Make teaching school expectations and social skills more engaging with the Expected vs. Unexpected Behavior Fingerprint Friends Growing Bundle! This collection of 9 social-emotional learning resources helps elementary students explore expected and unexpected behaviors, practice problem-solving, and understand expectations across different school settings.

Perfect for beginning-of-the-year lessons, schoolwide expectations, classroom procedures, and ongoing social skills instruction, these Fingerprint Friends activities combine editable social stories, printable board games, picture sorting activities, discussion prompts, mazes, and drawing worksheets to make learning interactive and accessible.

Students can explore expectations for the bus, cafeteria, bathroom, assemblies, recess, and hallways while also practicing friendship and conflict resolution skills. Each resource includes multiple ways to introduce, discuss, and reinforce concepts, making this growing bundle a flexible addition to school counseling, small group, and classroom SEL lessons.

📦 What's Included:

🏫 9 Fingerprint Friends School Behavior & Social Skills Resources

Each resource below is included in this growing bundle. Click the individual product links to explore the activities and previews.

🚌 Bus Behavior Fingerprint Friends

• Explore expected and unexpected behaviors on the school bus.
• Practice identifying choices that support safety and consideration for others.
• Reinforce bus expectations through social stories, games, and activities.

🍎 Cafeteria Behavior Fingerprint Friends

• Introduce and review cafeteria expectations.
• Explore social interactions and choices during lunch.
• Practice recognizing behaviors that support a positive shared eating environment.

🚻 Bathroom Behavior Fingerprint Friends

• Review expectations for using school bathrooms.
• Discuss privacy, safety, and respect for shared spaces.
• Reinforce bathroom procedures through visual and interactive activities.

🎤 Assembly Behavior Fingerprint Friends

• Explore expectations for school assemblies and group events.
• Discuss how different settings may have different participation expectations.
• Practice identifying supportive choices during schoolwide gatherings.

🛝 Outdoor Recess Behavior Fingerprint Friends

• Review playground and outdoor recess expectations.
• Explore safe play, peer interactions, and shared spaces.
• Support conversations about making choices during less-structured activities.

🧩 Indoor Recess Behavior Fingerprint Friends

• Explore expectations for indoor recess activities.
• Discuss sharing materials, interacting with peers, and using classroom spaces.
• Reinforce social skills during indoor play opportunities.

🚶 Hallway Behavior Fingerprint Friends

• Review school hallway procedures and expectations.
• Explore choices that support safe movement through shared spaces.
• Practice identifying expected and unexpected hallway behaviors.

🤝 Conflict Resolution & Problem-Solving Fingerprint Friends

• Explore problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
• Practice considering different choices during social challenges.
• Support discussions about handling disagreements and navigating peer interactions.

💛 Healthy Friendship Skills Fingerprint Friends

• Explore expected and unexpected behaviors in friendships.
• Discuss choices that support healthy peer relationships.
• Reinforce friendship skills through interactive social-emotional learning activities.

📖 Editable & Printable Social Stories

Each Fingerprint Friends resource includes:

• An editable social story accessed through Google Slides.
• A printable social story for introducing the featured expectations or skills.
• Visual explanations that can be adapted to your school or student needs.
• Opportunities to review concepts before practicing with games and activities.

🎲 Good Choices Board Games

• Printable board game activities for reviewing choices.
• Reinforce concepts introduced in the social stories.
• Encourage discussion about behaviors and social expectations.
• Great for individual counseling, small groups, and classroom lessons.

🗂️ Picture Cards, Discussion Prompts & Sorting Activities

• Picture cards for sorting and identifying different behaviors.
• Prompt cards for guided discussion.
• Expected and unexpected behavior sorting mats.
• Opportunities to explore choices and discuss how behavior affects others.

✏️ Worksheets, Mazes & Drawing Activities

• Printable worksheets to reinforce the featured concepts.
• Maze activities for additional practice.
• Drawing worksheets that encourage reflection and creative expression.
• Flexible activities for independent work, counseling sessions, and SEL centers.

🎨 Color & Black-and-White Versions

• Full-color printable resources.
• Black-and-white versions for flexible printing.
• Options for classroom use, counseling sessions, and reusable materials.

