Conversations for connection.pdfGet your students talking with these prompts.
Want your students to talk more? Make sure they feel comfortable with each other by grouping students in fun, random ways and getting them talking with some conversational prompts.
This can be done to start a class, as a brain break, or as a closing activity.
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High Low Buffalo.pdfA quick and easy check-in: High, Low, Buffalo
Allow students to have the choice of whether they want to share one thing, all three, or nothing at all.
Similar to Rose, Thorn, and Bud, expect this check-in offers a random element - the Buffalo!
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ROSE THORN BUD.pdfA quick and easy check-in: Rose, Thorn, Bud
Allow students to have the choice of whether they want to share one thing, all three, or nothing at all.
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SEL Lesson: Respectful communication
In this lesson, students explore different communication styles and learn how to communicate assertively to advocate for their needs while being respectful towards others.
This lesson includes a fun connection activity, learning about active listening and communication styles and then applying their learning to some role-play scenarios.
This lesson was designed for a 7th grade advisory class (35mins).
Make a copy of this slide deck and edit to meet the needs of your student population - or use it as is!
Be Good People provides a free K-12 curriculum with ready-to-go lessons for SEL. There are programs for Tier 1, 2, 3 and special education. Lessons are focused on the 5 Casel Competencies (Self-Awareness & Self-Management, Social Awareness & Relationship Skills and Decision-Making). Lessons are teacher-friendly and easy to follow. There is no set sequence so you can pick and choose what you need when you need it. They also have extension and community-building activities.
These are mostly aimed at Elementary School students but can be modified for use with Middle School students.
The lessons, activities, and worksheets focus on SEL skill areas: Communication, Cooperation, Emotion Regulation, Empathy, Impulse Control, and Social Initiation.
Friendship seems so easy and natural to those who make friends easily—but to those who find it challenging, it’s neither simple, logical, nor predictable! All functional relationships—including friendship—require a range of social competencies, such as executive functioning & organizational skills, perspective taking, flexible thinking, understanding feelings & emotions, and many more.
The Social Thinking® Methodology teaches clear concepts and strategies that can make the relationship process visible and concrete and unpacks different aspects of relationship development from age four through adulthood.
This website has free webinars and many other resources (books, products, courses etc) available for a fee.
