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Teaching in Room 6

$15.99

The ORIGINAL Paragraph of the Week program on TpT! This daily, scaffolded approach to paragraph writing is perfect to help get your students writing good, solid, detailed paragraphs. Students will write one weekly paragraph, focusing on the organization and format of the paragraph itself. There are 36 weeks worth of writing prompts (plus 5 BONUS prompts) in this 258 page file. All of the prompts are student-centered so that they will not get bogged down on the topic but rather focus on wri

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

Centers, Homework, Unit Plans

CCSS:

W.3.3, W.4.3, W.5.3

Also included in: Paragraph of the Week and Essay of the Month Writing Bundle

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Babbling Abby

$17.99

Do you have students struggling to recognize and identify the letters of the alphabet? This BEST SELLING kindergarten letter identification and recognition intervention curriculum is the perfect support to any science of reading or phonics-based program. It's ideal for RTI, small group instruction, intervention groups, tier support, ELL and ESL students, and even literacy centers. It has proven success and has been used in thousands classrooms all over the world!★ Click the PREVIEW button to se

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Phonics, Reading

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Centers, Printables

CCSS:

RF.K.1, RF.K.1d

Also included in: Kindergarten Math & Reading Intervention Activities - Science of Reading Centers

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My Nerdy Teacher by Alina V

$100.00

$19.00

⭐⭐⭐ FLASH SALE ⭐⭐⭐Grab The Decodable Readers Passages Mega Bundle for just $19! Hurry up, time is running out! Your students can practice reading in a fun and engaging way using these decodable texts. Science of Reading AlignedLow Prep Required. Simply print and go.These decodable passages will help your students practice the phonics patterns you're teaching them. Perfect for centers, homework, morning work, and more.Printable and Digital (Google Slides™)Perfect for Preschool Kindergarten, 1st gr

Subjects:

Phonics, Reading, Writing

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Centers, Printables

CCSS:

RF.K.2d, RF.K.3, RF.K.3c, RF.1.2c, RF.1.2d…

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One Stop Teacher Shop

$36.00

$17.99

Are you tired of searching for a planner that will fit your unique schedule, needs, and style? Look no further! The One Stop Teacher Planner is Editable and Customizable! Choose to print your planner or go 100% digital! Either way, the One Stop Teacher Planner offers tons of forms, dated lesson plans, gorgeous designs, and calendars to use throughout the year. Keep yourself well organized in a stylish way while paying only a fraction of the price of what other trendy teacher planners cost. Join

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Management, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

K - 12th

Types:

Classroom Forms, Professional Documents

Also included in: One Stop Teacher Planner BUNDLE | Printable & Digital | FREE Updates | 2022-2023

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The Moffatt Girls

This Spring Math and Literacy Packet has it all and requires NO PREP! The resources in this packet are designed to meet Common Core Standards for Kindergarten while making learning FUN, hands-on and interactive! If you like this packet, you may also like our other NO PREP packets:⭐️SAVE BIG WITH⭐️ ALL YEAR Math and Literacy NO PREP Kindergarten⭐️ St. Patrick's Day NO PREP Packet Kindergarten⭐️ Valentine NO PREP (Kindergarten)⭐️ Christmas NO PREP (Kindergarten)⭐️ Fall Math and Literacy (Kinderga

Subjects:

Math, Reading, Spring

Grades:

Types:

Centers, Printables

Also included in: All Year Math and Literacy NO PREP BUNDLE (Kindergarten) Winter

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Pocket of Preschool

Label your entire classroom for students with HUGE set of 471 classroom labels with REAL PHOTOGRAPHS! This will save you hours and hours of time. Just print, laminate, and tape to the shelf. Three Sets Included:English word with photoSpanish (red text) and English (black text) word with photoFrench (blue text) and English (black text) word with photoEditable (blank page with NO photos, you add your own photos)These labels were created for early childhood classrooms (toddler, preschool, pre-k, ki

Subjects:

Back to School, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Printables

Also included in: Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten Complete Curriculum BUNDLE

