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Resolving Conflict

Seventh graders build relationship skills for working through conflict — staying calm, listening, using “I” statements, and finding a compromise instead of trying to win. They sort moves that help from ones that make it worse, then practice resolving a disagreement.

Grade 7Resolving Conflict40 minutes1 class periodCASELExplicit teaching4 StandardsCASEL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Stay calm in conflict.
  • ✓Use “I” statements.
  • ✓Find a compromise.
  • ✓Resolve a disagreement.
Essential Question

How do you work through a disagreement without making it worse?

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Interactive Task
Sort It · Interactive

Helps, or Makes It Worse?

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The Lesson · Explicit teaching

40 minutes, five moves

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1

Check-In — Disagreements

4 min

What usually happens when two people both try to “win” a fight?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Pose the question.
  • Share ideas.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Think.
  • Share.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Resolving Conflict

10 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Helps or Makes It Worse?
  • Sort each move.
  • Note listen & compromise.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sort.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Turn a “you” into an “I” statement.
  • Offer a compromise.
  • Practice calm listening.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Reframe.
  • Offer.
  • Listen.
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Apply — Apply

9 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Role-play a disagreement.
  • Use helpful moves.
  • Reach a fair solution.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Role-play.
  • Use.
  • Solve.
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Reflect — Reflect

4 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a move that helps.
  • Name one that hurts.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Name one.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the CASEL Framework for Social and Emotional Learning across its five core competencies.

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Relationship Skills

Prevent and resolve conflicts constructively.

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Relationship Skills

Communicate and negotiate effectively.

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Social Awareness

Consider others’ perspectives.

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Self-Management

Manage emotions during conflict.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Helps/hurts move cards.
  • Frame: "an ‘I’ statement is ___."
  • Role-play slowly.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Sort helps vs hurts only.
  • Use 4 moves.
  • Use sentence frames.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Mediate a peer conflict.
  • Write a compromise.
  • Practice win-win thinking.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🤝Conflict-move cards
  • 💻Helps or Makes It Worse?
  • 📝“I”-statement frames
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

conflicta disagreementcompromisea solution both can accept“I” statementsaying how YOU feellistenpay full attentioncalmnot heated or angrywin-winboth sides gainperspectivethe other person’s viewresolvework it out
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
Name a move that helps resolve conflict.
Stay calm, listen, use “I” statements, or compromise.
QUESTION 2
Name one that makes it worse.
Yelling, name-calling, or trying to win at all costs.
QUESTION 3
What is a compromise?
A solution both people can accept.

Reflect: resolving conflict.

Have students role-play resolving a disagreement with helpful moves. A printable “I”-statement sheet is in the SEL library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: calm, compromise, conflict, listen, perspective, resolve, win-win, “I” statement
  1. a disagreement
  2. pay full attention
  3. the other person’s view
  4. both sides gain
  5. work it out
  6. not heated or angry
  7. saying how YOU feel
  8. a solution both can accept

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Name a move that helps resolve conflict.
  2. Name one that makes it worse.
  3. What is a compromise?
Answer key — Part A: 1) conflict · 2) listen · 3) perspective · 4) win-win · 5) resolve · 6) calm · 7) “I” statement · 8) compromise
Part B: 1) Stay calm, listen, use “I” statements, or compromise. 2) Yelling, name-calling, or trying to win at all costs. 3) A solution both people can accept.