Tips & Tricks on Implementing Social Emotional Learning

Tips & tricks onImplementingSocial Emotional Learning

HELLO!We’re Julie Faude & Ami ShahYou can find us at @juliefaude & @amishahdotca

WHAT WE WILL REVIEW TODAY

1. Community Building: A key first step to effective SEL

2. What is Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

3. SEL and Mindfulness: What is the Difference?

4. Tips & Lesson Ideas from within the 5 SEL Categories

5. Resources: Helpful links, articles, books & lessons you can start using

1.Community Building

Community building games create a sense of “we” from “me”

EVERYONESTAND UPIF YOU...Source: Edublogs on Community Building

2.What is Social Emotional Learning?

Source: CASEL

“SEL is the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to:▸ understand and manage emotions▸ set and achieve positive goals▸ feel and show empathy for others▸ establish and maintain positive

relationships and▸ make responsible decisions.” Source: CASEL: Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

3.How does SEL relate to mindfulness Image Source: www.ausminds.com.au

SEL vs. Mindfulness

▸ SEL focuses on teaching skills such as recognizing an emotion or using “I” messages to enable students to use the skill in relevant, real-life situations

▸ Mindfulness works on premise that each person has the innate capacity for relationship building qualities such as empathy and kindness.

4.Tips & Tricks to teaching SEL

We’ll use the 5 CASEL

Categories to review ideas

“The ability to accurately recognize one’s emotions and thoughts and their influence on behavior.

This includes accurately assessing one’s strengths and limitations and possessing a well-grounded sense of confidence and optimism”Source: CASEL: Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

SELF AWARENESS

SELF AWARENESS:Body ScansLearning to notice

Image Source: http://www.pirouetteblog.com/health/meditating-8-y-old/

SELF AWARENESS:Identifying FeelingsStudents practice demonstrating and guessing feelings with a partner.

Souce: Peekapak

SELF AWARENESS:It Bugs Me WhenTalk about feelings! Teach emotional lexicon.

Image souce: http://www.thehealingpathwithchildren.com/category/anger-management/

“The ability to regulate one’s emotions, thoughts, and behaviors effectively in different situations.

This includes managing stress, controlling impulses, motivating oneself, and setting and working toward achieving personal and academic goals.”

Source: CASEL: Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

SELF-MANAGEMENT

SELF MANGEMENT:Calming JarsInvite students to think of the water in the jar as their mind and the materials moving inside as their thoughts and feelings.

Photo Source: http://www.sh-dz.net/how-to-make-cool-glitter-jars-for-children.html

SELF MANGEMENT:Feelings DanceFor this activity, students move or dance around the classroom to different songs or to the beat of an instrument.

Call out a feeling word you’ve discussed as a class.

Photo Source: PBS

SELF MANGEMENT:Classroom YogaLet students know that the purpose of yoga is to help them focus and calm their bodies as they move through various poses.

Photo Source: Peekapak

“The ability to take the perspective of and empathize with others from diverse backgrounds and cultures, to understand social and ethical norms for behavior, and to recognize family, school, and community resources and supports.”

Source: CASEL: Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

SOCIAL AWARENESS

SOCIAL AWARENESS:What do you see? Students learn that everyone has a different perspective and that what they see may not be the same as what someone else sees.

Photo Souce: Peekapak.com

SOCIAL AWARENESS:Our new classroom friendTeacher to bring in a stuffed animal, doll, statue, or plant.

Let your class know that this is their new classroom friend.

Photo Source: http://www.petsintheclassroom.org/how-pets-improve-the-classroom/

SOCIAL AWARENESS:Same vs. DifferentPreschoolers recognize physical differences before similarities and tend to sort these based on color and size.

Souce: Peekapak

“The ability to establish and maintain healthy and rewarding relationships with diverse individuals and groups.

This includes communicating clearly, listening actively, cooperating, resisting inappropriate social pressure, negotiating conflict constructively, and seeking and offering help when needed.”Source: CASEL: Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

RELATIONSHIP SKILLS

RELATIONSHIP SKILLS:Lego ListeningStretching the listening skills through play!

Photo source: http://history.sa.gov.au/

RELATIONSHIP SKILLS :It takes a teamStudents practice their communication, cooperation and collaboration skills by working in small teams with specific roles.

Photo source: Peekapak.com

RELATIONSHIP SKILLS :Creating a class story Arrange students in a circle to create a story from start to finish, with everyone contributing a sentence to the story as they move around the class circle. Everyone will have an important role to play to ensure the story is completed.

Photo Source: Peekapak.com

“The ability to make constructive and respectful choices about personal behavior and social interactions based on consideration of ethical standards, safety concerns, social norms, the realistic evaluation of consequences of various actions, and the well-being of self and others.”Source: CASEL: Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

RESPONSIBLE DECISION MAKING

RESPONSIBLE DECISION MAKING:Kindness in the communityStudents work together to come up with acts of kindness to share with their school community. Divide students into small groups to discuss ideas for what they can do as a class to help their school.

5.Resources http://bit.ly/2dx1b6d

Peekapak.com

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Example of a digital story on courage.

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CONSIDERATIONS TO IMPLEMENT SELResources that integrate with your current teaching: Read alouds and common core aligned resources make it easy to integrate.

Find more bite sized and flexible resourcesLessons and activities that are 15-25 mins make it easy to fit into morning meetings, breaks or within instruction blocks.

Engaging & Relevant for students: Picture stories and lessons that are relevant to your students and community.

Extending the learning with families: SEL and Character is important to families too and parents will often need guidance and resources.

CREDITSSpecial thanks to all the people who made and released these awesome resources for free:

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