Zach Rules Series
by William Mulcahy
Zach is a young boy who struggles with life. This book series is a great way to teach social emotional concepts. I have created lesson plans and activities to use with the books in Kindergarten to 2nd grade classrooms. The students enjoy when Zach comes to class and we can talk about how we can handle the situations presented in the books.
Come back often as I review this resource and post activities to use with all of these books.
Zach
Apologizes by William Mulcahy
When Zach
shoves his little brother to the floor, he knows he did something wrong. Even
so, it’s hard to apologize. Like any seven-year-old, Zach tries to ignore the
problem, but finally, with his mom’s help, he learns the four steps to
apologizing: (1) say what you did; (2) tell how it made the other person feel;
(3) say what you could have done instead; (4) make it up to the person. Zach
Apologizes teaches children social skills using an apology strategy presented
as the “four-square” apology, which is illustrated with prompts that kids will
easily understand and remember.
Make Delivering
Social Emotional Learning Easy
This resource includes a 30 minute lesson plan
and activities which is a perfect way to introduce stories during circle time,
social emotional learning time, or even as a sub plan when you want to
reinforce concepts already talked about. It is also designed to follow the concepts
presented in the Second Step® Curriculum. This product has been granted
permission from the publisher and is meant to align with the materials of the
Second Step® curriculum. It is also perfect for social workers, counselors, or
psychologists to reteach the Second Step® Curriculum concepts in small groups
or individual sessions. It comes complete with a scripted lesson plan,
connections to social emotional/common core standards, lesson worksheets, and
individual practice pages.
This resource includes:
2 page
Scripted Lesson Plan
Apology Worksheet
