Thanksgiving Theme
SEL Topics
SEL Activities
Thanksgiving Theme Coping Skills
Definitions
100

Being thankful and showing appreciation with kindness.

What is gratitude?

100

Placing emotions in categories of green, blue, yellow, and red.

What are zones of regulation?

100

Videos we watch to help us with mindfulness and deep breathing. 

What is mindyeti?

100

When I use eyes to see the Thanksgiving food, my nose to smell the food, my ears to hear the talking, my mouth to taste the food, and my hands to feel the napkin.

What are your 5 senses?

100

You treat family members with kindness and value during your Thanksgiving get together.

What is respect?

200

What date is Thanksgiving on this fall 2024?

What is Thursday, Nov. 28th?

200

Being truthful with your words and actions.

What is honesty?

200

When you say nice things or do something nice for someone else.

What are acts of kindness?

200

When you breath in slowly smelling the Thanksgiving meal and then breath out slowly. 

What is deep breathing?

200

You help set the table for Thanksgiving dinner without being asked.

What is responsibility?

300

The most popular Thanksgiving dessert.

What is pumpkin pie?

300

Thinking good thoughts, having self-confidence, believing you can do something, and never givinging up.

What is a positive attitude?

300

When you listen with your ears, eyes, mouth, heart, hands/arms, and legs/feet.

What is whole body listening?

300

When you relax and think about your Thanksgiving meal or what you are thankful for.

What is mindfulness?

300

You decide to have impulse control and only take one roll instead of 3 at Thanksgiving dinner.

What is self-control?

400

The most popular side dish for Thanksgiving in 2023.

What is stuffing/dressing?

400

Trying to understand how someone else thinks and feels.

What is empathy?

400

When you decide if it is a good idea or a bad idea. (hint: we used our friend Joey's situations)

What is decision making?

400

You have stress balls, play-dough, pop-its, shaped like turkeys.

What are fidgets?

400

You drop your roll on the ground during the Thanksgiving meal. There are more roles on the counter. You are trying to decide how big of a problem this is. 

What is a small problem?

500
The number of turkeys eaten each year on Thanksgiving.

What is 46 million?

500
The ability to control your own emotions and responses. 

What is self-control?

500

You have something you are working towards, so you set both a short term and a long term.

What is goal setting?

500

You are getting frustrated with a family member at Thanksgiving, so you decide to go into another room away from that person. 

What is walking away?

500
Your aunt drops the pumpkin pie when getting it out of the oven and it falls all over the floor, she also burns herself from the oven. Your aunt screams, "ouch!" and is upset that the pumpkin pie is ruined. 

What is matching your reaction to the size of the problem?

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