Online Second Step Social/Emotional Skills Curriculum
Online Second Step Social/Emotional Curriculum
September Guidance Lessons TK/Kindergarten: Growth Mindset and Goal Setting
Students learn how to develop a growth mindset and apply it to the task of paying attention.
The goals of this unit include students being able to:
Focus attention
Recognize that attention helps us learn and stay safe
Improve skills with practice and effort
Understand that mistakes are part of learning
1st Grade: Growth Mindset and Goal Setting
Students learn how to develop a growth mindset and apply it to the task of paying attention.
The goals of this unit include students being able to:
Focus attention
Ignore distractions
Improve skills with practice and effort
Use growth mindset language
2nd Grade: Growth Mindset and Goal Setting
Students learn how to develop a growth mindset and use helpful thoughts to persevere through challenges.
The goals of this unit include students being able to:
Use growth mindset language
Replace unhelpful thoughts with helpful thoughts
Persevere through challenges while recognizing that mistakes are part of learning
Improve skills with practice, effort, and by asking for help
3rd Grade: Growth Mindset and Goal Setting
Students learn how to develop a growth mindset and make an effective plan for how to get better at a skill.
The goals of this unit include students being able to:
Understand that the brain can grow and change
Improve skills with practice, effort, help from others, and by trying a new way
Make an effective plan for how to get better at a skill
4th Grade: Growth Mindset and Goal Setting
Students learn how to develop a growth mindset and apply strategies to make effective plans to reach goals.
The goals of this unit include students being able to:
Identify what a goal is and what an effective plan includes
Identify a shared class goal and make a plan to reach that goal
Monitor progress and modify a plan to reach a goal
5th Grade: Growth Mindset and Goal Setting
Students learn how to develop a growth mindset and to plan, modify, and achieve goals.
The goals of this unit include students being able to:
Identify a personal goal and make a plan to reach the goal
Monitor progress and identify roadblocks
Modify a plan to move or work around roadblocks
Reflect to inform future goals
6th Grade: Mindsets and Goals
Students learn how to develop a growth mindset and apply research-based goal-setting strategies to their social and academic lives. This unit’s content helps create classrooms that are connected and encouraging by helping students set and achieve collective and personal goals, learn from challenges, recognize their personal strengths, and explore the unique aspects of their identities.
The goals of this unit include students being able to:
Recognize that social challenges are common during adolescence and often get better in time with support from others
Adopt a growth mindset
Set personal goals
Create plans to achieve goals
Monitor progress toward achieving a goal and determine if they need to try a new strategy
Second Step Bullying Prevention Program
We have been using the Second Step Bullying Prevention Program to help bring awareness for how to RECOGNIZE a bully situation, how to REFUSE it, and who to REPORT it to if things are not getting any better. We are using some strategies from author Trudy Ludwig to help teach kids how to refuse mean behavior the first or second time it happens, in order to help it be resolved before it becomes a bigger bully issue.
We are also teaching kids how the BYSTANDERS (those who see or hear the mean/bully behavior) are actually the ones who have the most power, because we can stand up for those that are having a hard time standing up for themselves.
If a child or parent suspects a bullying issue, below is the order of who to report it to so we can work as a team to resolve the issue:
1. Classroom Teacher
2. Mrs. Twedt-Elementary School Counselor
3. Mr. Snyder-Elementary Principal