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Lucky Little Learners

$34. 00

$23.00

Bundle

Phonics reading passages, or Phonics Mats, are the perfect no-prep, print and go resource to help students turn isolated phonics skills into reading text! Students practice isolated phonics skills, decoding, fluency, and comprehension all in one resource. *** NEW UPDATE *** This resource has been updated with a brand new 2022 version! The new phonics mats have decodable passages, comprehension questions, word writing practice, and a warm-up page for each skill. Make sure to download the preview

Subjects:

Phonics, Reading, Writing

Grades:

Types:

Printables, Worksheets

CCSS:

RF.2.3, RF.2.3a, RF.2.3b, RF.2.3c, RF.2.3d…

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Clutter-Free Classroom

This St. Patrick's Day Craft - Leprechaun House for Sale combines March writing prompts with a fun Spring craftivity. Students create a house for a leprechaun and work through a scaffolded descriptive writing process to compose a sales listing for it. It offers a fun, engaging, creative way to teach descriptive writing to your elementary students. Even your most reluctant writers will enjoy describing their leprechaun cottage!This resource offers a fun, engaging, and creative way to teach descrip

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal, St. Patrick's Day

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Printables

CCSS:

W.3.4, W.3.5, W.3.6, W.3.10, W.4.4…

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Aimee's Edventures LLC

$10.75

$5.50

It was breaking my heart to watch my students wandering around the room trying not to cry when I said, "Please find a partner." So I created these cards! Now they are loved by thousands of teachers who have the same goal of including every student in their classroom.These partnership cards make it quick and easy to set up differentiated small group work, and they're perfect for kids of all abilities. The best part is that they don't have to guess who their partner is, it's right on the card (whi

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community, Classroom Management

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Games, Printables

Also included in: Classroom Management BUNDLE

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Joey Udovich

$50. 00

$19.99

If you need help with classroom organization, look no further! This teacher planner goes beyond lesson plans. It was created to organize just about everything to keep your classroom running smoothly. The best part? You get FREE UPDATES FOR LIFE! Yep…you read that right. This is the last planner you will ever have to buy!➤➤➤ DON’T FORGET TO CLICK THE “VIEW PREVIEW” BUTTON ABOVE TO GET A CLOSER LOOK!_________________________________________________________________________⭐️ Here is a quick overvie

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Management, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

PreK - 12th

Types:

Classroom Forms, Printables, Professional Documents

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Howywood Kindergarten

Looking for an ADORABLE project that's awesome for the beginning or end of the school year, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, Grandparent’s Day, or just for fun anytime!? Here it is! Perfect for hallway displays, gifts, or memory books. It’s just THE BEST... and EASY to make, for any age! I love using this project several times per year in my classroom... and 14K+ other teachers have LOVED using it in their classrooms, too! :) You can also grab it as part of this directed drawing BUNDLE that fil

Subjects:

Arts & Music, Holidays/Seasonal, Writing

Grades:

PreK - 6th

Types:

Printables, Projects

CCSS:

SL.K.5

Also included in: The Ultimate Back to School Bundle... The Get Set for Kindergarten Kit!

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My Teaching Pal

$12.50

$8.00

Bundle

Get your students practicing all things related to the alphabet with this HUGE alphabet worksheet bundle. Students will work on letter identification, beginning sounds, letter formation, lower and uppercase letter differentiation and so much more. There are 4 different worksheet types included in this pack which cover each letter of the alphabet. A total of 104 worksheets are included. What’s Included:♥ Alphabet Worksheets – Letter Work♥ Beginning Sounds Worksheets – Color By My Sound♥ Alphabet M

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Phonics, Writing

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Activities, Printables, Worksheets

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A Teachable Teacher

$25.00

$20.00

Bundle

All-in-One Reading Passages give your students the opportunity to practice phonics and fluency with these reading comprehension passages and questions. The best part? It requires no prep on your end! Now including original PDF + NEW digital versions of each phonics reading passage for distance learning!Each reading passage gives your students the opportunity to practice a targeted phonics skill in the context of reading. Each phonics passage also builds fluency and comprehension. It’s the bundle

Subjects:

ELA Test Prep, Phonics, Reading

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

English (UK), Guided Reading Books, Printables

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Miss DeCarbo

$21. 50

This is a no-prep reading intervention binder that is aligned to the science of reading and explicitly teaches and reinforces letter identification, letter sounds, phonemic awareness, handwriting, CVC words, blends, digraphs, nonsense words, phoneme segmentation, sentence fluency, and more! When and where should I use this binder?The No-Prep Reading Intervention Binder is ideal for one-on-one instruction, small reading groups, paraprofessional groups, Tier 2 and Tier 3 intervention groups, pract

