Unit 2 Seconds steps by Tammi Walker
Unit 2 Second stepsby Tammi WalkerLesson 8Subject: Social
Skills/Social StudiesTopic: Similarities and DifferencesCore
Content: SS-EP-2.1.1 (we are all alike in some ways and different
in some ways)
Lesson ConceptsPeople can have different feelings about the same
situationIt is okay for people to have different feelings about the
same thing
WILt: When I learn thisI can compare physical and emotional
similarities and differences between two children.
I can demonstrate that people can have different feelings about
the same situation.
You might ask, why this lesson matters? Well, in early
childhood, children begin to recognize that people can feel and
think different things about the same situation. This skill is an
important part of social perspective taking. Not assuming everyone
feels just as they do or as they would in a situation helps
children build empathy.3
Rule 1- When Simon says do the same thing as I do, do the same
thing.
Rule 2- When Simon says to do something different than I do, do
something different.First Lets warm up with simon saysThere are 2
rulesDo the same thing as I do
Do something different
When doing something different it does not matter what you do as
long as it is different. We will practice the game slowly since
this is for 1st graders. Add in feelings once students catch on to
the rules.4
Show the same feeling on your face as mine.
Simon saysShow a different feeling on your face than mine.
Play this game several rounds.5
Sit down-QuestionsWhat skills have helped you be successful in
the game?
You have been learning about clues that can help you know how
someone might be feeling.
Who remembers one of the clues?
This slide is used to reduce visual overload/refocus
strategy
answers
Face and Body are the answers. Tap your head if you had the same
idea.
Music time
Now lets listen and sing along to the chorus of The Feelings
Song
Think back to the first day of school
This slide is used to reduce visual overload/refocus
strategy
Thumbs up if you remember what it was like.
video timeThis video is about the first day of schoolLook for
clues about how people might be feelingSee if you can spot these
two girls
Look for clues on how theyre feeling.
What things are the same about Sally and Louisha?
What things are different?
Louisha?
Questions
Sometimes people have the same feelings, and sometimes they have
different feelings.Some things about Sally and Louisha are the
same, and some are different.
How does Louisha feel?
What clues help you know how Louisha feels?Think about the
cluesHow does Sally feel?
What clues tell you how Sally feels?
ThinkDid the other children in the video feel the same way as
Sally or Louisha?
Thumbs up if its okay for the girls to feel different feelings
about the same situation.
Everyone can have his or her own way of feeling about
something.
Sum it upSometimes people have the same feelings as you do. But
sometimes they have different feelings about the same thing.
Im confusedIm so happy!
Show how you would react to each scenario
Wrap upFrom each scenario you should see that sometimes people
can have the same or different feelings about the same
situation.
Wiggle your finger if it is okay for people to have different
feelings about the same thing.
Sample video of Simon
sayshttp://cfc.secondstep.org/Videos/K5Videos/BrainBuilderLibrary/Grade1BBVideos.aspx
