Unit 3: SEL Activies

Course Home: SEL in the World Language Classroom

Let's review

CASEL Five

Before we jump into looking at and creating SEL Activities let's review what we know about Social Emotional Learning so far. To the right is the CASEL wheel which shows the main five areas of SEL. Additionally, we have looked at the major consequences having underdeveloped SEL skills has on students and adults alike including mental health issues, substance abuse, and an increase in other risky behaviors. Last unit you identified behaviors from your own classroom that are possible linked to underdeveloped SEL skills. Please take a moment to review the class examples here: SEL & Behaviors Padlet

Learning Objectives

• Learners will be able to identify strategies that will help students develop these Social-Emotional skills
• Identify how sample SEL activities might be modified for the world language classroom
• Learners will be able to identify the Social-Emotional skills they would like to work on with their students.

Keep in Mind

While this course covers a lot of information about SEL, we must now keep in mind what we know about language acquisition. Regardless of the level you decide to design your SEL language lesson for, it is important to keep the information in the L2 comprehensible. This may mean simplifying the activity or altering it to adjust to the needs of your particular class.

Activities

When creating your World Language SEL activity it may be helpful to start with a pre-designed activity and modifying it to meet your needs. While there are SEL activities all over the internet you are free to explore, below is just one place to start if you so choose;

SEL Signature Practices Playbook

Please select a sample activity, identifying what SEL skills it will help students practice, list ways you might incorporate the L2 into the activity or lesson, as well as any questions or suggestions you would like your peers to help you with.

Some questions to get you thinking are:

• What skills or strategies is your activity targeting?
• What target vocabulary will need to be taught to successfully complete the activity?
• What scaffolds will you provide to keep the activity comprehensible in the target language?

Now, go to Padlet and share with your peers. Choose two of your peers' activities to respond to. Offer them constructive criticism on their idea and suggestions for how to make their activity the most successful.

Once you have received feedback from your peers, go back and make the necessary edits and additions to your activity.

Final Reflection

Congratulations on your hard work! Take a minute to self-reflect on your activity and what you have learned about the importance of Social Emotional Learning in the classroom in this google form.