SLL Monthly Newsletter

This month we will be kicking off our first unit of the year: "Being My Best Self". In this unit, students will learn to recognize and name their feelings and emotions. They will learn how and when to use self-regulation strategies to work through emotions and engage in healthy and optimistic self-talk. In addition, students will learn how to make responsible decisions for their overall well-being while recognizing their strengths and areas for growth.

• August 31 - September 4: Linking Feelings & Thoughts (Self-Awareness)- It is important to understand the connection between our feelings and thoughts. The way we think and the self-talk we use can be helpful or unhelpful. We need to be kind to ourselves and show self-compassion.
• September 8 - 11: Connecting Feelings, Thoughts, & Actions (Self-Awareness & Self-Management)- Our feelings and thoughts can influence our actions. It is important to be aware of our feelings so we can think and act in more positive ways.
• September 14 - 18: Working Through Feelings & Emotions (Self-Management)- Learning to identify and express feelings in a positive way helps us develop the skills we need to work through emotions effectively. It is important we know how to apply strategies to help us stay calm when strong feelings start to take over.

• September 22 - 25: Making Decisions to Improve Your Well-Being (Responsible Decision-Making)-Effective decision-making can improve our overall health and well-being. In order to be your best self you need to make healthy choices, get enough sleep, and exercise.
• September 28 - October 2: Identifying Strengths & Areas for Growth (Self-Awareness)-Strengths are the skills and abilities that are easy for you. Areas for growth are the skills and abilities that don’t come easy to you but can be learned over time. Knowing your own strengths and opportunities for growth gives you a better understanding of yourself.

• Your Healthiest Self: Wellness Toolkits (National Institutes of Health)
• Self-Esteem: Take Steps to Feel Better About Yourself (Mayo Clinic)
• 99 Self-Care Activities You Can Try Right Now (Good RX)
• Adult and Community Education Resources - Our District's Adult Education department has so many opportunities for lifelong learning with job training and fun/leisure classes. They offer so many courses for adults from learning English, citizenship classes, job training and leisure activities.

Family & Caregiver Unit 1 Letter: The SLL Family & Caregiver Unit Letters provide information about the SLL Themes that are being addressed in each unit. It provides possible ideas for discussion questions and family activities to reinforce each SLL Theme at home.

• English Letter
• Spanish Letter
• Haitian Creole Letter
• Portuguese Letter

Mood Meter Informational Letter for Families & Caregivers: Below are Google Doc links to a document that you can use to communicate with families and caregivers about the Mood Meter. Feel free to make a copy of it and customize it to meet the needs of your students and families.

• English Letter

• Spanish Letter

• Haitian Creole Letter

• Portuguese Letter

• English Primary Mood Meter
• Spanish Primary Mood Meter
• Haitian Creole Primary Mood Meter
• Portuguese Primary Mood Meter

• English Mood Meter
• Spanish Mood Meter
• Haitian Creole Mood Meter
• Portuguese Mood Meter

Our first Book of the Quarter is My Blue is Happy by Jessica Young, the SLL Essential Idea for this book is perspective-taking. My Blue Is Happy explores how colors evoke different emotions in different people, celebrating individual perspectives. The story follows a young girl who sees blue as happy (like her favorite jeans) while her sister sees it as sad (like a lonely song), and it uses this and other color examples (like red and yellow) to show that there's no single right way to feel about colors.

To access lesson plans and resources for this Book of the Quarter, login to your District Portal. Search "SLL" and then click on the SLL Heart to access the SLL Resource Center. All of the resources for Book of the Quarter can be found on the "Elementary Resource" page.

The Resiliency Palm Beach Instruction Guide can be used in conjunction with the Scope & Sequence to reinforce weekly resiliency characteristics. This guide includes morning announcements, extension activities, and recognition resources to honor students who demonstrate resiliency.

Separate guides are available for Elementary and Secondary, along with certificates and images in the Resiliency Palm Beach certificates folder:

• FY27 Elementary Resiliency Palm Beach Instruction Guide
• FY27 Secondary Resiliency Palm Beach Instruction Guide
• Resiliency Palm Beach Certificates

Resiliency Parent Resources for Self-Awareness and Self-Management

Schools are encouraged to send home the Resiliency Florida's resources linked below to families and caregivers to support this month's Resiliency Characteristics: Self-Awareness & Self-Management

• K-2 Parent Resource
• 3-5 Parent Resource
• 6-8 Parent Resource
• 9-12 Parent Resource

The SLL & Health Team have created an Elementary Scope and a Secondary Scope to help schools pace out all of the Required Health Content for the year related to injury prevention and safety, internet safety, nutrition, personal health, substance use and abuse education, child trafficking prevention education, life skills, resiliency education, leadership skills, awareness of benefits of sexual abstinence (6-12), and teen dating violence and abuse education (7-12).

The first lesson for both elementary and secondary schools on the scope and sequence begins in September.

If you have any questions about Required Instruction 1003.42(2)(o)(4), please email Michael.Kanusky@palmbeachschools.org