Social Emotional Learning
Each week students participate in Social Emotional Learning lessons through their social studies classes. These lessons are meant to help students understand and deal with the emotions they experience during middle school.
Weeks of October 4 and 11
6th Grade: Fairness is the starting place for all social skills. In fact, our society is founded on the idea that everyone has the right to fair and equal treatment regardless of their race, age, gender, abilities, or beliefs. For a society (or any subgroup of society) to prosper, there needs to be a sense of fairness among its members. Young students begin to understand fairness by learning to share and take turns. As students mature, they develop an understanding that equality is treating everyone the same; whereas fairness is providing everyone what he or she needs to succeed.
Home Connection Newsletter--Fairness
Home Connection Newsletter--Fairness
7th Grade: Negative emotions such as frustration, anger, and embarrassment can signal a problem. Developing the skills to solve a problem empowers students to view problems as challenges to overcome. There are five basic steps to solving any problem. Students learn these steps using the acronym STEPS. 1) State the problem; 2) Think of solutions; 3) Evaluate the solutions; 4) Pick a solution; and 5) Step up! Try the solution and reevaluate as needed.
Home Connection Newsletter--Problem Solving
Home Connection Newsletter--Problem Solving
8th Grade: Goal setting and problem solving. Negative emotions such as frustration, anger, and embarrassment can signal a problem. Developing the skills to solve a problem empowers students to view problems as challenges to overcome. There are five basic steps to solving any problem. Students learn these steps using the acronym STEPS. 1) State the problem; 2) Think of solutions; 3) Evaluate the solutions; 4) Pick a solution; and 5) Step up! Try the solution and reevaluate as needed.
Home Connection Newsletter--Goal Setting
Home Connection Newsletter--Problem Solving
Home Connection Newsletter--Goal Setting
Home Connection Newsletter--Problem Solving
Weeks of September 20 and 27
All grades: This week's lessons help students cope with trauma. Following a traumatic event, students need to feel connected to people who love and care for them. They need to feel a sense of belonging to a family, a school, a class, a community, or other supportive groups. In this lesson students learn to identify what they need, who can help them get their needs met, and how to ask for help. Students also learn the importance of supporting others with empathy and kindness.
