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=TEACHING SOCIAL SKILLS =

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1) Teaching social skills in the classroom can be implicit or explicit.
 * Five Things I Learned:**

2) Teaching students how to work well with a partner can create and maintain a strong classroom community and help students get to know one another.

3) Learning social skills can be fun! A simple game where students work together to achieve a goal will build strong social skills where students learn to cooperate with others.

4) Every behavioral problem is an opportunity to teach that student a social skill.

5) Class meetings are a great way to discuss appropriate social behavior and really dissect how the class is working as a group.

A video about teaching social skills. This video shows how teachers incorporate social skills like sharing with a partner into daily class activities. 5 out of 5.
 * My Top Resource:**

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 * Additional Resources:**

1) __Ready-to-Use Social Skills Lessons & Activities for Grades 4-6.__ Begun, Ruth Weltmann. Jossey-Bass. This book is full of lessons that teach social skills to students grades 4-6, but there are also books in this series for Pre-K and grades 1-3. Each lesson has clear objectives and steps for teachers to follow, as well as ideas for modeling and practice and a section of worksheets. 4 out of 5.

2) http://www.behavioradvisor.com/SocialSkills.html A Website full of information and resources for teaching social skills to students. 4 out of 5.

3) Our textbook. Henley, Martin. __Classroom Management, a Proactive Approach__. Pages 146-153. This section provides good information about the most common social skills being taught in schools and the best way to do it. It also provides a large list of additional resources where teachers can learn more about teaching social skills. 4 out of 5.

4) http://www.readingrockets.org/article/6194/ This article is on the "Reading Rockets" website for teachers. It specifically looks at the need to teach younger students how to make and maintain friendships by using children's books as a part of a social skills lesson. 4 out of 5.

5) http://www.songsforteaching.com/friendshipsongs.htm This is a website called "Songs for Teaching", and has tons of songs that deal with different themes and issues. I found many songs that teach about the value of friendship. This could be a fun part of a social skills lesson where students can actively participate. 4 out of 5.

6) __101 Activities That Build: self-esteem, teamwork, communication, anger management, self-discovery, coping skills__. Jones, Alanna. Rec Room Publishing, 1998. This book focuses on teaching social skills through games and activities. It has clear steps for each game, lists the materials needed, and gives information about how teachers can de-brief with students about what they learned after the game. 4 out of 5.

7) __No, David!.__ Shannon, David. Blue Sky Press, 1998. This is a very cute book about a little naughty boy who continuously gets into trouble and his mom always tells him, "no". This book would be a great addition to a social skills lesson about respecting things in the classroom, and also a very fun read aloud where students can memorize the "No, David" part and participate. It will make students laugh. 5 out of 5.

8) http://www.classroom-teacher-resources.com/teaching-social-skills-t2.html This website is a great resource for teachers who want to incorporate lessons on social skills into their classroom. It focuses on polite behaviors such as not interrupting, being fair, and appropriate mealtime behavior. It also provides a great list of social skills topics and links to ideas for lessons. 3 out of 5.