Classroom Activities
Learning new social and emotional skills takes practice, just like learning to play music or ride a bike. Reinforcing social and emotional skills and concepts throughout the school gives students more opportunities to practice applying the skills in new ways and new situations.
Ideas and Activities
Extension activities offer new ways to teach program lessons and skills and help teachers sustain the program throughout the year. The additional activities help students transfer skills they've learned into other areas of their lives.
SECOND STEP Program
When Sophie Gets Angry—Really, Really Angry—emotion management
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry—problem solving and empathy
SECOND STEP extension activities by grade:
Preschool/Kindergarten
Grades 1–3
Grades 4–5
SECOND STEP middle school extension activities:
Sculpture Challenge
Brain-Body-Emotions Activities
Critical-Thinking Skills Activity
Additional SECOND STEP activities (not grade-specific):
Combine Academics with Social and Emotional Learning
How to Use Reinforcers to Encourage Good Behavior
Tips for Successful Role-Plays
Creative Group and S
Using the Program in Crisis Situations
Additional STEPS TO RESPECT Activities
STEPS TO RESPECT Program
STEPS TO RESPECT literature extension activities:
Reinforce Skills Using Math and Reading
The Brand New Kid—kindness, respect, and tolerance
The Thanksgiving Visitor—bullying
Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family—emotion management
Additional STEPS TO RESPECT activities:
Coach Students to Reduce School Bullying
Group-Joining Activities
Encourage Good Bystander Behavior Over the Summer
