Our students received lessons from another research-based, classroom-tested program called Second Step.Our school was fortunate to receive the Second Step curriculum for grades 1 and up. Younger grades received lessons from the first three units (Skills for Learning, Empathy, and Emotion Management). The older grades received lessons from the first 2 units (Empathy and Skills for Learning, and Emotion Management). Some highlights of the program this year: 1st grade: Puppy and Snail puppets helped teach students how to use the listening rules, be assertive, and calm down. Here are some songs that helped them learn and practice their skills. 2nd grade: Second graders learned what empathy is from a special song they enjoyed singing on various occasions and also learned the steps to calm down when they have strong emotions from the Calm it Down song. You can listen to the songs on Youtube: 3-6th Grades: The older grades learned about appreciating differences, how to be assertive, how to disagree respectfully, how to use empathy, and how to use the calm down steps to deal with anxiety, anger, and frustration. Here is a song that helped students memorize the steps for calming down. The best thing about this song is that it is so catchy, it really assures the kids will never forget the calm down steps :) STOP, NAME YOUR FEELING, CALM DOWN Grades 3-6 received the evidence-based smoking prevention lessons again this year.The older grades had lessons on the following:
Self-esteem Decision-making Smoking Information Advertising Dealing with Stress Communication Skills Social Skills Assertiveness For more information, see last years posts on the first 6 lessons by clicking on the lesson titles in the above list. These lessons focus on skills and information that are shown to help children avoid smoking and make good choices for their health and well being. For more information, see last year's post on Botvin Life Skills Training Program. Our school district also delivers the middle school lessons for the same program in 7th grade. |
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