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Social-emotional lessons for the classroom v0.1.0

Lessons for grades 4-5 are coming. Each one is being read by a person before it is listed here.

Knowing myself

  • I can find a word for what I feel (coming)
  • I can tell a big feeling from a small one (coming)
  • I can name something I am good at and something I am getting better at (coming)
  • I can notice what my body tells me about a feeling (coming)
  • I can see a mistake as a way to learn (coming)

Looking after myself

  • I can slow my body down with a breath or a pause (coming)
  • I can wait for my turn (coming)
  • I can stop and think before I act (coming)
  • I can keep trying at something hard (coming)
  • I can get myself ready to learn (coming)

Noticing others

  • I can notice how someone else might feel (coming)
  • I can see a problem the way someone else does (coming)
  • I can make room for someone to join in (coming)
  • I can see that people and families can be different and still belong (coming)
  • I can help take care of our room together (coming)

Getting along

  • I can ask for help in a good way (coming)
  • I can say sorry and help put it right (coming)
  • I can choose words that help instead of hurt (coming)
  • I can share the work in a group (coming)
  • I can talk through a problem with a friend (coming)

Choosing well

  • I can pick a choice and check how it turns out (coming)
  • I can tell the truth when it is hard (coming)
  • I can tell a trusted grown-up when someone might get hurt (coming)
  • I can fix a mistake that touched someone else (coming)
  • I can be as kind on a screen as in person (coming)
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Short social-emotional lessons for the classroom: a story to read aloud, four things to talk about, two choices to think through and a paper activity. Free, no sign-in, and nothing a child says or writes is stored.

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How to use it

  1. Pick the grades you teach, then a lesson.
  2. Read the story aloud on the board one paragraph at a time, then talk through the four questions.
  3. Think through the two choices together, then do the paper activity. Print the teacher and student pages if you like.

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Questions

Does anything a child taps get saved?

No. There is no typing anywhere, and nothing is stored or sent.

Who checks the lessons?

Every lesson passes automatic checks and a second read against a ten-point list, and a person reads the first lessons and a sample of the rest before they are listed.

Nothing a child says, taps or writes is stored or sent. What each tool stores