Curriculum Lesson Overview
CASEL Core
Competencies*
Early Childhood Lesson
Objectives
Elementary Lesson
Objectives
Self-Awareness
- Recognize & name emotions
- Understand reasons & circumstances for feelings
- Know needs & values
- Describe interests & values
- Accurately assess strengths & challenges
Self-Management
- Manage stress & control impulses
- Verbalize & cope appropriately with challenging emotions
- Persevere in overcoming obstacles
- Set & monitor progress toward the achievement of personal & academic goals
- Modify performance based on feedback
Social Awareness
- Understand others’ perspectives, feelings & points of view
- Show empathy & sensitivity to others’ feelings
- Recognize & appreciate individual & group similarities & differences
- Show respect to others
Relationship Skills
- Establish & maintain healthy, rewarding relationships based on cooperation
- Show sensitivity to social-emotional cues
- Prevent, manage, & resolve interpersonal conflicts
- Communicate clearly
- Engage others in social situations
- Seek & provide help when needed
Responsible Decision-Making
- Analyze & identify problems
- Use social decision-making skills
- Respond constructively to interpersonal obstacles
- Conduct self with moral & personal responsibility
- Identify & name feelings
- Show an understanding of different facial expressions
- Describe social situations that can create a feeling
- Relate to Kimochis® characters’ personalities
- Identify the difference between a taking voice/face/body & a fighting voice/face/body
- Identify the difference between helping and hurtful words
- Show an understanding of how and when to act silly or serious
- Identify how to make a safe choices when curious
- Use a taking voice/face/body
- Demonstrate how to use Cool Down strategies to express upset feelings in a positive way
- Use self-soothing strategies to comfort self when sad
- Use self-regulation tools to manage scared feelings
- Demonstrate words & actions to use when others hit, push, yell
- Demonstrate how to use Stop hands to resolve conflicts
- Demonstrate how to label hurtful words with “Ouch”
- Demonstrate how to manage silliness in a safe & friendly way
- Redo cranky moments
- Take back bossy talk
- Demonstrate how to accept a compliment in a positive way
- Demonstrate how to get a person’s attention in an appropriate way
- Demonstrate how to use a talking hand to resolve conflicts
- Use words & actions when peers cut in line, get in your way or invade your space
- Respect others’ personal & space boundaries
- Demonstrate caring actions toward peers who are feeling sad
- Offer encouragement to peers who are frustrated
- Demonstrate how to give compliments to peers
- Demonstrate saying hello & giving Friendly Signals to connect with others
- Demonstrate sharing & turn-taking
- Demonstrate how to get included when left out
- Include peers who are left out
- Offer comfort to peers who are sad
- Use a communication tool to set limits when others are cranky or bossy
- Identify strategies to stay safe when trying new things
- Demonstrate how to tell the truth
- Name how to solve problems through curiosity
- Identify & name feelings
- Show an understanding of different facial expressions
- Relate to Kimochis® characters’ personalities
- Describe social situations that can create certain feelings
- Identify the difference between a taking voice/face/body & a fighting voice/face/body
- Identify the difference between helping & hurtful words
- Identify when a redo is needed
- Recognize social cues & be sure that silliness is fun for everyone
- Demonstrate an understanding of how you are coming across
- Demonstrate how to own up & come clean when mistakes are made
- Demonstrate talking tone of voice, face & body (positive nonverbal communication)
- Demonstrate Cool Down strategies to cope with upset feelings
- Show how to use a talking hand & Stop hands to resolve conflicts
- Use positive self-talk scripts to move through upset feelings
- Cope with statements that are Big mean things that aren’t true
- Show how to stay focused & not get distracted by others
- Use positive self-talk to try new things
- Redo a hurtful social moment
- Show how to express happy, excited, silly, & curious feelings with safe & wise choices
- Show how to give/receive a knowing look to help peers redo hurtful moments
- Identify ways to warn others when upset
- Use self-regulation tools to manage expressions of pride without bragging
- Demonstrate how to get a person’s attention in an appropriate way
- Include others who are feeling left out
- Demonstrate how to accept & work with a partner kindly & respectfully
- Show an understanding about the concept of first impressions
- Show a positive response when peers brag
- Demonstrate how to avoid taking peers’ negative words personally
- Respect others’ personal & space boundaries
- Recognize & offer support to peers
- Respect others’ feelings of fear & sadness
- Demonstrate how to use greetings & Friendly Signals to connect with others
- Demonstrate positive ways to get included in play & conversation
- Set boundaries when peers are too silly
- Apologize with sincerity & truthfulness
- Forgive others who make hurtful mistakes
- Let others try again
- Listen to why your words &/or actions can create upset feelings
- Use communication tools to set limits when others are upset
- Demonstrate how to act in kind & caring ways when others are upset
- Identify when & how to get adult help
- Connect with another’s pride positively
- Stand up for what is right
- Stand up for self & others
- Demonstrate how to bounce back when obstacles arise
- Assume the best in social interactions
- Demonstrate how to do the right thing when others do the wrong thing
- Demonstrate hope & activate optimism that things will work out
* Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning has identified five core competencies that are learned through social and emotional interventions, all crucial to life, learning and work (CASEL, 2003)