Test Anxiety, Hygiene, & Middle School Transition 4th, 5th, & 6th Grade Lessons

Help ease your fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students' fears about test anxiety and their transition to middle school and support them with personal hygiene with three no prep digital classroom counseling and SEL lessons.

Your bundle includes 3 no prep digital lessons:

• Test Anxiety & Study Skills
• Middle School Transition
• Personal Hygiene, Self-Respect, and Self-Confidence

Introduce these topics in:

• Classroom counseling lessons
• Small group counseling sessions
• Individual counseling sessions

Test Anxiety & Study Skills Lesson

Build your third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students' confidence for test prep as they develop study skills, manage test anxiety, and apply test taking strategies with this no-prep Study Skills and Test Anxiety digital classroom counseling lesson for Google Slides™ and PowerPoint.

Continue the support at home with a parent and caregiver handout full of test prep tips!

Uses:

• Whole-group classroom presentation
• Individual counseling sessions
• Group counseling sessions
• Online and virtual learning
• 1:1 devices

Digital Test Anxiety & Study Skills lesson

• Contents
• ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors Standards
• In and out of my control
• My worries
• My peers’ worries
• Some worry is okay!
• Good worry
• Study preferences/would you rather
• Relaxing before the test
• My best effort
• What do I study?
• Ready for the test
• Materials
• Positive self-talk
• Test checklist
• Sleep habits
• I’m not alone
• I am proud of myself!
• What else will help me prepare for the test?
• Caregiver handout (color/black and white versions)
• Terms of Use, resource pages, Credits

Educators like you are saying:

"I used this resource in my class when we were getting ready to review for testing.  It helped to ease some of the anxiety that the kids had about testing." - Brenda U. 

"Helped a LOT with testing anxiety and talking about academic anxiety in general!" - Megan R.

Your zip download includes two files:

1. A PDF with a link to make a forced copy of the 28-page digital Test Anxiety and Study Skills Digital Lesson for Google Slides™
2. A 28-page PowerPoint (PPTX) version

Middle School Transition Lesson

Help your upper elementary students prepare for their transition to middle school with this no prep, interactive digital Middle School Transition Lesson for Google Slides™ and PowerPoint. Students will share worries, excitement, and consider their questions related to middle school throughout this lesson.

"This is a great resource to help prepare my students for middle school. I actually divided up this up into 2 lessons and especially like the combo lock section. Thanks for a really helpful tool!" - Lisa M.

Personal Hygiene, Self-Respect, and Self-Confidence Lesson

Take the awkwardness out of personal hygiene conversations using this personal hygiene, self respect, and self confidence no-prep digital classroom counseling lesson to facilitate engaging discussions about healthy habits and hygiene among your 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students!

Upper elementary and middle school students will learn to develop basic hygiene habits and discover how personal hygiene impacts their self respect and self confidence as they consider the benefits of good hygiene and the need for consistency with hygiene routines.

Elevate your students' learning with interactive slides throughout that prompt free response to open-ended questions, discerning statements about hygiene that are in and out of their control, and eliminating poor hygiene habits.

The hygiene lesson can be used in:

• large group lessons with Google Slides™ and PowerPoint
• in-person instruction with 1:1 devices
• individual counseling sessions
• group counseling sessions
• online & virtual learning

The 34-page resource includes:

• Table of contents
• ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors Standards
• What is hygiene?
• Benefits of good hygiene
• Regular showers/baths
• Hand-washing
• Brushing teeth
• Soap and smells
• Personal space
• Hair care
• Germs
• Clean clothes
• Healthy eating habits
• Neat nails
• Injuries
• Self-Confidence
• Self-Respect
• In and out of my control
• Would you rather?
• My hygiene routine
• Is it a healthy habit?
• Poor hygiene habits
• Review: Hygiene tips

See what other educators are saying:

"This was perfect for my class. Very realistic and hit home on these very important skills, thank- you." - Jessica M. 

"I love how this covers hygiene, personal space, and self esteem." - Katie T.

“Very good and light-hearted resource to teach hygiene. Hygiene can be a sensitive issue to discuss for some kids, but the interactive slides made the lesson engaging and easy to use.” - Kelsey N.

“This lesson is AWESOME! I love it, and so do my students. VERY thorough on the subject of hygiene for the grade levels that I have to do guidance classes with. THANK YOU!” - Cynthia H.

Your zip download includes two files:

• (1) 34-page PowerPoint (PPTX) version of the Hygiene Lesson
• (1) PDF with the link to make a forced copy of the 34-slide Hygiene Lesson for Google Slides™

**A note on editable Google Slides™**

You'll need to open these lessons in edit mode (not present mode), and you can type your students’ responses into those boxes (they are editable text boxes, so you use it in edit mode) and drag and drop shapes in that mode. Another great option is to download Full Screen Interactive Google Slides Extension App for Chrome.

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