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Phonics, Special Education

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Worksheets

CCSS:

RF.K.1b, RF.K.1d, RF.K.2c, RF.K.2d, RF.K.3…

Also included in: No Prep Intervention Binder BUNDLE ELA and MATH Distance Learning

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Kim Miller

These SIMPLE No-Fuss Editable Classroom Newsletter Templates are perfect to use all year long and make parent communication easy! Keep your parents up-to-date with what's going on in your classroom throughout the year. Whether you send a newsletter home weekly or monthly, these templates make it easy, and editing them is a breeze! Included in this download:24 different COLOR newsletter templates (color and black & white)24 different BLACK & WHITE newsletter templatesnewsletter templates

Subjects:

Back to School, For All Subject Areas, For All Subjects

Grades:

PreK - 5th

Types:

Classroom Forms, For Parents

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Deedee Wills

$10.00

Handwriting practice and instruction is here! Fluently being able to write letters leads to great gains in reading. Brain research supports the need for explicit handwriting and path of motion instruction and links proper handwriting to better student writing results! Quick, concise, easy to implement! My kind of handwriting instruction. HANDWRITING LESSONS IS NOT JUST ONE MORE THING!When you teach students handwriting while teaching phonics, students will build muscle memory kinestheticall

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, English Language Arts, Handwriting

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

L. K.1a

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Pocket of Preschool

Fine motor journals are a fun way to teach pre-writing skills, handwriting foundations, and strengthen fine motor muscles. There are so many fine motor activities you can do in a journal! It's like a mini-portfolio of all their fine motor activities all organized and in one place making it easy to visually see student growth. Here are some activities to do in fine motor journals: writing types of lines/letters (aka fun handwriting), name activities, letter activities, number activities, stamp ac

Subjects:

English Language Arts

Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

Activities

Also included in: Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten Complete Curriculum BUNDLE

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Simply Kinder

$972.00

$25.00

The ultimate bundle for kindergarten sight word practice books, games, color by code, and more for 200+ high-frequency words! BEST SELLER on TpT with over 7,000 teacher reviews! Check out this incredible value for everything you need for sight word practice!Your Sight Word Practice just became so much better with this huge file of printables, activities, centers and so much more. Each sight word included has its own separate file with 67 pages of activities! Perfect for kindergarten, first grad

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Activities, Printables, Worksheets

CCSS:

RF.K.2, RF.K.3, RF.K.3c

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Education to the Core

$20.00

$12.00

Education to the Core heard your calls and developed an entire resource dedicated to phonics-based I SPY Activities - updated to include 84 activity pages!Beyond just the phonics skills practice, these worksheets help your students strengthen their visual discrimination, while building their attention and focus skills. (It takes some time and patience to find all of the images in each activity.)Just imagine how quiet your classroom will be! This is such an engaging activity, your students will b

Subjects:

Phonics, Spelling, Vocabulary

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Printables, Worksheets

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Simply Kinder

$345. 00

$25.00

Decodable Readers with Word Work | Science of Reading Decodables | Phonics BooksLooking for the perfect decodable readers with phonics word work activities that align with the Science of Reading?  Simply Kinder has you covered with our endless set of decodables.Download the PREVIEW to learn more & get a FREE Short A complete set!Included in this resource is one individual, 70+ page resource PER decodable book.  Each book has a cover page, a keyword warm-up page with decodable words & sig

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Phonics, Reading

Grades:

K - 1st

Types:

Printables

CCSS:

RF.K.1a, RF.K.3, RF.K.3a, RF.K.3b, RF.K.3c…

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Especially Education

If you are looking for an individual schedule book, visual schedules, or a first then board, this Positive Behavior Support resource has it all! Please note: All editable files are compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint. Some pages may now be edited using Google Slides. Included in this download: - 6-tabbed and 2-tabbed flip book options- 200+ visual schedule icons (these are not editable)- First then board (separate from flip book)- First next then board (separate from flip book)- Token boards (wi

Subjects:

