SEL and RP
Classroom activities that encourage students' social and emotional learning and promote restorative practices
This circle activity invites students to share their feelings about gratitude and to express gratitude for things large and small.
Eleven suggestions to help adults address oppressive behavior by students.
In this activity, timed to coincide with National Coming Out Day, students learn about what it means to "pass" (as straight, as white, as Christian...) and consider what the pressure to "pass" costs individuals and society. The activity is structured as a circle, but can be adapted for use in a...
The remarkable poet and writer Maya Angelou died on May 28, 2014. This activity, structured as a circle, invites students to consider Angelou’s poem Still I Rise. It can be adapted to use in a non-circle format as well.
Parent and TM contributor Jinnie Spiegler argues that literature should stay at the center of the ELA curriculum.
Students think about how to create a kind, caring classroom using an interactive poem and a drawing activity.
An introductory circle invites participants to consider values that are important to them and the group.
In this interactive lesson, students consider the issue of internet privacy, both in their own lives and in society, including government spying, parental monitoring, and corporate tracking of consumers. What is the connection and potential conflict between safety and privacy, both on a personal and...
Students reflect on the school year through a guided visualization, Circle, and community-building activity.
These general guidelines are aimed at helping to make our schools safe and supportive environments for youngsters with these backgrounds; and to prevent and counter expressions of bias against these groups in any school.