May 4-May 8

Grades 6-8 Social-Emotional Digital Learning Activities


Monday, May 4, 2020

HOW-TO: Have the Screen Read To You (Chromebook)

To have pages read aloud to you, turn on your Chromebook's built-in screen reader:
At the bottom right, select the time. ..
Select Settings.
At the bottom, select Advance
In the "Accessibility" section, select Manage accessibility features.
Under "Text-to-Speech," turn on Enable ChromeVox (spoken feedback).

Objective

  • SWBAT put themselves in another’s shoes and take another's perspective.

Competency

  • Social Awareness

Translated Directions for the week


Tuesday, May 5, 2020

    • Title: Mindfulness

    • Instructions:

      • TEACHER: Put on a guided meditation recording, read one aloud to your students, or guide them to watch the link.

      • STUDENTS: Put your thoughts and feelings aside and focus on the meditation as much as you can. Comment below about how your feelings changed after participating in the exercise.

    • Link: https://youtu.be/AwbRERIzt6c

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Thursday, May 7, 2020

    • Title: Great Friends

    • Instructions:

      • TEACHER: Choose "Create" on your Google Classroom Classwork and click "Question." Title the question, "Respond and Collaborate," and click "Students can reply to each other." For the "Instructions' copy and paste the following student instructions:

      • STUDENT: Respond to the question in at least one paragraph and then respond to at least 2 other classmates. The question is, "What are the characteristics or qualities of a great friend?"

Friday, May 8, 2020

    • Title: Discuss Patience

    • Instructions: TEACHER: Post the question, "Tell me about a time you wanted something and had to wait for it." STUDENTS: Make sure you choose "Ungraded," under "Points," AND check the box, "Students can reply to each other." STUDENTS: Comment your response and reply to at least one other classmate.