Positive Word Cloud
SEL Domain(s): Self-confidence
Grades: 3-8
*Lesson may need to be modified to meet the specific needs of students
Description:
Students will write positive words and phrases to describe each of their classmates, then receive and read the words their peers wrote about them and turn those words into a personalized word cloud. They'll then reflect on how it feels to give and receive compliments and what the descriptions reveal about how others see them.
Materials
Computers — Google Docs (or email and Microsoft Word) and Wordle.net.
Technology-free option — pens, lined paper, art paper, and markers / crayons.