{"id":37,"date":"2010-09-02T22:00:38","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T22:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gmsitech.com\/ed\/?p=37"},"modified":"2023-08-26T10:13:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T14:13:38","slug":"social-and-emotional-learning-and-the-start-of-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmsitech.com\/ed\/social-and-emotional-learning-and-the-start-of-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Social and Emotional Learning and the Start of School | Edutopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='http:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/blog\/social-emotional-learning-tips-school-starts'>Social and Emotional Learning and the Start of School | Edutopia<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"link_description\">\n<h3>Number One<\/h3>\n<p>Make a special effort to greet children in a <strong>positive and uplifting<\/strong> way at the start of school. Create a festive atmosphere, not a &#8220;get down to business&#8221; factory atmosphere.<\/p>\n<h3>Number Two<\/h3>\n<p>Highlight all the good and <strong>exciting things that will be happening<\/strong> at the beginning of the school year, as well as throughout the year.<\/p>\n<h3>Number Three<\/h3>\n<p>Give students a chance to share good memories about the summer, what they are looking forward to for the new school year, and <strong>something about themselves that they would like classmates to know.<\/strong> Time spent helping the students in a class bond in positive ways will bring large dividend later in the year as students work together in pairs, teams, and groups.<\/p>\n<h3>Number Four<\/h3>\n<p>Allow students to have <strong>input into setting the rules<\/strong> for the classroom, in terms of both &#8220;do&#8217;s&#8221; and &#8220;don&#8217;ts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Number Five<\/h3>\n<p>Give students an opportunity each day to <strong>reflect on what they are learning. <\/strong>Ask them to keep a journal and write down, at the end of the day, three things they are taking with them from the school day. Have them keep daily journals in one or some or all subject areas where, at the end of a class period or unit or project, they write down three things they are taking away from that unit of work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social and Emotional Learning and the Start of School | Edutopia Number One Make a special effort to greet children in a positive and&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-research","post_format-post-format-link"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"magaziner-small":false,"magaziner-medium":false,"magaziner-large":false,"alx-small":false,"alx-medium":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"techmsi","author_link":"https:\/\/gmsitech.com\/ed\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Social and Emotional Learning and the Start of School | Edutopia Number One Make a special effort to greet children in a positive and&#46;&#46;&#46;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmsitech.com\/ed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmsitech.com\/ed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmsitech.com\/ed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmsitech.com\/ed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmsitech.com\/ed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gmsitech.com\/ed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":740,"href":"https:\/\/gmsitech.com\/ed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions\/740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmsitech.com\/ed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmsitech.com\/ed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmsitech.com\/ed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}