EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

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    Understand and manage one’s emotions

    1. 1

      Self-Awareness: Learners will be able to recognize and label a variety of their own basic emotions.1-3.1

    2. 2

      Self-Management: Learners will be able to use verbal and nonverbal language to demonstrate a variety of increasingly complex emotions.1-3.2

    3. 3

      Self-Management: Learners will be able to, with adult guidance, demonstrate a variety of strategies to manage strong emotions.1-3.3

    4. 4

      Focus Attention: Learners will begin to be able to, with adult guidance, focus their attention by demonstrating a variety of strategies to tolerate distractions.1-3.4

    5. 5

      Social Awareness: Learners will be able to, with adult guidance, identify how others are feeling, based on their verbal and nonverbal cues, and respond with compassion.1-3.5

    6. 6

      Social Awareness: Learners will be able to predict how someone else may feel in a variety of situations.1-3.6

SELF-CONCEPT

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    Develop positive self-identity and recognize self as a lifelong learner

    1. 7

      Self-Awareness: Learners will be able to identify and describe skills and activities they do well and those for which they need help.1-3.7

    2. 8

      Self-Awareness: Learners will be able to identify and explore their own beliefs.1-3.8

    3. 9

      Self-Awareness and Social-Awareness: Learners will be able to define the role family and culture play in their identity and beliefs.1-3.9

    4. 10

      Self-Management: Learners will be able to identify simple goals for personal and academic success.1-3.10

    5. 11

      Self-Awareness and Self-Management: Learners will be able to, with encouragement, persist toward reaching a goal despite setbacks.1-3.11

SOCIAL COMPETENCE

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    Establish and maintain positive relationships by respecting others, practicing social skills, and making responsible choices while recognizing and connecting to the community at large

    1. 12

      Social Awareness: Learners will be able to present their own point of view.1-3.12

    2. 13

      Social Awareness: Learners will be able to identify commonalities they share with peers.1-3.13

    3. 14

      Social Awareness: Learners will be able to recognize and respect that individual differences are important to self and others.1-3.14

    4. 15

      Relationship Skills: Learners will be able to identify the different relationships they have with others.1-3.15

    5. 16

      Relationship Skills: Learners will be able to describe in simple terms how words, tone, and body language are used to communicate with others.1-3.16

    6. 17

      Relationship Skills: Learners will be able to, with adult guidance, adapt behavior based upon peer feedback and environment cues.1-3.17

    7. 18

      Relationship Skills: Learners will be able to demonstrate listening skills, start and stop conversations, and take turns in conversations.1-3.18

    8. 19

      Relationship Skills: Learners will be able to understand the perspective of others in a conflict situation. 1-3.19

    9. 20

      Decision Making: Learners will be able to, with adult guidance, generate possible choices and actions they could take in a given situation, including positive and negative options.1-3.20

    10. 21

      Social Awareness: Learners will be able to demonstrate positive behaviors as established in classroom and schoolwide expectations.1-3.21

    11. 22

      Decision Making and Relationship Skills: Learners will be able to describe ways to promote personal safety.1-3.22

    12. 23

      Social Awareness and Relationship Skills: Learners will be able to identify how to get help from a trusted adult in a variety of situations.1-3.23

    13. 24

      Decision Making, Social Awareness, and Relationship Skills: Learners will be able to, with adult guidance, identify classroom, school, and community needs. 1-3.24

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 1, Grade 2, and Grade 3
Where can I read the official document?
Social and Emotional Learning Competencies