Back to School, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Activities

Also included in: BUNDLE: First Then Board & Visual Schedule Flip Books (clipart + real pictures)

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Lucky Little Learners

$216.00

$25.00

Have you heard of Toothy® yet?! Toothy® task kits are highly engaging task card math games or math centers that allow students to practice math skills and answer questions in a fun, motivating way. The answers on the back of the math task cards make the activity self-paced and self-correcting.Teach the rules for Toothy® once at the beginning of the year, then simply switch out the topic each week and use the activity all year! Toothy® Task Kits - an original idea from Angie Olson at ©Lucky Littl

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Place Value, Word Problems

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Centers, Task Cards

CCSS:

1. MD.A.1, 1.MD.A.2, 1.MD.B.3, 1.MD.C.4, 2.MD.A.1…

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First Grade Freckles

Update 10/2022: Real Mouth Photos are now included.Update 07/2022: Boho Color scheme now included.Reading research has confirmed how important it is for students to learn explicit phonetic skills. This classroom resource is worth the wall space! There are so many options here you can hang what your specific program or sequence needs. Options span from basic kindergarten phonics skills to advanced skills found in third grade. These are also great for classrooms serving students needing suppor

Subjects:

Phonics, Reading, Writing

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas

CCSS:

RF.K.3, RF.1.3, RF.2.3, RF.3.3

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Rachel Lynette

30 Figurative Language Worksheets that focus on similes, metaphors, idioms, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, and alliteration. These worksheets are great for no-prep practice of the 7 most common types of figurative language. Each type of figurative language includes an introductory page with a definition and examples. The rest of the pages provide opportunities for practice.WHAT'S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:30 printable worksheetsRecording SheetsAnswer Keys DIGITAL:Google SlidesEasel ActivityG

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, ELA Test Prep, Vocabulary

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Independent Work Packet, Worksheets

CCSS:

RL.3.4, RL.6.4, L.3.3, L.3.3a, L.3.5…

Also included in: Figurative Language BUNDLE! Activities, Task Cards, Posters, Digital & more!

Try These 5 Great Social Skills Activities for Students & Groups

Working as a school psychologist in the public school system for many years, I sometimes heard school counselors asking for advice about which social skills activities they should do with their students

Children in the group often had difficulty with skills such as:

  • listening
  • waiting their turn in conversation
  • staying on topic
  • sharing materials
  • understanding another person’s feelings
  • getting along with others
  • resolving conflict
  • appropriately expressing their own feelings

This article gives five suggestions for social skills activities for students and groups.

You may think these activities are more appropriate for elementary-age students but I think they can really be adapted for younger and older groups.

Activities can also be modified for a one-on-one situation such as parent/child or counselor/student.

What the research says about social skills instruction: Phillip C. Kendall, Professor of Psychology, reported the positive effects of using modeling and role playing, and teaching self-evaluation when teaching social skills.
Further research, such as Social Skills Training for Teaching Replacement Behaviors: Remediating Acquisition Deficits in At-Risk Students, confirms the benefits of intense social skills instruction.

Interactive Social Skills Books for Kids

5

Great Social Skills Activities for Students

1. Use engaging conversation, demonstration, role-play and/or visuals to teach students what social skills are and why we need to use them.

See an example of social skills below:

When first introducing kids to a social skills group it is a good idea to have them understand what social skills are and why they are important.

As a starting activity, write down different social skills (such as the ones from the list above) on individual slips of paper and put them in a bowl, hat, etc.

Have your students sit in a circle and pass around the slips of paper, taking turns pulling them out of the bowl one at a time.

When the student pulls the slip of paper from the bowl, ask them to say what the social skill means, have them give an example, and/or ask them to tell the rest of the group why that skill is important.

Give as much guidance and support as your students need to answer the questions. You may want to go first, to show the students how to do this activity.

Here is an example:

If a student picked “sharing materials” she could say “That means to let someone use something that you are using.

For example, if I am coloring with crayons I can let my friend borrow my crayons and color with me. Sharing is important because it shows others that you care about how they feel. Part of being a good friend is sharing.”

You could even have students act out the skills. So in this example, you can have one of your students pick materials to share with the other members of the group.

