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Not sure what to do, say, or how to help your students when a tragedy occurs? Traumas or tragedies like natural disasters, acts of violence, or losing a valued community member impact your classroom in many ways. This packet provides a handful of activities, tips, and book suggestions to help you navigate tragic events with your students.
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When children are coping with tragedy, it can be difficult to know how to support them.
Not sure what to do, say, or how to help your students when a tragedy occurs? Traumas or tragedies like natural disasters, acts of violence, or losing a valued community member impact your classroom in many ways.
This packet provides a handful of activities, tips, and book suggestions to help you navigate tragic events with your students. This product was created for Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd-grade students.
Coping with Tragedy: Activities to Support Students During Times of Trauma 3-5
This product pairs well with these books. Depending on the tragedy you are facing, some books will be better than others. A Flicker of Hope by Julia Cook and A Terrible Thing Happened by Margaret M. Holmes help with any trauma. Some of these titles focus on specific tragedies.
Please note:
This product includes a digital option (as well as the no-prep printable option). Instructions for using the digital portion appear at the end of the packet. The mini-book, comfort coins, and coloring pages are not included digitally.
This PDF file contains 36 pages + Google Slides.
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Getting to the main idea of a passage can be difficult for some students. Use this digital, as I did, for morning work or homework. Print out the PDF version and work small group.
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I used this during our Owen & Mzee unit on an emergency SUB day! The digital resource was perfect to assign via google classroom at home. I loved that my students were able to independently review multiple skills with our current text.
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The task cards work wonderfully in literacy centers. They provide quick review and serve to upgrade student’s writing. Environment skill support is essential, and the anchor charts provide the scaffolding needed by many.
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I absolutely loved these awards! I love all the categories. I love all the sayings that go with each category. I love how there are boy and girl awards for each category, and most of all I love how super easy it was to use! All I had to do was enter my name and date and it was added to each award automatically. Then all I had to do was fill in the names. Thanks for this resource!
I love this bundle! I have used it for the past two years and it has been so great to use it to get to know my new students. My students also enjoy doing them as they are easy activities to do.
My class does Daily Affirmations, and these cards create great conversation starters as well as reminders. They enhance our Growth Mindset board so beautifully and help keep me on track when I start to feel frustrated. Print, laminate a set for your wall, and have kids copy them into a journal. Such a great boost to start the day!
This was the best resource I have found for teaching my students strategies for figuring out unknown words. We completed one of each type of activity in a whole group setting. Then they practiced with a partner before doing their independent practice. My students were highly successful with this resource. Thank you!
I loved everything in this resource. My fifth graders loved the flipbook. They reflected and practiced self-awareness, which is something we covered in SEL. I did this at the end of the year as a fun activity.
This has been a great resource for our journal writing in class! The prompts are always thought provoking and even get my hesitant writers to get something on the paper. Thank you!
I love ALLLLL of your resources and this one is no exception! I use these (laminated) Yoga cards to reference when either myself or another student is leading the class in Brain Breaks in between subjects.
The examples on the cards were awesome. I was able to use the cards in multiple ways (bingo, flashcards, etc). This is an awesome resource.
This resource doesn’t take much time to prep. I made copies on color paper, cut, and laminated them so I could store them for future use. Each morning, I share an affirmation that I feel my students can relate to and I have them share their feelings or point of view on the affirmation. I post each day’s affirmation on the wall near the classroom door, and we reference past ones as needed. My goal is to have a wall of affirmations by the end of the school year.
These task cards are set-up for easy use by the students in the Google classroom. The text is engaging and with the recommendation for 3rd grade to 6th grade, all students have an opportunity to have success.
I’ve purchased many Growth Mindset resources over the years, and this is by far one of the best. It is thoughtfully put together, thorough, and meaningful. The students are engaged…and mindsets are shifting! Love it. Thanks!
This is everything you could need and more. The titles are awesome, and the activities are so well done. My kids loved it across both of my grades. Wow!
Jessica Q. –
We have had some lost this year and this resource is going to greatly help my students with coping and discussing how they are feeling. Thank you!
Cynthia M. –
Was a wonderful resource following our California fires.
Teresa R. –
I really like it. I just thought it would have more to it than it did. I will be using that with a few of my kiddos. Thanks!
Kelsey Y. –
Great REsource!
Kate H. –
As a school counselor, these activities have been helpful to use when meeting with students. Thank you!
Angie K. –
Excellent way to begin a discussion concerning traumatic/emotional trials.
Angela H. –
Awesome–thank you!
Stacy V. –
Great resource to have on hand!
Ophelia L. –
Great resource.
Primary With Mrs Perry –
Great Resource!
Dara W. –
Perfect for my small group for students experiencing loss. I used it with all grades and it was a valuable resource.
Golden Thread Learning Co –
Really allowed us to help student work through challenging time
Stephanie Latoski –
I love when I kind resources like this that are geared toward younger students. The material maintained their interest and they learned a lot.
Cynthia H. –
Used with students after a school shooting close by. Students were responsive and helped relax them to begin the conversations.
Corey L. –
Exactly what I needed to help my students cope with their emotions!
Melia B. –
This is just what I needed to provide support for little ones who were affected by a recent tragedy in our school community. I like that it’s not focused so much on the loss of a particular person, but on dealing with tragedy and the emotions that follow, in general.
So many kids are affected by big events, even if not directly tied to a specific person they know/love. Thank you for this resource!