🎒 Quick Details: 9 Fingerprint Friends Resources | Expected vs. Unexpected Behavior | 7 School Setting Topics + Friendship + Problem-Solving | Editable Google Slides Social Stories | Printable Social Stories | Board Games | Picture Cards + Discussion Prompts | Sorting Mats | Worksheets + Mazes + Drawing Activities | Color + Black & White | PDF + Google Slides | Growing Bundle | Digital + Print

🎯 Skills Addressed:

• Understanding School Expectations: Explore procedures and behavioral expectations across different school environments.
• Social Awareness: Consider how choices may affect other people and shared spaces.
• Self-Awareness: Reflect on personal choices and how behavior may vary across settings.
• Self-Management: Practice identifying strategies and choices that support participation in school routines.
• Problem-Solving: Explore different ways to respond to everyday social challenges.
• Conflict Resolution: Practice considering options when disagreements arise.
• Friendship Skills: Discuss behaviors that support healthy and respectful peer relationships.
• Decision-Making: Compare different choices and consider possible outcomes.
• Perspective-Taking: Explore how people may experience the same situation differently.
• Social Communication: Practice discussing expectations, choices, and interactions with others.
• School Routines & Transitions: Reinforce familiarity with procedures in different school settings.

💡 Ways to Use It:

• Beginning-of-the-Year Lessons: Introduce schoolwide expectations and classroom procedures in an engaging way.
• Meet the Counselor Lessons: Use Fingerprint Friends activities to introduce social skills and school expectations.
• Individual Counseling: Explore specific school situations and social challenges relevant to a student's needs.
• Small Group Counseling: Practice social awareness, problem-solving, and friendship skills through games and sorting activities.
• Classroom SEL Lessons: Teach expected and unexpected behaviors using social stories and interactive activities.
• Schoolwide Expectations: Reinforce procedures for the bus, cafeteria, bathrooms, assemblies, recess, and hallways.
• Behavior Pre-Teaching: Introduce expectations before students encounter unfamiliar routines or settings.
• Visual Supports: Customize the editable social stories to reflect school procedures and student needs.
• Social Skills Groups: Use the friendship and conflict resolution resources to practice navigating peer interactions.
• Recess Preparation: Review outdoor and indoor recess expectations before less-structured activities.
• Back-to-School Review: Revisit expectations after school breaks or changes in routines.
• SEL Centers & Early Finishers: Offer sorting activities, mazes, and drawing worksheets for additional practice.

👩‍🏫 Who It's For:

This Fingerprint Friends growing bundle is designed for elementary students and can be used by:

• School counselors and school adjustment counselors
• School social workers and school psychologists
• Classroom teachers and special educators
• Speech-language pathologists and occupational therapists
• Child therapists and related service providers
• Schoolwide SEL teams and student support professionals
• Homeschooling families and caregivers

The combination of editable social stories, visual supports, discussion prompts, games, and printable activities offers multiple ways for students to explore school expectations and social situations.

Expected and unexpected behaviors should be taught with attention to context, safety, accessibility, neurodiversity, and cultural differences. Expectations should not be used to require eye contact, suppress harmless self-regulatory behaviors, or prioritize compliance over students' individual needs.

🖨️ Format & Download:

✔️ 9 Fingerprint Friends school behavior and social skills resources

✔️ Editable social stories accessed through Google Slides

✔️ Printable social stories

✔️ Good Choices board games

✔️ Picture sorting cards

✔️ Discussion prompt cards

✔️ Expected and unexpected behavior sorting mats

✔️ Reinforcement worksheets, mazes, and drawing activities

✔️ Full-color and black-and-white versions

✔️ PDF resources with Google Slides access for editable social stories

✔️ Growing bundle with additional resources added at no extra cost

📌 Important Notes:

• This is a growing bundle currently containing the 9 resources listed above. Additional resources are planned for the growing bundle and will be added at no additional cost to existing purchasers.
• The resources are provided in PDF format, and Google Slides access is required to use the editable social story components. Google Slides is required for editing the social stories. The printable materials can be used without editing.
• Individual resources may contain different numbers of activity pages, cards, or scenarios. Review their linked product listings for specific contents.
• Adapt expectations and activities to reflect your school community, accessibility needs, and students' individual circumstances.
• This is a digital download. No physical product will be shipped. Due to the digital nature of this resource, all sales are final and refunds are not available.