SECOND STEP FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 12TH

 

KINDERGARTEN - Lesson 10: What Are They Feeling?

Unit 2 Overview

Summary

In this week’s lesson, your child will show that they can use body language and context clues to figure out how someone is feeling. They’ll also show they can use slow breathing as a way to help themselves feel calm when they encounter strong feelings.

Try This at Home

Ask your child to tell you how they think others around them might be feeling, for example a sibling or a character in a story, a movie, or a TV show.

GRADE 1 - Lesson 10: Noticing Clues

Unit 2 Overview

Summary

In this week’s lesson, your child will show that they can use body language and context clues to figure out how someone is feeling. They’ll also show that they know ways to help themselves feel calm when they encounter strong feelings.

Try This at Home

Ask your child to tell you some ways they’ve learned to feel calm when they get upset. Have them teach you how to use slow counting to feel calm.

GRADE 2 - Lesson 10: How Do You Feel?

Unit 2 Overview 

Summary

In this week’s lesson, your child will explain why their classmates have a different feeling from theirs in the same situation.

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Ask your child to tell you what they learned about their classmates’ feelings and their own feelings.

GRADE 3 - Lesson 10: Strength a Feelings

Unit 2 Overview

Summary

In this week’s lesson, your child will practice identifying different intensities of the same feeling by giving personal examples.

Try This at Home

Ask your child if they can give examples of times they felt strong emotions like furious or excited.

GRADE 4 - Lesson 10: Rethink It!

Unit 2 Overview

Summary

In this week’s lesson, your child will work with a team to see how many different ways they can rethink a variety of situations.

Try This at Home

With your child, create a “Rethink It!” chart to display at home. Make a list of questions that everyone can use to rethink when emotions are taking over and you just need a little help to see things in a different way.

GRADE 5 - Lesson 10: Making a Change

Unit 2 Overview

Summary

In this week’s lesson, your child will practice identifying two changes they could make in a recurring personal situation to manage their strong emotions.

Try This at Home

Ask your child to tell you about a situation at home that causes them to feel strong emotions, like anger or stress. Ask them what they could change about the situation to better manage their emotions. Talk about what you can do to help them implement the change.