You can also let students create their own drawings of the skill you are talking about. To give you an idea of what I mean, below is a drawing of sharing:

Depending on the students’ skill and age level, frustration tolerance, and ability to sustain attention, you can do all of the suggestions I mentioned in this activity or just one.

You can break this into several lessons by only doing a few social skills at a time.

You also might want to add some skills that are not on the list such as showing empathy, staying on topic in conversation, and using manners.

Recommended Article: 15 Behavior Strategies for Children on the Autism Spectrum

2.

Use games and fun activities to practice sharing, turn-taking, listening, following directions, encouraging others, and being polite.

In the video below, the therapist uses bubbles as the prop. Other objects can be used to tailor this activity to students of different ages.

Imagine implementing this same lesson but using activities such as shooting a basketball in a net, playing with a remote control car, doing an activity on the computer, etc.

Recommended Article: 8 Fun Activities to Practice Social Skills with Your Child

3. Use conversation starters to create a dialogue between students or between counselor and student.

Then the youth is supposed to ask another person a question related to the topic they pick, and the other person is to ask a related question back.

This activity allows students to practice listening, taking turns in conversation, staying on topic, and expressing interest in another person’s thoughts, ideas, and/or life. See examples in the video below.

The counselor in the video below encourages the students to pick a topic from a slip of paper in a cup (e.g., friendship, fears, favorite activities, etc..)

4. Teach what is means to be a friend.

This next video gives you great ideas for how to talk to children about what it means to be a friend.

After you show the video, have your students:

  • tell you what they learned about being a friend
  • draw a picture that shows someone being a friend to another person
  • and/or practice one of the skills in the video

For example, this video mentions being a good listener and sharing as two of the things good friends do, so as part of the lesson have your students practice listening to each other and/or sharing items.

Talk to your students about what it means to be an active listener (e.g., looking in the direction of the person who is talking, waiting your turn to speak, responding to what the person said, trying to understand how the other person might be feeling, etc.).

The “What it means to be a friend” lesson could be a great segue into the lessons above which hone in on sharing skills and conversation skills.

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5. Practice complimenting each other.

Speaking of being a good friend, complimenting others (a great friendship skill) is another nice activity to do with your group.

Set the expectations from the beginning that only kind words and respect for each other is allowed in the group.

For this activity, you could go around in a circle and have each student say something nice about someone else in the group.

To make sure everyone gets a turn to be complimented, put people’s names on slips of paper in the bowl and have them pass it around taking turns pulling out names.

This activity will get easier as the students get to know each other better.

If the students just met and are not sure what to say about each other, allow them to say something nice about a family member or friend outside of the group.

As the group gets to know each other, the compliments should be about the group members.

Side Note: To teach self-evaluation, discuss how you and your student(s)/client(s) did during each activity. Give specific feedback about what went well and discuss areas that need improvement.

Let your clients share their own thoughts and perceptions about how they did during the activity. Encourage your clients to think about their own behavior when they are involved in similar real-life scenarios.

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More Articles to Help with Social Skills

  • 5 Great Activities to Do with Your Social Skills Group (Adolescents/Teens)
  • Tips to Help a Child Not Be Alone at Recess or in the Cafeteria
  • 5 Great Games to Play in a Social Skills Group
  • 10 Great Books to Teach Social Skills to Children
  • What Does Research Say About How We Can Teach Children to Have Empathy?
  • 3 Research-Based Programs That Improve Social-Emotional Skills in School-Aged Children
  • Engaging Social Studies Curriculum Shows Promise for Improving Social Skills in Students with Emotional and Behavioral Needs
  • Interactive Book Helps Kids Understand the Power of Positive Choices!
  • Theatre Teacher Shares Three Techniques to Increase Empathy in Students
  • 5 Great Books to Teach Young Children About Empathy
  • 9 Practical Strategies to Decrease Impulsive Behaviors in Children
  • Roots of Empathy: A Research-Based Program that Counters Bullying
  • 8 Fun Activities to Practice Social Skills with Your Child

Rachel Wise

Rachel Wise is the author and founder of Education and Behavior.  Rachel created Education and Behavior in 2014 for adults to have an easy way to access research-based information to support children in the areas of learning, behavior, and social-emotional development. As a survivor of abuse, neglect, and bullying, Rachel slipped through the cracks of her school and community. Education and Behavior hopes to play a role in preventing that from happening to other children. Rachel is also the author of Building Confidence and  Improving Behavior in Children: A Guide for Parents and Teachers.

