Franklin Elementary, along with all other elementary schools in Redlands Unified School District, use the Second Step program for classroom lessons. The Second Step program is a research-based social-emotional learning curriculum designed to improve students’ social-emotional skills for learning, including growth mindset, goal-setting, emotion management, kindness and empathy, and problem-solving.

The Second Step® Elementary digital program includes four full units of weekly, age-appropriate lessons for each grade. Lesson plans include scripting and support for teachers to guide student conversations, as well as downloadable handouts to promote student engagement.

The interactive, teacher-led units include five 15- to 30-minute lessons. The last lesson of each unit is a performance task in which students demonstrate evidence of their learning.

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