Sand Point Elementary PTA

Here at Sand Point, we use social learning theory as the framework for implementation throughout each month. Advisory meetings for Sand Point’s SEL curriculum are held on the first Monday of each month and the SEL theme for the month is presented. At the end of the month, the work is presented by Student Council at the morning all-school assembly. Families are welcome to attend.

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2019-2020 SEL Videos

February: SEL in the Context of Resources

• Student Into for Emotion Scientist … 0:00 – 1:31
• Adults introduce resources (most basic human needs/Geography) … 2:12 – 2:33
• Students introduce Physical/Human/Cultural Geography … 2:34 – 3:51
• Staff connect geography standard 16, emotion scientists, sense of place … 3:53 – 5:01
• Poem, “Where Matters” … 5:02 – 6:39
• Why where matters for us … 6:40 – 8:17
• Students share about resources (including role of government) … 8:18 – 10:59
• SEL Transition word, teacher/students … 11:05 – 11:52
• Self and social awareness skill building questions … 11:53 – 13:02
• “Are we rich?”, plus closing … 13:03 – end

January – Equity & Equality

• Students act out “Equity/Equality Baseball Picture” … 0:00 – 1:08
• Staff introduce Equality … 1:26 – 1:46
• Students define Equality … 1:46 – 2:52
• Staff recap, introduce Equity … 2:53 – 3:06
• Students define Equity … 3:06 – 4:00
• Teacher shares anecdote about differentiation between fair and equal in class … 4:00 – 5:30
• Staff introduce “emotion scientist” … 5:30 – 6:04
• Students explain “emotion scientist” vs. “emotion judge” … 6:04 – 8:10
• Staff introduce how it feels when things are unfair … 8:10 – 8:39
• Students share how it feels when things are unfair … 8:39 – 11:20
• Staff discuss anger has a healthy response to inequity … 11:21 – 11:59
• Emotional Granularity between anger and rage … 11:59 – 13:04
• Students teach about anger … 13:04 – 14:07
• Students teach about strategies to use when you recognize you are experiencing anger … 14:24 – 16:34
• Monthly call and response … 16:34 – 17:20
• Questions you can ask to build SEL skills with Equity and Equality … 17:21 – end

December – Connections

• Students/staff intro … 0:00 – 1:25
• Student created animation … 1:25 – 1:59
• Staff introduce connections with reading … 1:59 – 2:35
• Students share text-to-self/text/world … 2:36 – 4:03
• Staff/students introduce connections/synthesis … 4:10 – 6:00
• Synthesis, like baking a cake … 6:00 – 6:47
• Questions to increase connections for reading and synthesis … 6:47 – 7:42
• Student examples of connections with reading … 7:43 – 12:09
• Staff/students introduce “emotion” connection defining empathy, perspective … 12:13 – 14:33
• Students demonstrate connecting with feelings over events … 14:33 – 16:55
• Que to call: Connections – C.O.N.N.E.C.T … 16:55 – 18:11
• Questions to increase self/social awareness using connections … 18:11 – end

November – Identity

• Kids intro skit … 0:00 – 0:50
• Intro titles (with wicked reverse fog machine action) … 0:50 – 1:31
• Adults introduce Identity and “Where I’m From/I Was Raised By” … 1:31 – 3:48
• Students/staff share “Where I’m From/I Was Raised By” Poems … 3:49 – 8:12
• Staff talk about “Identity Iceberg” and assumptions … 8:18 – 10:03
• Students/staff share “Assumptions” … 10:04 – 12:39
• Staff share seeing yourself as a “future you” (self-efficacy) … 12:40 – 13:46
• Students/staff share “future selves” … 13:46 – 14:55
• Kindergarten Alphabet Fashion Show (Identity through letters, pretty cute too) … 14:55 – 16:38
• Cue to Call: Identity… … 16:38 – 17:31
• Multiple Identity levels … 17:32 – 19:19
• Questions to help build self-awareness when working with identity … 19:19 – 19:33
• Questions to help build social awareness when working with identity … 19:33 – 19:57
• Closing … 19:57 – End

