Series

Franklin

61 episodes

Half-hour episodes of the young turtle from the picture books, each holding two separate stories. The material is almost entirely social-emotional, and it is handled without a moral tacked on the end. Franklin finds a marble and has to decide whether finders really is keepers. He breaks the classroom globe and has to work himself up to admitting it. He judges a grumpy neighbor, and a new kid named Wolvie, before knowing either of them. He feels crowded out by a new baby, and he faces the dark cellar. Made for preK through grade 2, and the conversation afterward is where the value sits.

what this series covers

What Franklin covers

61 episodes in the library, tagged for Pre-K–2nd. Heaviest coverage: Social-Emotional Learning, Health and Math. Between them they line up with 30 distinct standards across 3 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

Pre-K: 61
K: 61
1st: 61
2nd: 61

Episodes per subject

Social-Emotional Learning: 61
Health: 1
Math: 1

Common Core — Math 1

1.MD.B.3Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

CASEL (Social-Emotional) 28

CASEL.SM.3Show self-discipline and self-motivation — keep working when a task gets hard or boring.
CASEL.SA.4Show honesty and integrity, including admitting mistakes.
CASEL.RDM.6Reflect on your role in the well-being of your family, classroom, and community.
CASEL.SA.5Show self-confidence — believe you can do hard things and take on a challenge.
CASEL.RDM.4Anticipate and evaluate the consequences of your actions before you act.
CASEL.RS.3Practice teamwork and solve problems collaboratively.

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CASEL.SA.3Recognize your own strengths, interests, and the assets you bring from your family and culture.
CASEL.SM.2Use calming and stress-management strategies (deep breaths, a break, asking for space).
CASEL.SOA.2Demonstrate empathy and compassion for others.
CASEL.SOA.3Show concern for other people's feelings and respond to them with care.
CASEL.RS.2Build and keep positive relationships and friendships.
CASEL.SA.1Name your own feelings and notice how they change during the day.
CASEL.SOA.1Take another person's perspective — describe a situation as they would see it.
CASEL.SM.6Show the courage to take initiative — start something, try, or speak up first.
CASEL.RS.4Resolve conflicts constructively — talk it out, repair, compromise.
CASEL.RS.7Seek help when you need it and offer help when someone else does.
CASEL.SM.1Manage strong emotions and impulses instead of acting on them right away.
CASEL.SOA.4Recognize strengths in others and say what you appreciate about them.
CASEL.RDM.1Demonstrate curiosity and open-mindedness.
CASEL.SOA.5Understand and express gratitude.
CASEL.RDM.2Identify solutions to personal and social problems.
CASEL.RS.9Show respect and cultural competency across differences in background, language, and ability.
CASEL.RDM.3Make a reasoned judgment after looking at the information, facts, and evidence.
CASEL.RS.6Show leadership in a group — organize, include, and share the work.
CASEL.SM.4Set personal and group goals and track progress toward them.
CASEL.SM.5Use planning and organizational skills to break a task into steps and manage time and materials.
CASEL.SA.2Connect feelings, thoughts, and actions — notice what set a feeling off and what you did next.
CASEL.SA.6Hold a growth mindset: treat effort, practice, and mistakes as how ability grows.