The ability to establish and maintain healthy and rewarding relationships with diverse individuals and groups. The ability to communicate clearly, listen well, cooperate with others, resist inappropriate social pressure, negotiate conflict constructively, and seek and offer help when needed.
Use this list of picture books to support relationship skills in your students. Each PDF has links to the read alouds on YouTube as well as links to purchase these books on Amazon.
Copy the link from the read aloud and attach it in a Seesaw activity or a Google Slide for students to respond to, or use it to start your Morning Meeting.
Ask students to respond to the following questions:
What does it mean to be a good friend?
How are you a good friend to others?
Why is it important to listen to others when they are speaking?
How do you show other people that you are listening to them when they are speaking?
What do you do to make sure that other people feel included?
What makes someone a good partner/groupmate when you're working on a project together?
How do you solve problems with your family? How do you solve problems with your friends?
How do you make things better when you do something wrong? What do you do to make it right?