Our Caring Community Social Emotional Learning Curriculum

The "Our Caring Community" SEL curriculum is easy-to-use and includes 5 units and 22 detailed lessons FULL of printables, mini-posters, anchor charts, and hands-on activities! This curriculum will teach your students everything SEL from basic mental health skills to important life skills.

This curriculum would work wonderfully for students Kindergarten through Second grade.

You can use this curriculum during morning meetings, circle time, end of the day lessons, and across reading and writing content areas.

WHY SEL?

The foundation of every strong classroom community is built upon social-emotional learning. Before students can be ready to learn, they need to feel safe, loved, and valued.

I firmly believe that social-emotional learning skills must be explicitly taught in every classroom. Many students do not come to school with these basic social-emotional skills. Because of this, students may not know what it means to identify and talk about their feelings, how to make a friend, or use coping skills in stressful situations. These are life skills that when taught will set our students up for success well beyond our classrooms.

Research shows that when we implement Social-Emotional Learning into our teaching, students build resilience which helps them deal with trauma and other life challenges. There is also research that shows SEL leads to behavior improvements, and increased academic performance.

SEL brings parents, educators, and students together working on the same team. We all want the best for our kids and providing them with SEL tools and resources is a step in the right direction.

Be sure to open up the BONUS PREVIEW for a look at the complete curriculum showcasing many of the components inside these units!

What does "Our Caring Community" SEL Curriculum cover?

Unit 1: Self Awareness- Teaches students how to identify and describe their feelings, concepts of identity, ways to care for themselves and practice self love, how to have a growth mindset, and how to set goals.

Unit 2: Self Management- Teaches students how to perform check-ins and the importance of self-monitoring on a routine basis, how to self-regulate, and practicing a variety of coping skills to manage stressful situations.

Unit 3: Responsible Decision Making- Teaches students what it means to be a responsible and active classroom community member, how to problem solve and make decisions.

Unit 4: Social Awareness- Teaches students what it means to be respectful and how to interact with others, how to show empathy and understanding, accepting and appreciating diversity, and use effective social skills.

Unit 5: Relationship Skills- Teaches students how to interact with others: how to have a conversation, other important communication builders, how to be and make a friend, and what it means to be trustworthy.

Activities included in the Caring Community Curriculum:

*Crafts

*Printables

*Hands-on activities

*Detailed lesson plans

*Mini-posters to accompany every lesson in each unit

*Anchor charts to accompany every lesson in each unit

*Optional Text Pairings for every lesson in each unit

*Separate SEL resources and displays

& more!

Not sure if the Our Caring Community curriculum is right for you?

Click here to check out the OCC Curriculum Sampler first!

Notes for Teachers:

What You Get: A complete social-emotional learning curriculum that is easy-to-use, and can be implemented with minimal prep-work and behind the scenes work.

To Note: This SEL curriculum is loosely aligned to state SEL standards as well as the CASEL framework of the 5 core competencies for SEL.

Terms of Use: This product is licensed for personal classroom use ONLY unless multiple licenses are purchased.

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