SECOND STEP FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 14TH

KINDERGARTEN - Lesson 18: Apologizing Can Help

Unit 4 Overview

Summary: In this week’s lesson, your child will learn that apologizing is one way to begin to solve problems. They’ll practice using the phrases, “I’m sorry. Are you okay? How can I help?” as a way to help solve problems.

Try This at Home: Ask your child to teach you the three parts of the apology they learned. Encourage them to apologize when the opportunity arises at home.

GRADE 1 - Lesson 18: Ask for What you Need

Unit 4 Overview

Summary: In this week’s lesson, your child will learn the importance of asking for what they want or need in order to solve a problem. They’ll practice making polite requests with the phrases, “Can I, please . . . ?” and “Could you, please . . .?”

Try This at Home: Ask your child to sing the problem-solving song they learned this week. Have your child teach you the tune and sing it together. Here are the lyrics:

Can I, can I, can I? Could I, could I, could?

When I have a problem, these words help me feel good.

Can I, can I, can I? Could I, could I, could?

I can ask for what I want to help me feel good.

I know what I want right now, I want to play with you.

Can I please, could I please, play that game too?

Can you, can you, can you? Could you, could you, could?

When I have a problem, these words help me feel good.

Can you, can you, can you? Could you, could you, could?

I can ask for what I need to help me feel good.

I know what I need right now, I’m feeling really sad.

Could you please talk with me about that fight we had?

Can I, can I, can I? Could I, could I, could?

I can ask for what I want to help me feel good.

Can you, can you, can you? Could you, could you, could?

I can ask for what I need to help me feel good.

When I have a problem, these words help me feel good.

GRADE 2 - Lesson 18: Which Solution?

Unit 4 Overview 

Summary: In this week’s lesson, your child will learn that some solutions are better than others for a problem.

Try This at Home: Ask your child if playing rock, paper, scissors would be a good solution if they spilled water on someone’s paper. Why or why not?

GRADE 3 - Lesson 18: T: Think and E: Explore

Unit 4 Overview

Summary: In this week’s lesson, your child will learn to analyze possible solutions to a problem by considering whether each solution gives each person what they want.

Try This at Home: Ask your child to explain how they would decide whether a solutions works for each person involved in a problem.

GRADE 4 - Lesson 18: Exploring Outcomes

Unit 4 Overview

Summary: In this week’s lesson, your child will learn how to weigh the pros and cons of possible solutions to an interpersonal problem by thinking about the points of view of everyone involved.

Try This at Home: Talk with your child about a time when they successfully solved an interpersonal problem. What solutions did they consider, and what were the pros and cons of each solution? Describe a time when you found it helpful to think of each person’s point of view when predicting whether a solution to an interpersonal problem might work.

GRADE 5 - Lesson 18: Solutions Web

Unit 4 Overview

Summary: In this lesson, your child will evaluate solutions to an interpersonal problem by thinking about the problem from each person’s point of view.

Try This at Home: Tell your child about a simple interpersonal problem that you’ve experienced and describe each person’s point of view about the problem. Ask them to help you think of solutions and predict the possible outcomes of each solution.