing this new product for your students this year.

What are these social emotional journals?

These are picture prompt based social emotional journals.  These are great because they teach social emotional learning skills throughout the school year.  Every journal page has 5 prompts. You can also use these pages in a bell ringer format. Students can complete one section a day over the course of one week.

two sided social emotional journals and single sided emotional journals samples

Why use these social emotional journals?

Social emotional learning skills and self coping skills should be a staple in every classroom at everyage.  Social emotional learning skills help kidslearnhow to identify, cope and manage theiremotions.  Theseskillswill also help students maintain relationships with peers, personal growth, develop empathy for others and making good choices.  These journals easily allow for you to incorporate social emotional learning into the classroom on a daily basis with zero prep or planning.  Each journal page can be a catalyst to deeper discussions.

How to use these journals?

These social emotional journals will make social emotional instruction easy in your classroom. No prep work is required with these journals!  You can pick and choose from the 60 journal prompts included. Journals can be used in any order to meet the needs of your class. There are 5 prompts on each journal that can be completed all at once or in daily tasks in a bell ringer format.

You can use these journals in a small group setting, 1:1 setting, whole group setting or send home for homework.  

A full page projectable version is included to enhance a whole group activity. As students complete their journals themselves or to eliminate the worksheets all together and use just as a discussion prompt.  You can also print these projectable prompts, laminate and re-use year after year in a small group or speech group setting. 

full page picture discussion questions for social emotional discussions

There are two versions of the worksheets depending on the needs of your students. The first is a one page, single sided format for your students who have smaller penmanship and do not need as much space to write.

single sided journal samples for social emotional journals

In addition to single sided worksheets, the second version is a two page/double sided format. This is for those kiddos that need more space to write their answers with less prompts on a page.

double sided sample of social emotional journals

Once you print these journals, you can choose to use them in a worksheet format or bind into a yearly workbook. Simply print, bind and be done with the prep for the year!

binded social emotional journals

Do you want to implement these no-prep journals in your classroom? Check them out in my store and see if this would work for you!

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