
Elementary School Learning Videos
SEL in the Context of Resources
Highlights include:
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
SEL in the Context of Equity & Equality
Highlights include:
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
SEL in the Context of Connections
Highlights include:
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
SEL in the Context of Identity
Highlights include:
Kids intro skit…………………………… 0:00 – 0:50
Intro titles (with wicked reverse fog machine action)…………………: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………………………9 – 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)…….……..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
SEL in the Context of Citizenship
Highlights include:
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
Recap and closing 23:16 - End
SEL for Community & Belonging
Highlights include:
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
SEL for Gratitude
Highlights include:
Student intro skit 0:00 – 1:10
Staff introduce gratitude 1:10 – 2:03
Student examples of gratitude and gratitude expression 2:04 – 2:42
2 steps for recognizing gratitude 2:43 – 4:18
“I feel gratitude for…” 4:19 – 6:01
Staff/students gratitude intensity 6:04 – 7:06
Student examples of “mellow gratitude” 7:07 – 8:51
Student examples of “deep gratitude” 8:52 – 10:56
Students measuring “gratitude intensity” using joy 10:57 – 13:20
Self and social awareness with gratitude 13:21 – 14:24
Ways to build gratitude skills (classroom activity) 14:25 – 16:32
Questions to build self and social awareness with gratitude 16:40 – 17:44
Transition word and movement for gratitude 17:45 – 18:18
Recap and closing 18:19 – 19:23
Credits and outtakes 19:24 - 20:50
SEL for Mind, Body, Spirit
Here are the highlights:
Pre-K intro 0:00 – 1:14
Adults introduce Mind, Body, Spirit 1:15 – 2:54
Students introduce “The Mind” 2:55 – 4:25
Some things the Mind likes 4:26 – 4:53
The Mind 4:54 – 5:53
Adults introduce “The Body” 5:54 – 6:34
Students introduce “The Body” 6:35 – 7:54
Some things the Body likes 7:55 – 8:36
The Body 8:37 – 9:28
Adults introduce “The Spirit” 9:34 – 10:49
Students introduce “The Spirit” 10:53 – 12:22
Some things the Spirit likes 12:22 – 13:04
The Spirit 13:04 – 13:59
Adults Mind, Body, Spirit Connection 14:00 – 14:39
Examples of Mind, Body, Spirit Connection 14:39 – 16:42
SEL questions for building skills 16:42 – 18:22
Call & Response 18:23 – 19:04
Closing 19:04 - end
SEL in the Context of Skills & Drills
Here are the highlights:
School-wide dance intro – 0:00 – 3:32
Adults introduce fundamentals – 3:33 – 4:02
Kids introduce fundamentals – 4:02 – 4:37
Adults introduce “skills & drills” – 4:44 – 5:11
Kids introduce “skills & drills” – 5:20 – 6:00
Students/Staff demonstrate skills and drills – 6:03 – 9:42
Adults introduce desirable/undesirable 9:43 – 9:56
Kids define “delayed gratification” – 9:57 – 10:41
Adults introduce strategy for managing Big Time Feelings facing an undesirable activity – 10:42 – 11:22
Personal story introducing/illustrating strategies of “Name Your Roaches” – 11:22 – 13:43
Students retell/animate the story “Name Your Roaches” – 13:44 – 15:35
Students/Staff “Name Your Roaches” Examples - 15:41 – 19:02
Transition (Cue to Call) word Fundamentals: Name It To Tame It – 19:03 – 20:10
Students share self-awareness building questions - 20:11 – 20:32
Students share social awareness building questions – 20:33 – 21:02
Wrap up – 21:02 – 22:13
Jokes – 22:13 – 24:40
SEL in the Context of Compromise
Here are the highlights:
Blue Green Recess protest (kids) 0:00 – 0:38
History and problems with Blue Green Recess (students/staff) 0:38 – 2:07
Statement of positions (students/staff) 2:07 – 3:47
What about in-betweens? (students/staff) 3:50 – 4:26
Principal perspective 4:26 – 5:10
About negotiation (staff) 5:10 – 5:56
About negotiation/Positional Arguing (students) 5:56 – 8:28
Blue Green Recess interests (students/staff) 8:28 – 12:23
Focus on interests not positions (staff/students) 12:23 – 14:57
Student interviews SPS Superintendent Juneau 14:57 – 17:41
What if they don’t want to compromise? 17:42 – 19:30
Tips for maintaining healthy relationships 19:30 – 20:25
Questions for building self and social awareness 20:25 – 21:37
Transition word 21:37 – 22:41
Closing 22:41
SEL in the Context Culture, Perspective, Opinion, and Empathy
Here are the highlights.
Intro skit/titles 0:00 – 1:19
Adults introduce theme 1:20 – 2:15
Kids introduce culture 2:16 – 3:49
Examples of some cultures in schools 3:51 – 4:18
Adults introduce perspective 4:19 – 5:22
Kids introduce perspective 5:25 – 6:53
Adults introduce opinion 6:57 – 8:26
Kids introduce opinion 8:26 – 9:49
Examples of opinions 9:51 – 10:45
Adults introduce empathy 10:47 – 12:01
Kids introduce empathy 12:01 – 14:18
Questions for building self/social awareness 14:23 – 15:35
Pause for discussion 15:35
Transition word with hand motions 15:45 – 16:24
Recap 16:24 - end