Please click on link for the lesson plan.

Welcome

The focus in the beginning of the school year is on creating connection and building a classroom community, as well as establishing your classroom management practices. During the first week of school, teach and positively reinforce classroom rules and expectations, as well as routines and transitions. 

Our district is holding weekly circles, and we encourage you to hold a daily circle, to promote relationship-building and communication skills. Implementing this component of restorative practices during a morning check-in and/or afternoon check-out, will proactively build relationships and skills to prepare for when a restorative circle or meeting is needed. See my Restorative Practices and PBIS webpages for more information on these topics.  

Our SEL instruction at Redwood will include teaching Second Step and MindUP. My recommendation is to rotate weeks between the two programs. Please include the Core Practice on a daily basis with your students, regardless of which program you are on for the week.

General Education teachers: Please create your online account with your activation key that can be found in your Second Step Kit at Second Step Website. You can also explore the online resources.  I have included lesson plans and videos that they created down below.

Click here for video tutorial on accessing Second Step online 

Click here for a video about the MindUP Program: The Hawn Foundation - MindUP Program Video . See below for Lessons and Videos.

The CASEL SEL Core Competencies are important to learn and keep in mind while teaching all of your curriculum. The Core Competencies are: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. An image and explanation of each competency can be found here: CASEL SEL Core Competencies  

The key to rolling these out instructionally is to keep in mind the acronym SAFE (Committee for Children at https://www.cfchildren.org/ ; https://www.secondstep.org/).

Sequenced–Connected activities to build skills (Using modeling, coaching, peer to peer listening exercises), cross-age partnering (buddy class etc…)

Active–Active forms of learning (picture role-playing, scenarios, etc.)

Focused–Focus on one competence at a time that builds personal and social skills

Explicit–Target specific social and emotional skills 

MCOE Resources for SEL for Teachers Link 

Mindfulness

Thought Bubbles - Video on Mindfulness 

The Core Practice

Steps in the Core Practice: circle up, sit criscross (or accommodate), hands on knees with palms up or down, head looking up comfortably, back straight, eyes closed, listen to chime, deep belly breathing, silently listen to the chime/tone as long as you can hear the sound, open eyes

Click here for a link to an audio example for the Core Practice (Tibetan Singing Bowl ) 

See MindUP lessons below

Lesson 1

MindUP 

From Manual: Lesson 1: How our Brains Work

Counselor's Google Slide Presentation: click here for RW MindUP Lesson 1 

Lesson 2

MindUP 

From Manual: Lesson 2: Mindful Awareness

Counselor's Google Slide Presentation: click here for RW MindUP Lesson 2 

Lesson 3

MindUP 

From Manual: Lesson 3: Focused Awareness

Counselor's Google Slide Presentation: click here for RW MindUP Lesson 3

Lesson 4

MindUP 

From Manual: Lesson 4: Mindful Listening

Counselor's Google Slide Presentation: Click here for RW MindUP Lesson 4

Lesson 5

MindUP

From Manual: Lesson 5: Mindful Seeing

Counselor's Google Slide Presentation:Click here for RW MindUP Lesson 5

Lesson 6

MindUP

From Manual: Lesson 6: Mindful Smelling

Counselor's Google Slide Presentation: Click here for RW MindUP Lesson 6

Lesson 7

MindUP 

From Manual: Lesson 7: Mindful Tasting

Counselor's Google Slide Presentation:Click here for RW MindUP Lesson 7

Lesson 8

MindUP 

From Manual: Lesson 8: Mindful Movement I

Counselor's Google Slide Presentation:Click here for RW MindUP Lesson 8 

Lesson 9

MindUP

From Manual: Lesson 9: Mindful Movement II

Counselor's Google Slide Presentation: Click here for RW MindUP Lesson 9

Lesson 10

MindUP

From  Manual: Lesson 10: Perspective Taking

Counselor's Google Slide Presentation: Click here for RW MindUP Lesson 10

Lesson 11

MindUP

From  Manual: Lesson 11: Choosing Optimism

Counselor's Google Slide Presentation: Click here for RW MindUP Lesson 11

Lesson 12

MindUP

From Manual: Lesson 12: Appreciating Happy Experiences

Counselor's Google Slide Presentation: Click here for RW MindUP Lesson 12

Lesson 13

MindUP

From Manual: Lesson 13: Expressing Gratitude

Counselor's Google Slide Presentation: Click here for RW MindUP Lesson 13

Lesson 14

MindUP

From Manual: Lesson 14: Performing Acts of Kindness

Counselor's Google Slide Presentation: Click here for RW MindUP Lesson 14

Lesson 15

MindUP 

From Manual: Lesson 15: Taking Mindful Action in the World

Counselor's Google Slide Presentation: Click here for RW MindUP Lesson 15

Second Step Lesson Plans and Videos

Please use your Second Step Kit Activation Key to make an online account and access the electronic materials. 

Click here for Second Step Log in Page 

The goal is to rotate weekly teachings of Second Step and MindUP.  Each weekly lesson for both Second Step and MindUP has enough material with extension lessons and follow up activities to teach the lesson/topic every day for the week. 

There are additional resources at Click here for Second Step COVID Resources. You can still view the lesson plans and videos created by Second Step staff down below, but some of the links in their lesson plans are broken. 

Second Step Overview