School Counselor Connection
Warwick School District Elementary Division
A note from Mrs. Shertzer, Mrs. Hartzler, Mrs. Heckman and Mrs. Mathin . . .
We really miss seeing your smiles, hearing your giggles and watching you build your brains! We know you are doing lots of things to stay healthy, active, and learning. This newsletter is a way to stay in touch and give you ideas of things your can do to keep practicing our monthly themes and continue to build your social emotional learning skills.
Check back often for messages and ideas!
Social Emotional Learning Resources
MindYeti
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiaUKiwbiHMQDQLCXoPaMMYotldKlUQCw
The Imagine Neighborhood
ParenTeen Connect
Crisis Management Institute
So Now What? Support SEL At Home
Academic Resources
We Do Listen
Tumble Book Library
Online access to books, read alouds, and videos.
Storyline Online
Celebrated authors read children's stories that are streamed online.
Virtual Author Experiences
We Are Teachers lists children's authors who are doing virtual readings and activities with their books.
Epic
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
Join author Mo Willems of Pigeon fame and do some drawing.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL14hRqd0PELGbKihHuTqx_pbvCLqGbOkF
iCivic
Students are challenged to learn and engage in civics and government from learning about how counties and states are run, participating in elections and more.
National Geographic for Kids
FUNBRAIN
Online educational site with access to books and games by subject and grade level.
Khan Academy
An online education site that provides instructional videos, practice lessons and more for a variety of topics. Khan Kids is also an app for ages 2-7.
Know It All
South Carolina resource sharing videos, audio on a variety of topics. Browse by grade and subject. Check out the career education videos!
Cool STEM Website Links
The Ultimate STEM Guide for Kids: 239 Cool Sites About Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
Career Readiness Resources
Paws in Jobland
Career exploration for younger students. Follow Paws, the dog, through Jobland.
Virginia Career View
An interactive career exploration website for all ages. Fun activities, videos, and interest surveys help connect students to possible career interests to explore further.
Career One Stop
Take self-assessments and skills assessments to learn possible good fit careers. The site offers many careers to explore as well as links to videos about careers.
https://www.careeronestop.org/ExploreCareers/explore-careers.aspx
CCSpark and Career Cruising
CCSpark
Career Cruising
Ideas for Kids to Keep Moving!
Warwick School District Monthly Themes
April: Linking School to the Future
A person who practices productive work habits and skills in school will be prepared for the future.
- Students identify how school habits are connected to one's future.
- Students learn the characteristics of a good employee (punctual, dependable, reliable, hardworking, honest, responsible, conscientious, team player)
- Students will learn the importance of setting and achieving goals.
- Students will explore careers and develop career awareness.
March: Emotion Management
A person who manages his/her emotions recognizes how he/she is feeling and expresses those feelings in a safe and respect way.
- Students work on naming their feelings
- Students work on identifying comfortable vs. uncomfortable feelings
- Students start recognizing when their feelings get too big (strong emotions)
- Students learn the difference between their "feelings" brain and their "thinking" brain when it comes to handling strong feelings.
- Students learn the importance of calming down first and then trying to solve their problem.
- Students learn when to get help if the problem or the feelings are too big.
February: Compassion and Friendship
A compassionate person demonstrates kindness and courtesy to others.
- Students show kindness to everyone
- Students learn to recognizing others’ feelings (EMPATHY)
- Students learn to say or do something kind and helpful for others (COMPASSION)
- Students learn that empathy and compassion are important for friendship
January: Self-Discipline
A person shows self-discipline when he/she is able to be in control of his/her words, body, and actions to make positive choices.
- Students know what is expected, do their jobs and use time wisely
- Students listen and follow direction at home and school
- Students work to ignore distractions around them
December: Giving with Gratitude
November: Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution
A successful problem solver, uses respectful and responsible words and actions when having difficulty with someone else.
- Students learn to keep their strong emotions in check
- Students learn the importance of listening to others' perspectives
- Students learn steps to solve problems
- Students work toward WIN-WIN solutions
- Students differentiate between conflict and bullying.
October: Responsible Citizenship
Responsible citizens treat everyone and everything with respect, including other's business, property and personal space.
- Students learn that they are important members of several communities: their classroom, their grade, their school, their neighborhood, and Lititz.
- Students learn what it looks like to be a responsible citizen.
- Students learn to define what respect looks like versus what it doesn’t look like.
- Students learn the school wide bully prevention rules.
- Students practice what to do if they see or hear mean, bullying behavior.
September: Ready to Learn
A person who is ready to learn is attentive to adults and shows respectful and responsible behavior.
- Students learn the importance of whole body listening.
- Students learn to focus first and then listen for directions.
- Students learn key language like body basics and line basics within the school setting.
Warwick School District
Jennifer Hartzler - John R. Bonfield Elementary School jhartzler@warwicksd.org
Britnee Mathin - Kissel Hill Elementary School bmathin@warwicksd.org
Andrea Shertzer - Lititz Elementary School ashertzer@warwicksd.org
Email: ashertzer@warwicksd.org
Website: www.warwicksd.org
Location: Lititz, PA, USA
Phone: (717)626-3734