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Social-emotional skills in school. Part 1.

As part of the project “University Environment for Teachers” of the Moscow City Department of Education, a program of several lectures was presented at the HSE Institute of Education, the participants of which were members of the Educational Spaces Design Studio. This article will focus on lecture “Forms of work in the classroom that contribute to the development of social and emotional skills of students” , author — Tatyana Kanonir , Associate Professor, PhD, co-director of the master's program “Measurements in Psychology and Education”.

There has been a lot of talk lately about the importance of developing social-emotional skills. The educational standards of basic and primary schools in Russia require the formation of students, along with subject educational results, meta-subject and personal educational results. It is under personal educational results that social-emotional skills are hidden.

Social Emotional Skills (SES) are skills that enable people to recognize and manage their emotions, successfully manage conflicts, understand and empathize with others, establish and maintain positive relationships, follow ethics, contribute constructively to their reference communities, set and achieve goals.

Different terms are used to refer to these “non-cognitive” skills: Soft Skills or “soft skills”, skills of the XXI century, emotional intelligence ... All of these concepts differ from each other in breadth of coverage and context of use, but have similar features: conceptual independence on cognition, total value for social adaptation, relative stability over time, potential change as a result of exposure , situational manifestation.

In this article we will focus on 2 social-emotional skills
  1. Achieving goals : working towards achieving short- and long-term goals, including in changing conditions:
    • stability (ability to maintain stable work for a significant time),
    • self-control (the ability to control one's state in the process of performing a task),
    • striving for a goal (awareness of the need to achieve the goal - independent or set by the teacher).

  1. Collaboration with other people
    • sociability (ability to establish and maintain social contacts),
    • respect (tact and respect for peers and adults, including those from other cultures),
    • caring (disinterested assistance to the interaction partner).

Exercises to help teachers develop these social-emotional skills in students

1. Formation of the skill of achieving goals

Exercise : mutual assistance in achieving individual goals (conducted in small groups)

  1. The teacher begins the lesson by telling the children about the difficulties people often face in achieving their own goals and suggests the most general strategies for overcoming these obstacles, writing the main points on the board. For example, it could be a list like this:
    • frustration (depending on the audience, a more understandable term may be used, such as depression) that the goal is too difficult. Possible strategies: relaxation, distraction, break from work.
    • boredom . Possible strategies: set a shorter-term goal, give yourself a reward (such as a break or ice cream). too lazy to do the task. Possible strategies are: assign yourself a reward, think about how you will feel when you complete the task, or that if you do not study, you will let the whole group down.
    • anxiety due to fear of failure . Possible strategies: remember situations in which everything worked out, relaxation techniques.
  2. Then the teacher formulates in writing an individual educational (or near-academic) goal for each of the children (it is better to do this work in advance) and divides them into groups.
  3. Children sit in a circle, each voices his goal and names the possible obstacles to achieving it. The rest of the group suggests possible solutions based on the information on the board or their own experience, and also try to suggest one action that they personally could help another child (for example, “I can call you on Friday and remind you that in you have to do the weekend…”, “I can call and find out how you are doing…”, “I can explain to you the material that you don’t understand…”, etc. ).
  4. In the next week, students discuss in groups their progress towards their goals, how they felt when they were helped by classmates, what kind of help was most useful.

Expected results : children learn to anticipate barriers to achieving a goal and think in advance about possible options for overcoming them, children learn to help others achieve their goals, ask for help and accept it.

2. Learning how to work with others

Exercise : learning together

projects - for example, to study material about a country, continent, scientist, physical phenomenon, etc.,

  • each student is instructed to work through a certain part of the material, and then tell all the other members of the group about their findings,
  • then the group should prepare a joint presentation for the rest of the class,
  • at the end of the work it is necessary to discuss - what has been done and what has not been done? What turned out to be difficult in doing joint work, what can be done differently next time (when discussing, it is important not to indicate value judgments).

    • This exercise can have many variations, for example, “brain rings”, “debates” of representatives of different historical eras, etc.

