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101 Ways to Teach Children Social Skills Workbook101 Ways to Teach Children Social Skills Workbook
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K - 6th
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Social & Emotional Learning
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Year
2004
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101 Ways to Teach Children Social Skills

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Increasing pressure to improve student achievement has made it easy to overlook the social skills they also need to develop. With this collection of worksheets and activities, you'll be able to improve children's communication, teamwork, and problem solving skills without distracting from their academic studies.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

social skills, self esteem, self identity, getting to know you, breaking the ice, building community, classroom community, school community, teamwork, collaboration, self control, self-awareness, self discipline, interpersonal communication, character development, social-emotional learning, asking questions, friendship, social development, personal growth, conflict resolution, body language, personal space, emotional development, emotions, cooperation, making decisions, sportsmanship, expressing feelings, feelings, empathy, kindness, respect, listening, active listening, following directions, bullying, stress management, assertiveness, responsibility, compromises, fairness

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Instructional Ideas

  • Create a packet out of these worksheets and set aside time to complete two or three activities each week
  • Use some of these activities at the beginning of the year to break the ice and build a classroom community
  • Pick and choose worksheets that are most appropriate to the social needs of your students

Pros

  • Worksheets include a variety of independent and collaborative exercises
  • Resource includes an introduction that explains how the worksheets are intended to be used
  • A table of contents makes it easy to find worksheets that focus on specific skills

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.K.1.a SL.K.2 SL.K.3 SL.1.1.a SL.1.2 SL.1.3 SL.2.1.a SL.2.2 SL.2.3 SL.3.1.a SL.3.2 SL.3.3 SL.4.1.a SL.4.2 SL.4.3 SL.5.1.a SL.5.2 SL.5.3 SL.6.1.a SL.6.2 SL.6.3

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