Relationship Skills
Relationship Skills is the ability to make healthy, constructive decisions for optimal wellbeing. By building this competency, you are better able to make safe choices and use sound judgment. You are also able to analyze how your behaviors impact your personal goals in and out of school, as well as how your behaviors affect those around you, leading to more positive decision-making.
- Any adult who works with children and youth can choose to use the Class Lesson components in their setting and/or the Conversation Starters.
- The classroom PDF lesson, available in the bottom portion of each lesson page under the heading School to Home Resources, has also been “coded” to the page so a parent or caregiver can see at a glance what the traditional SEL lesson was about if taught in the classroom at an earlier time.
- Specially designed lesson extensions that complement the class lesson are also attached as a PDF and are labeled Conversation Starters; they too have been conveniently coded to the page in the beginning section entitled Family Resources and are also attached as a PDF in that section. The Conversation Starters provide a quick overview and suggested questions that parents, caregivers or other adults can use to prompt meaningful conversation with children and youth on the topic/competency addressed.
- Again, our design provides lots of flexibility in use, from lengthier “lesson plans” to quick reflection questions to be used at the dinner table, in the car, youth group, or other setting when reinforcement of concepts are needed, but time is a factor.
Print Only Lessons
Effective Communication
Accountable Talk
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on Accountable TalkProject and Purpose Students use accountable talk sentence stems in a “ridiculous debate” and translate commonly used phrases into accountable talk. Essential Questions Why should we use accountable talk? Share this Link BackgroundOpen/Download Parent Conversation Starter.pdf If this lesson was [...]
Listening and Me, Part 1
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on Listening and Me, Part 1Project and Purpose Students identify good listening skills and create and analyze scenarios that illustrate good and poor listening skills. Essential Questions How can we improve our listening skills? Share this Link BackgroundOpen/Download Parent Conversation Starter.pdf If [...]
Listening and Me, Part 2
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on Listening and Me, Part 2Project and Purpose Students identify good listening skills and create and analyze scenarios that illustrate good and poor listening skills Essential Questions How can we improve our listening skills in close relationships? Share this Link BackgroundOpen/Download Parent [...]
Healthy Friendships
Facing the Queen Bee/Top Cat
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on Facing the Queen Bee/Top CatProject and Purpose Students will write relational aggression gossip scenarios based on cues given by the teacher, and as a group determine what it would take to make the right thing happen in each situation. Essential Questions [...]
Friendship Values
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on Friendship ValuesProject and Purpose Students determine what they value most in a friend and create an artistic expression of those values. Essential Questions What are the values to look for in a good friend? Share this Link BackgroundOpen/Download Parent Conversation Starter.pdf [...]
Solving Problems
Flag on the Play, Part 1
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on Flag on the Play, Part 1Project and Purpose Students identify warning signs of unhealthy friendships and create metaphors using flag and card systems from different sports. Essential Questions What are the warning signs of an unhealthy friendship? Share this Link BackgroundOpen/Download [...]
Flag on the Play, Part 2
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on Flag on the Play, Part 2Project and Purpose Students create an original card/flag system for warning signs of healthy and unhealthy friendships. Essential Questions What are the warning signs of healthy and unhealthy friendships? Why should we learn to heed the [...]
When I Feel I Need Part 1
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on When I Feel I Need Part 1Project and Purpose Students work in teams to create A-Z charts of vocabulary to express emotions. Essential Questions How does having the right vocabulary to name our emotions help us communicate better? Note: This is [...]
When I Feel I Need Part 2
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on When I Feel I Need Part 2Project and Purpose Students practice using “When…I feel…I need” statements to communicate their emotions and desires. Essential Questions How does a “When…I feel…I need…” statement help us communicate better and avoid a tense situation? Share [...]
When I Feel I Need Part 3
Learning Libraries » Middle School » Relationship Skills Print Relationship Skills Family Resources on When I Feel I Need Part 3Project and Purpose Establishing and nurturing intimate and essential communication in core relationships. Essential Questions How does a “When… I Feel… I Need” statement help us communicate with someone we are close to? Share this [...]
