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3 Instructional Strategies for Social
SkillsBy Amy Pontarelli
EEX 6061
Angry WordsWhat Goes Around Comes Around
Angry Words:
What Comes Around Goes Around
Content: Kindergarten – 5th Grade
Standard: Analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors. –
SSS: HE.4.C.2.2 Explain the important role that friends/peers may play on health practices and behaviors.
Service Delivery Mode: Classroom Instruction, Small Group Instruction
Smith, J. (1995). Behavior management: Getting to the bottom of social skills deficits. Retrieved from http://www.ldonline.org/article/6165.
University of North Carolina School of Education. (2001). Angry words: What comes around goes around. Retrieved on March 22, 2010 from the Learn North Carolina website http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/3467
Read Andrew’s Angry Words to the class to show children how words can have a lasting effect on others.
(Lachner, 1995)
Angry WordsWords Last
Take a ball of yarn and cover it with strong-smelling powder.
Point out, as the class passes it around the room, how the angry words have left residue.
(University of North Carolina School of Education, 2001)
Angry Words
• Small groups for cooperative learning: Give scenarios: How can each group avoid using angry words?
(University of North Carolina School of Education, 2001)
Spin a WebGroup Cooperation
Spin a Web
Content: Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd
Standard: Exhibit responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings.
SSS: PE.K.R.1.1 Treat others with respect during play
Service Delivery Mode: Classroom instruction or small group instruction
Embrace the Future. (2007). Social skills. Retrieved on March 22, 2010 from Embrace the Future: Resiliency Resource Centre websitehttp://www.embracethefuture.org.au/resiliency/index.htm?http://www.embracethefuture.org.au/resiliency/social_skills.htm
Jalongo, M. (2006, May). Professional development: Social skills and young children. Working with teachers to develop social competence in the classroom. Early Childhood Today. Retrieved from http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3747943
Spin a Web
Start in a big circle, hold your ball of yarn tightly, and toss the ball of yarn to a friend: "I pick John to help spin our web”, or “I like how John shares with his friends” (Faine, 2010).
Spin a Web
Continue passing the yarn and using kind words until the ball of yarn runs out. Try standing up with your life-size web!(Faine, 2010)
All About MeSimilarities and DifferencesA Way to Build Self-Esteem
All About Me
Content: Pre-Kindergarten – 2nd
Standard: Exhibit responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings.
SSS PE.3.R.1.5 Benchmark Description: Show respect for the views of a peer from a different cultural background.
Service Delivery Mode: Classroom instruction, small group instruction, individual instruction.
Fish, L. (2009). Building blocks: The first steps to creating a multicultural classroom. Retrieved on March 22, 2010 from Research Room: EdChange Multicultural Pavilion website http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/
buildingblocks.html
All About Me Posters
Examples to include on your poster:
Pictures
Hobbies
Family
Culture
Travel
Describing WordsPearson Education. (2010). Retrieved on March 22, 2010 from Family Education website http://fun.familyeducation.com/activity/drawing/39491.html.
ReferencesEmbrace the Future. (2007). Social skills. Retrieved on March 22, 2010 from
Embrace the Future: Resiliency Resource Centre websitehttp://www.embracethefuture.org.au/resiliency/index.htm?http://www.embracethefuture.org.au/resiliency/social_skills.htm
Faine. (2010). Group cooperation. Retrieved on March 22, 2010 from A-Z Teacher Stuff website http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/220.shtml
Fish, L. (2009). Building blocks: The first steps to creating a multicultural classroom. Retrieved on March 22, 2010 from Research Room: EdChange Multicultural Pavilion website http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/buildingblocks.html
Lachner, D. (1995). Andrew’s angry words. Gossau Zurich, Switzerland: Nord-Sud Verlag AG.
Pearson Education. (2010). Retrieved on March 22, 2010 from Family Education website http://fun.familyeducation.com/activity/drawing/39491.html.
University of North Carolina School of Education. (2001). Angry words: What comes around goes around. Retrieved on March 22, 2010 from the Learn North Carolina website http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/3467