End of Year SEL Moving Up Day Activities Social Story Transitions Reflection Coloring Pages

Description

💡 Help Students Transition with Confidence: End of Year SEL Activities That Support Emotional Growth

Navigating the end of the school year can be an emotional time for elementary students—especially those feeling anxious about moving to a new grade. This kid-friendly social story and SEL activity pack was created to help students reflect on their growth, process their emotions, and face change with confidence.

Whether you’re celebrating Moving Up Day, planning last-week-of-school lessons, or simply want a meaningful way to support students during a major transition, this resource offers a ready-to-use solution for teachers, counselors, and support staff.

🌈 What’s Inside:

• A Social Story written in child-friendly language to explain what it’s like to move to a new grade

• A goal-setting worksheet that encourages students to look ahead with a growth mindset

• A reflection page to help them process their feelings about leaving their current classroom

• Printable coloring pages and bookmarks with empowering affirmations

• A narrated video version of the story for audio-visual learners

• Google Slides™ version for flexible digital use

🎯 Why This Resource Works:

• Supports social-emotional learning (SEL) through real-life scenarios and relatable language

• Helps students identify and manage transition anxiety

• Encourages self-awareness, self-management, and resilience

• Promotes classroom community and closure before summer break

• Ideal for use during the last week of school, small groups, or one-on-one support

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🧠 Who This Is For:

• K–3 teachers preparing students for a new grade

• School counselors supporting student transitions

• Special education teachers working with students with anxiety or behavioral needs

• Parents looking for home support with social stories about change

✏️Skills focus:

• what anxiety is
• why moving to a new grade may cause anxiety
• how moving to a new grade will be different
• how moving to a new grade will be the same
• how to think about moving to a new grade in a positive way

✨ IDEAS FOR THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT ✨

• This social skills set is perfect for whole-class instruction, both when you want to introduce a new social skill, or when your students are struggling with a particular skill or topic.
• This set is also fantastic for small group instruction of target social skills, and individual instruction for students needing extra guidance and reinforcement of skills because of behavior problems, autism, or special needs.
• Social stories seem to have the greatest impact when they are read multiple times, and in my classroom we would often focus on one story/skill per week.
• Some great ways to incorporate these social skills lessons into your daily routine are:

→to use them as time-fillers throughout the day

→present them during class meetings

→make them part of your morning routine

→engage families in the learning by using the social story and some of the activities as take-home reviews.

You won’t be disappointed with the engagement level and the powerful impact this resource will have on your classroom community!

 

💬Here is what TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Sheila F.  says “This was an effective resource to help students struggling with change.  Love how it is ready to print and use.  It was a positive resource.  Thank you!”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Megan G. says “My kids love your social stories and this was a great one to read at the end of the year to help some of my kiddos that were struggling with the idea of leaving me.”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Elyse S.  says “Great activity for preparing for the transition of moving to a new grade/classroom.”

Supports Common Core Standards (CCSS):

• RI.K.1, RI.K.2, RI.K.7, W.K.8, L.K.1, L.K.6
• RI.1.1, RI.1.2, RI.1.7, W.1.8, L.1.1, L.1.6
• RI.2.1, RI.2.2, RI.2.7, W.2.8, L.2.1, L.2.6
• RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.7, L.3.1, L.3.6
• RI.4.1, L.4.1, L.4.6

Help your students end the year with confidence and positivity—click below to preview the full resource!

 

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