Grade 1 Lesson Overviews:
Unit 1 Skills for Learning: learning to listen, building focus and attention skills, following directions, self-talk for staying on task, and learning to communicate assertively.
Unit 2 Empathy: learning to identify the feelings of others when presented with physical clues, understanding how others feel, recognizing similarities and differences, normalizing that feelings may change over time, managing accidents, as well as showing care and concern towards others.
Unit 3 Emotion Management: learning how to identify your own feelings, managing and normalizing strong feelings, breathing strategies to calm down, positive self-talk, and effective ways to manage worried feelings.
Unit 4 Problem solving: learning to use words to describe the problem, thinking about the consequences, differentiating between sharing, trading and taking turns, having empathy towards children who are excluded, handling name-calling and assertive responses to conflict.
Your child will be learning life-long skills to build healthy relationships and will require your support throughout the year. Families can join SecondStep.org with the Activation Key: SSP1 FAMI LY71 to access information for you to understand what your child is learning.
Bullying Prevention Unit:
Lesson 1 Recognizing Bullying: students will learn to recognize mean behavior that is intentional.
Lesson 2 Reporting Bullying: students will learn to identify trusted adults to report bullying to.
Lesson 3 Refusing bullying: students will learn to apply assertive communication skills to refuse bullying.
Lesson 4 Bystander Power: students will learn the effects of being a bystander versus being an upstander.
Families can join SecondStep.org with the Activation Key: BPU1 FAMI LY01 to access videos and get information about what your child is learning in the Bullying Prevention Unit.
Child Protection Unit:
Lesson 1 Ways to stay safe: safety rules about recognizing, reporting and refusing (scenario discussions).
Lesson 2 Always ask first rule: how to identify when you need help from a trusted adult.
Lesson 3 Safe and Unsafe Touches: learning assertive responses to unsafe touches.
Lesson 4 Keeping private parts private: identifying body parts and ways to stay safe.
Lesson 5 Practicing staying safe: never keeping unsafe secrets and reporting until someone helps.
Lesson 6 Reviewing safety skills: applying the rules and methods to help students stay safe.
Families can join SecondStep.org with the Activation Key: CPU1 FAMI LYG1 to access videos and get information about what your child is learning in the Child Protection Unit.
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