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I already imbed social emotional learning and resiliency strategies into the academic classes that I teach. The materials I am requesting will help my students who are struggling most with their mental health and self-regulation be able to focus on and be more successful at the academic tasks at hand. Adolescence is like being stuck between a rock and a hard place. My students are learning how to interpret and regulate their emotions, and if I help them identify their feelings, they become better students and better people. How can I teach close reading strategies or expository writing to a student whose sympathetic nervous system is telling them to fight, fly, or freeze? I am most excited about giving the gift of gratitude to each student. The research on writing every day for prolonged periods of time in a gratitude journal has been shown to help teens sleep better, reduce their stress, and improve their generosity and interpersonal relationships. For some people, it can even lower the symptoms of depression. These pocket-sized, lovely journals will become an item my students will want to take care of, use, and keep for years to come. I teach my students about mindfulness, and the ways that meditation, yoga, breathing exercises, and mindful activities can relax your nervous system from stressed to calm in a matter of minutes. The fidget tools, coloring books, and wooden blocks I am requesting are all materials I can keep in my classroom and students can access when they are experiencing heightened emotions. By helping meet their emotional needs in these small ways, I can model what Maya Angelou says in one of my favorite quotes: "people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

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I already imbed social emotional learning and resiliency strategies into the academic classes that I teach. The materials I am requesting will help my students who are struggling most with their mental health and self-regulation be able to focus on and be more successful at the academic tasks at hand. Adolescence is like being stuck between a rock and a hard place. My students are learning how to interpret and regulate their emotions, and if I help them identify their feelings, they become better students and better people. How can I teach close reading strategies or expository writing to a student whose sympathetic nervous system is telling them to fight, fly, or freeze? I am most excited about giving the gift of gratitude to each student. The research on writing every day for prolonged periods of time in a gratitude journal has been shown to help teens sleep better, reduce their stress, and improve their generosity and interpersonal relationships. For some people, it can even lower the symptoms of depression. These pocket-sized, lovely journals will become an item my students will want to take care of, use, and keep for years to come. I teach my students about mindfulness, and the ways that meditation, yoga, breathing exercises, and mindful activities can relax your nervous system from stressed to calm in a matter of minutes. The fidget tools, coloring books, and wooden blocks I am requesting are all materials I can keep in my classroom and students can access when they are experiencing heightened emotions. By helping meet their emotional needs in these small ways, I can model what Maya Angelou says in one of my favorite quotes: "people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

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