SEL and the Formats

Mapping SEL Skills to the Formats

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Teaching Active Listening Skills through Unison and the Mini-Lesson

School Connect Lesson 1.11:  Active Listening

School Connect Lesson 1.18: Taking Effective Noteslogin:  jenc@uainstitute.org    pswd: emmaemma1

The rules and expectations of the formats are built-in strategies designed to help students build effectively SEL skills.  Let's examine the expectations of the Mini-Lesson

Students are engaged and attentive

• Students use their EARS (active listening skills)
• Make Eye contact (Face Forward)
• Be sure to Ask questions and Acknowledge what you hear
• Try to Reflect or Rephrase what you think the other person is feeling
• Take the time to Say or rephrase what you hear to check to see if you understand

Student participation is evenly distributed

• Students use their Collaborative Communication Skills (See Below)

Teacher monitors student understanding 

• Teachers use formative assessment

Teacher quickly and efficiently addresses student misbehaviors

• Use your EARS (active listening skills)
• Make Eye contact
• Be sure to Ask questions and Acknowledge what you hear
• Try to Reflect or Rephrase what you think the other person is feeling
• Take the time to Say or rephrase what you hear to check to see if you understand

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Teaching Collaborative Skills through Unison Reading Lesson 1.12: Collaborating Effectively

login:  jenc@uainstitute.org    pswd: emmaemma1

The rules and expectations of the formats are built-in strategies designed to help students build effectively SEL skills.  Let's examine the rules of Unison.

Be in Unison

• Read aloud in a tone so that everyone can hear
• Reason together.  Be sure to follow the conversation and stay together on a topic/idea.

Breach, or stop the group, if you have something to say, can't hear someone, or have something to say.

• Provide Equal Opportunities to Speak
• Perspective Shift (be open-minded to the opinions of others)
• Speak your truth! (Don't be afraid to say what is on your mind)
• Use your EARS (active listening skills)
• Make Eye contact
• Be sure to Ask questions and Acknowledge what you hear
• Try to Reflect or Rephrase what you think the other person is feeling
• Take the time to Say or rephrase what you hear to check to see if you understand
• Disagree without being disagreeable
• Choose respectful communication (word choice, voice tone, body language)
• Address the issue without attacking the person.
• Actively Listen to others' perspectives when disagreeing
• Manage your emotions (anger, stress, anxiety)
• Propose a compromise

Be Promotive (be helpful, considerate, supportive of everyone in your group).

• Presume positive intent (approach communication presuming the best of others)
• Disagree without being disagreeable
• Use Accountable Talk Stems:
• I agree with_____________________because ____________________
• I disagree with _______________________ because ____________________
• I like what you said about _________________________. I think___________
• I heard you say _________________________
• I believe ________________
• I think _________________________
• I don’t understand because ________________________
• I am not clear on _________________________
• I was thinking about what _________said and I am wondering/think _____________

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Coming soon....

Work Time (School Connect Lessons 1.16 and 1.17- Cultivating Grit & Perserverance and Focusing & Prioritizing)
(School Connect Lesson 3.9, 3.10, and 3.11 - Solve Decision Making Strategy)
(School Connect Lesson 2.18 Preparing for Tests)

The Conference
School Connect Lessons are TBD