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Social-Emotional Learning
Social-Emotional Learning
Social-emotional learning (SEL) is how teachers help students develop the self-awareness, self-control, and interpersonal skills that are important for success in school and everyday life. These skills are taught explicitly through direct instruction, using materials and lessons from the Everyday Speech program, and are reinforced during Morning Meetings and throughout our subject area curriculum and school day as is applicable. The social-emotional wellbeing of your child is incredibly important to me. Please reach out to me if you ever have concerns about your child's social-emotional health, or notice a change.
District 39's SEL curriculum for each grade is organized around the following six competencies:
Self-Awareness
Self-Management
Social Awareness
Relationship Skills
Responsible Decision-Making
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Specific SEL goal areas for fourth graders are as follows:
Suggestions for Practicing Social-Emotional Skills At Home
Suggestions for Practicing Social-Emotional Skills At Home
When your child gets upset, have a conversation (after they settle down) to discuss how they reacted, why they felt the way they did, and how they might react differently (or the same).
Ask your child how they feel (physically) when they are upset, and support them in expressing that feeling through words (i.e. I’m feeling upset, I need to take a break).
Discuss current events in the news around rights of others. Share your opinions with your child, and ask about theirs.
Practice resolving conflicts with your child. Talk through and identify a problem and work to solve it collaboratively. Reflect on the outcome.
Positively reinforce good decisions.
Encourage your child to engage with new people and learn about them. Practice asking questions to learn about different people (i.e. Tell me more about your family).
Use special days in history (i.e. MLK, Jr. Day) to discuss the contributions of people to the history of the US and also to the present society. Discuss how their contributions positively affected various people.
Experience different festivals and celebrations around the city or community (i.e. Lunar New Year, Holi and Carnivale at Navy Pier, Mole de Mayo in Pilsen, etc). Discuss how these festivals celebrate language and culture, and ask your child to share what they see, notice and learn from the experience.
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