    According to the head of Educational Spaces Design Studio Rai Ivanovskaya, the task of forming and developing SES among students can definitely be solved with the help of designing the school space: forgot about the goals set (by the teacher or by themselves) - you can make a special stand in the class, on which they could write their goals, indicate the planned deadlines for achievement, indicate the expected obstacles and how they eventually coped with them. That is, this information is constantly “in sight” (the guys will not forget), and is also a demonstration of their success. In the event that someone does not cope with the task on their own, this is also visible and the teacher can “hint” to the students that their help and support is required (and this is already a manifestation of caring - that is, the skill of working together).

    The stand itself must be visually attractive in design (with motivating phrases, for example), made of modern materials (marker film, cork, etc.) - so that children would be “pleasant” and interested in interacting with it.

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    By the way

    Many currently existing SES assessment tools have disadvantages: they are based on purely local experience, data on the psychometric quality of methods are not published, there are practically no references to international experience, experience is often designed for individual assessment and is not scaled, and the result of assessment depends on the skills of the teacher and his attitude towards a particular student. However, if we do not have SES assessment tools, then we cannot draw conclusions about their development, can we?

    The HSE Education Quality Monitoring Center, together with the Sberbank Charitable Foundation “Investment in the Future”, conducted a large-scale study of social and emotional skills in primary and secondary schools, based on an international research framework, associated with the Federal State Educational Standards for Primary and Basic Education, which resulted in developed monitoring evaluation tools.

    It is important that the school as a whole (that is, different teachers) have a unified system of work on the socio-emotional development of children, as well as coordinated work within the teaching team, which is organized systematically and purposefully.

    Target audience of SES development methods:

    • whole class or whole school,
    • risk group or children with a specific problem area (e.g. very shy),
    • individual students experiencing severe stress, having situational problems or going through a period of crisis (for example, in the course of adapting to a new school team when moving from one school to another).

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    Social skills: what are they and how to develop them

    May 22, 2020

    Social skills are the skills a person has to successfully interact with others. They allow you to competently conduct a dialogue, improve the quality of communication, and also keep your emotions under control. Many people think that social skills are just about being able to communicate. But this is a misconception. In this article, you can learn in detail about the development, formation and features of social skills.

    Types of social skills

    Developed social skills allow a person to control their emotional state and express themselves in various areas. A person who is able to develop social skills can successfully lead people, have good persuasive power. The formation of such skills allows you to correctly convey the position, using logic or eloquence at the right time.

    Social and communication skills include:

    • presenting yourself and greeting another person;
    • control of voice, emotions, keeping calm, sincerity;
    • conducting a conversation and presenting oneself in a team;
    • the ability to accept compliments and respond to criticism.

    Methods for developing skills

    By developing social skills, a person becomes more charismatic, self-confident and calm. He learns to achieve his goal in life, climbs the career ladder. The main methods of forming social skills are as follows:

    1. Getting someone else's opinion. It is impossible to see your behavior from the outside, so in this case it is worth asking for help from another person who will point out mistakes, advantages and disadvantages. It is desirable to take into account the opinion of several people.
    2. Gaining self-confidence. Having completely relaxed in communication, a person becomes more charming and able to maintain an interesting conversation. If you notice that insecurity prevents you from showing social skills, then you need to eradicate this problem.
    3. Communication with successful people. Social skills can be formed by communicating with people who have managed to achieve great heights in life. When communicating, try to pay attention to how successful people behave. Draw some conclusions for yourself, but avoid imitation. Do not be afraid to make new acquaintances, surround yourself with strong people and, if necessary, ask them for advice.
    4. Practice regularly. Even if you read a lot of smart books and articles, but do not practice, all your skills will come to naught. Try to communicate regularly with people, improving social skills. And the online intensive Wikium "Effective Communication" will help you learn how to interact with people in any situation.

    Additional recommendations

    All suggested teaching methods are quite simple. You can supplement them with the following recommendations:

    • develop a sense of empathy towards others;
    • be interested in other people's problems and become an active listener;
    • share your stories and learn to listen to others;
    • travel, walk around the city a lot;
    • develop acting talent;
    • learn how to properly resolve conflict situations.

    All these simple and uncomplicated rules are significant in the development of social skills. But often people are hindered by fear, insecurity, irascibility, arrogance, excessive gullibility.

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