Building Student Leaders

Second Step: "Building Student Leaders"

Second Step: Skills for Social and Academic Success

We want your child to be as successful as possible at school. Success in school is not just about reading and math. It is also about knowing how to get Second Step program in 5th Grade to teach these critical skills.

The Second Step program teaches skills in the following four areas:

Skills for Learning: Students gain skills to help themselves learn, including how to focus their attention, listen carefully, and be assertive when asking for help with schoolwork.
Empathy: Students learn to identify and understand their own and others' feelings. Students also learn how to take another's perspective and how to show compassion. own and others' feelings. Students also learn how to take another's perspective and how to show compassion.
Emotion Management: Students learn specific skills for calming down when experiencing strong feelings, such as anxiety or anger.
Problem Solving: Students learn a process for solving problems with others in a positive way.

Your child will be learning a lot this year - and he or she will need your help! Throughout the year, you will have access to your child's weekly Home Links that go with each of the Second Step lessons. Home Links are simple, fun activities for you and your child to complete together. They are a great way for you to understand what your child is learning and for your child to show you what he or she knows.If you'd like access to all of the Second Step family materials for 5th grade, please email your students teacher for the Activation Key!

Home Links Activities

Unit 1: Empathy & Skills for Learning

Lesson 1 - Empathy and Respect

Lesson 2 - Listening with Attention

Lesson 3 - Being Assertive

Lesson 4 - Predicting Feelings

Lesson 5 - Taking Others' Perspectives

Lesson 6 - Accepting Differences

Lesson 7 - Disagreeing Respectfully

Lesson 8 - Responding with Compassion

Unit 2: Emotion Management

Lesson 9 - Introducing Emotion Management