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