Unit 1: CREATING A SAFE AND COMFORTABLE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT
This unit provides lessons to build a solid foundation for the students' social and emotional skill development. The lessons help students feel safe in their classrooms, develop the skills to communicate effectively, gain a vocabulary for the different feelings that may emerge and learn how to work collaboratively in small and large groups.
Family Partnership Activity Week 1: Classroom Rules
Family Partnership Activity Week 2: Communication
Family Partnership Activity Week 3: Active Listening
Unit 2: UNDERSTANDING MY STRENGTHS, SKILLS, AND IDENTITY
This unit provides lessons to build a strong sense of self in children, exploring the concepts of identity and differences. The lessons help students understand factors that shape their identity, acknowledge their likes and dislikes, and reflect on the differences between themselves and their classmates.
Family Partnership Activity Week 6: Self-Portraits
Family Partnership Activity Week 7: Likes and Dislikes
Family Partnership Activity Week 8: Things I'm Good At
Family Partnership Letter - Part 2
"We are continuing this critical SEL and Anti-Bias instruction throughout the school year, and we are approaching some deeper level, age-appropriate content. The upcoming discussion themes range from Understanding Bias and Discrimination (topics include stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, inequality, bullying, and injustice) to Confronting Challenges and Bias (topics include bullying and teasing, being an ally, being brave, standing up to prejudice, standing up to inequality, making a difference in school, and exploring social change).
These are exciting, thought provoking, and essential classroom discussions/experiences happening in CVUSD. We will continue to provide you, our families, with complementary tools to extend the discussions at home.
We truly appreciate your continued partnership, and we know we can’t be a healthy, safe, welcoming, and inclusive community without you!"
Unit 3: UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATING DIFFERENCE
This unit provides lessons to explore students' cultural and other identities and differences so that they can learn to play and work together effectively. The lessons help students reflect on their own cultural identities, learn about the culture of others and understand when differences arise.
Family Partnership Activity Week 11: I Belong to Many Groups?
Family Partnership Activity Week 12: My Cultural Flag
Family Partnership Activity Week 13: Similarities and Differences
Unit 4: UNDERSTANDING BIAS AND DISCRIMINATION
This unit provides lessons to create a viable and inclusive school and classroom climate by helping students understand bias and discrimination. The lessons help students explore bullying, stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination (and the differences between those) and reflect on the cycle of inequality.
Family Partnership Activity Week 14: What Are Stereotypes?
Family Partnership Activity Week 15: Dislikes vs. Prejudice
Family Partnership Activity Week 16: Unfairness and Discrimination
Family Partnership Activity Week 17: Equality and Inequality
Family Partnership Activity Week 18: Teasing, Name-Calling, and Bullying
Unit 5: CONFRONTING/CHALLENGING BIAS AND BULLYING
This unit provides lessons to empower students to do something about the bias, discrimination, and bullying they encounter. The lessons help students learn how to be an ally on an individual level and by working with others, explore social change movements over history and work on a social action project that improves their school and community.
Family Partnership Activity Week 20: Responding to Bullying and Teasing
Family Partnership Activity Week 21: Being Brave and Standing Up
Family Partnership Activity Week 22: One, Some, Many, All - Standing Up to Prejudice
Family Partnership Activity Week 23: Together We Can Make a Difference
Family Partnership Activity Week 24: Standing Up to Inequality
Family Partnership Activity Week 25: Making a Difference in My School