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Friday September 23rd, 2016

We have seen the importance of addressing and integrating social and emotional learning, SEL, and we have witnessed the amazing growth of those skills with our students. Once students have those skills, academic skills take off. We can't address academic gaps without addressing social and emotional learning. This blog lists one theme per month, with September being 'welcoming.' Even though the direct links for September and October say middle school and high school, the conversation and writing prompts include several that would be great for elementary students as well:

7 Monthly Themes for SEL

September: Welcoming

October: Accepting Change

This thought fits well with think win win, emotional bank accounts, and bucket fillers. Our students hear about those items often:


1 comment:

  1. Thanks so much for sharing my post!! I really appreciate it. Yes these themes can totally be used in elementary. One of our elementary schools is doing these with us using their own variation.

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