Leander ISD Counseling Services
Second Step-January/February 2020
Emotion Management
Our elementary students are starting this new year off learning all about emotion management. Second Step lessons specifically teach about calming down strong emotions such as anger, disappointment, frustration, and anxiety. Everyone experiences strong emotions but keeping these emotions from escalating and driving behavior allows students to use other skills, such as effective communication, assertiveness, negotiation and compromise, and problem solving.
Students will be prompted to notice their own feelings by paying attention to clues in their bodies, and they will be reminded to use their Second Step skills to calm down:
- Stop—Use your signal
- Name your feeling
- Calm down: Breathe, count, use positive self-talk
These skills help students calm down strong emotions when faced with learning and social
challenges, which helps them succeed academically and get along well with others. Consider asking your student what his/her "Stop" signal is and help them practice this skill at home.
Please tell your child’s teacher or counselor if you have any questions about how you can help your child learn to manage strong emotions.
Want to Try it At Home? Learn the Calm It Down Dance!
January and February Second Step Lessons
January and February Home Links describe why managing strong emotions is important and include fun activities to do with your child to help him or her identify strong feelings and calm down. We hope the Home Links will give you tools to use together when your child is upset.
Click on each lesson to view the available Home Link activities. Please note, due to specific campus events, some campuses may not be covering all of these lessons this month.
Pre-K: We Feel Feelings in Our Bodies, Strong Feelings, Naming Feelings, Managing Disappointment, Managing Anger, Managing Waiting
Kindergarten: We Feel Feelings in Our Bodies, Managing Frustration, Calming Down Strong Feelings, Handling Waiting, Managing Anger, Managing Disappointment, Handling Being Knocked Down
Grade 1: Identifying Our Own Feelings, Strong Feelings, Calming Down Anger, Self-Talk for Calming Down, Managing Worry
Grade 2: Handling Making Mistakes, Managing Anxious Feelings, Managing Anger, Finishing Tasks
Grade 3: Handling Accusations, Managing Disappointment, Managing Anger, Managing Hurt Feelings
Grade 4: Calming Down Anger, Managing Anxiety, Avoiding Jumping to Conclusions, Handling Put Downs
Grade 5: Managing Anxiety, Managing Frustration, Resisting Revenge, Handling Put Downs, Avoiding Assumptions
More Tools for Managing Emotions
Access Online Content
Use the grade level activation key listed below at www.secondstep.org to access videos and get more information about what your student is learning.
ELE and Pre-K: SSPE FAMI LY68
Kindergarten: SSPK FAMI LY70
Grade 1: SSP1 FAMI LY71
Grade 2: SSP2 FAMI LY72
Grade 3: SSP3 FAMI LY73
Grade 4: SSP4 FAMI LY74
Grade 5: SSP5 FAMI LY75
Leander ISD Counseling Services
Website: http://www.leanderisd.org
Location: 204 West South Street, Leander, TX, USA
Phone: 512570000
Twitter: @LISD_Counseling