Are you looking for easy-to-implement social-emotional activities for your elementary school classroom? These SEL Activities may be small in size but deliver a significant impact.
Activity: Invitations are small gestures that can significantly impact both the person extending the invitation and the person being invited. In this SEL Activity, students explore how body language and tone can affect how a statement is received. They consider what it means to be authentic and how inviting people into their lives exposes them to various perspectives.
SEL Core Competencies:
Self-awareness: Authenticity
Social awareness: Perspective-taking
Relationship skills: Effective communication
Grades: 4-5
Time: 30 minutes
Essential Questions: How can extending invitations help us understand different perspectives? How is offering an invitation an act of inclusion? What are the various opportunities students might have to extend an invitation?
Student Action: Students find an opportunity to invite someone into their lives. An authentic invitation may take bravery, but it will help students to connect with someone, learn something new about them, or better understand their perspective.
Program Connections: This activity focuses on authenticity—a theme that runs through our full programs. To learn more, visit our PROGRAMS page.
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