October – Citizenship

• Students ask, “What is citizenship?” … 0:00 – 0:39
• Intro music and scene … 0:39 – 1:08
• Staff introduces SEL, citizenship, and “rights” and “responsibilities” … 1:09 – 2:33
• Students share rights and responsibilities for US citizens … 2:35 – 5:09
• Students share rights and responsibilities for our school … 5:-28 – 7:31
• Recess Wrack rights and responsibilities … 7:31 – 7:56
• Staff introduces vocabulary: pull and push factors, migration, immigration … 7:54 – 9:40
• Empathy Alert!! (for learning about US history) … 9:50 – 11:24
• An SEL survey of American History and citizenship … 11:25 – 21:10
• Transition word … 21:26 – 21:54
• Self and Social Awareness Questions for Citizenship … 21:58 – 23:12
• Staff recap … 23:16 – End

September – Community and Belonging

• Intro … 0:00 – 0 :33
• Adults introduce community … 0:33 – 0:53
• Students define community … 0:55 – 1:15
• Parents define community … 1:15 – 1:47
• SPS Chief of Student Support Services shares about community … 1:48 – 2:50
• Students define academic language for community … 2:50 – 4:06
• Students/staff give examples of community … 4:07 – 5:00
• Adults introduce “sense of belonging” … 5:00 – 5:41
• Students/Staff define sense of belonging … 5:42 – 6:28
• Students define academic language for “sense of belonging” … 6:28 – 8:54
• Staff talking about “sense of belonging” and social management … 8:54 – 12:29
• Transition word … 12:30 – 13:07
• Questions for Self and Social Awareness skill building … 13:07 – 14:45
• Recap and closing … 14:45 – end

2018-2019 SEL Videos

September: Community
October: Growth Mindset
November: Reflection
December: Identity
January: Competition
February: Culture, Perspective, Opinion, Empathy
March: Compromise
April: Skills and Drills
May: Mind, Body, Spirit
June: Gratitude

2017-2018 SEL Videos:

May Advisory: Self-efficacy

Highlights:

• Definition of self-efficacy (1:20)
• Students/staff/families identifying common desirable/undesirable activities (2:35)
• Definition of perseverance (4:51)
• Students/staff/families identifying the need for perseverance in common activities (5:21)
• Activity to identify the need for perseverance (7:40)
• “How To Persevere” game plus strategies for persevering (9:30)
• Introduction of new transition word “perseverance” (13:44)
• Bunch of kindergarteners dabbing (14:14)
• Community and perseverance (14:30)

April Advisory: Self-Management
Highlights:

• Kid intro of Self-awareness (0:00)
• Intro of self-management language (1:36)
• Kids/teachers talking about times to use self-management (2:56)
• Kids/teachers talking about times when it’s hard to use self-management (6:04)
• Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan doing SEL on the MOOD METER (7:42)
• The game In Control/Out of Control (9:48)
• The Choice Is Yours (13:13)
• The role that pace plays in self-management (14:58)

February Advisory: Social Awareness
Highlights:

• Recap of WA Standard 4 (1:15)
• Students explain diversity (2:01)
• Students explain culture (3:58)
• I Am From poems (5:42)
• Kindergarten playing Peacemaker or Peacebreaker (9:35)
• Students explain peacemaker as “humanitarian” (11:50)
• “Humanitarian” as transition word (14:09)
• Connecting Social Awareness with Black Lives Matter (15:40)

January Advisory: Social Awareness
Highlights:

• Introduction of Social Awareness (using WA State Standards & Benchmarks) (2:00)
• Students unpacking the words “perspective” and “empathy” (2:58 & 4:13)
• Student/staff music video “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” (perspectives) (6:19)
• 3 questions for building social awareness skills (9:45)
• Intro of our January transition word “social awareness” (13:15)

December Advisory: Self-Care
We are focusing on building self-awareness skills using “self-care”. We are also pivoting on the 3rd question of self-awareness, “What am I expressing to others?” to begin working on Standard 4 Social Awareness for the winter.

Highlights:

• Students describing self-care (2:27)
• Students talking about things they love to do (4:33)
• Staff demonstrating common things adults do for self-care (6:15)
• PSA from teachers about self-care during Winter Break (13:02)

November Advisory: Reflection

Highlights:

• Students defining reflection (2:17)
• Students defining rumination (4:09)
• Guest appearances from the Laurelhurst Principal, John Rogers Principal, and Decatur Principal as they take on our students in a round of Reflection vs. Rumination (5:26)
• Strategies for managing strong feelings / self-bullying when revisiting challenging course work (re-writing, revising, editing, checking math) (10:19)

October Advisory: Growth Mindset