Social Emotional Learing in Grades K-5

At Oak Grove School, students receive explicit instruction around SEL concepts and skills in grades K-5. Students receive a 30-minute lesson at least once a week directed by the SEL teacher, Susie Kiefer.

What's Going on in SEL this week?

Soaring Eagles Theme: Voice

This month we will focus on ways to use our voice to positively influence how others feel. When we use kind words and share positive stories. Our introduction this week will be a 2 minute connect about an enjoyable activity.  As students share about sleepovers, basketball tournaments, piano recitals, gaming accomplishments and more, their peers often smile. We will transition into ways to use our voice to lift others up when they are down or being hurt. Students will learn the importance of being an upstander or bystander hero. We will focus on reporting bullying, refusing bullying, and supporting the victim of bullying. Oftentimes, it just takes one person to say something kind and others will follow. The negative behavior stops with acts of kindness.  We will also read the following books:

5th Grade: My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig

4th Grade: Trouble Talk by Trudy Ludwig

3rd Grade: Better Than You by Trudy Ludwig

2nd Grade: Sorry! by Trudy Ludwig

1st Grade: Enemy Pie by Derek Munson

Kindergarten: Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns It’s OK to Back Away by Howard Binkow

A game to play at home is called "Would You Rather?" Finding things we have in common helps us make connections and be more comfortable doing the right thing and supporting our friends. Ask your children:

• Would you rather go sledding or go down water slides?
• Would you rather have winter break or spring break?
• Would you rather have warm brownies or cold ice cream?