5th Grade has finished their Second Step curriculum!
6th, 7th, and 8th graders will be completing two lessons this week.
6th Grade - Unit 4 - Managing Relationships and Social Conflicts
Lesson 20: You're Changing - In this lesson, your child will examine changes they’ve gone through and how those changes can affect their relationships.
Try this at home: Share how one of your friendships or relationships has changed over time. Ask your child to share how some of their friendships have changed since starting middle school.
Lesson 21: Why Conflicts Escalate - In this lesson, your child will identify behaviors that can cause conflicts to escalate, so they keep them from becoming more serious.
Try this at home: Tell your child about a time when you played a part in escalating a conflict. Explain what you wished you had done instead. Ask your child if they are part of a conflict right now that they need help with.
7th Grade - Unit 4 - Managing Relationships and Social Conflicts
Lesson 20: What Makes a Conflict Escalate? -In this lesson, your child will examine common reasons social conflicts escalate from minor to major.
Try this at home: Discuss with your child a time in your life when you were involved in an escalating conflict. What do you wish you had done instead? Ask your child if they are part of a conflict right now that they need help with.
Lesson 21: Keeping Your Cool in a Conflict - In this lesson, your child will explore how using emotion-management strategies, such as slow breathing, walking away, reframing the situation, and practicing positive self-talk, can help prevent a conflict from escalating.
Try this at home: Share with your child strategies you use to help yourself feel calm during escalating conflicts. Ask them to tell you any additional strategies they find helpful beyond the ones covered in the lesson.
8th Grade - Unit 4 - Managing Relationships and Social Conflicts
Lesson 20: My Values -In this lesson, your child will explore their values and identify how behaviors that are important to them show them what they value.
Try this at home: Ask your child about some of the values they have identified and why. Share a few of your own values and how you live out those values in your day-to-day life.
Lesson 21: Values and Relationships - In this lesson, your child will draw connections between their values and the healthy relationships in their life.
Try this at home: Ask your child about how one of their values shows up in a healthy relationship they have. This could be a friendship, a sibling or other familial relationship, or even a professional relationship with a teacher or coach.
