SEL Lessons 1

In this activity for grades 3-6, students practice the skills of good listening.

Encourages students to consider the effect of "put-downs" and to think about how to express "put-ups."

In these two fun classroom activities, students practice sending and receiving messages and consider what communication is.

After two puppets discuss how a bully at their school, youngsters analyze what they've seen and consider how to respond to the bully.

Teach your students a strategy for being assertive when problems come up with friends and family. Then have students practice the skill regularly.

Morningside Center executive director Tom Roderick considers Bush, Kerry, the nature of moral values, and where we go from here.

Two great activities to add to your classroom routine: an Opinion Continuum opener, and a Win-Win Role-Play & Discussion.

School violence is once again making headlines in New York City and politicians are scrambling to do something about it. Unfortunately, so far they aren't addressing the core issue: how to foster good relationships in our schools.

This fun activity can help open up communication with and among students about their feelings. It also helps build students' vocabulary and their confidence in using their full vocabulary range.

The world wide web is the greatest resource for student plagiarism since the creation of the encyclopedia, writes Alan Shapiro. What's a teacher to do?