Culturally Responsive SEL
Full Grade Specific Curriculum
A deep dive with sequenced lesson plans for a whole year
Includes Basic level website
5 SEL competencies taught through 5 stories
Pre-K thru 6th grade with Middle School and High School Extensions
- 4 grade-specific lesson plans per story
- 12 hours of PD or check ins
- 100 ways to help engage your students in ELA, social studies and science
- cross-walked from SEL to common core/next gen standards
- paced and reinforced across the school year
- Great with exceptional ed and at-risk kids and those easily distracted –
- Use as a complement or standalone program
- From internalizing to class climate to project based and service learning –
Our Stories Lesson Plans SEL Alignment and Progression
Discussions, Activities, Projects, Service Learning – click here to see sample
Week 1 – lesson 1
- Internalize story – personalize – Aligns with the EQ
Week 2 – lesson 2
- See applications around them – how could they use
- lessons to solve problems – Aligns with EU
Week 3 – lesson 3
- Develop activities – a project to reinforce week 1 and 2
- learnings-
Week 4 – lesson 4
- A culminating activity to share – performance or display –
- to take it to the school/world culture thru service learning

Building Wide Alignment
Story Example: The Turtle Who Just Couldn’t Keep His Mouth Shut A story of self-control
To make this as easy as possible for schools to use and spread these stories, we’ve come up with a flat rate of $3,000 per building.
Here’s what students are saying:
- “When we listen to the stories and really try to understand them, we can become better citizens and better friends.”
Here’s what teachers are saying:
- The stories have helped the children quickly internalize behavioral messages that have otherwise been difficult to teach. They will carry these stories with them for the rest of their lives.”
- The stories seem to have countless potential in the classroom and community with involvement from staff, community members and students.
- The stories can empower students to be involved and make changes in themselves, their home and their communities.
- Love the idea of having High School students share the stories and discuss the characters with younger, elementary school students.
- It is so important to allow students to tell their story, and not fall into the trap of defining students by, and teaching a single story.