Bayside RULER Connections by Jennifer Otto

2023-11-30 22:10:01 UTC

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Mindfulness

tcypert — 2023-12-04 17:01:57 UTC

I really like the Mindfulness and the Mood Meter resource under the blue Mindfulness and the RULER Tools. It gives some great prompts, as well as a video for a mindfulness body scan.

Regulating Emotions

2023-12-04 17:04:31 UTC

5 steps to help a child regulate emotions

This worksheet is something to understand and be able to use as you work with a child with a lot of emotions going on to help get to the heart of the problem. It's a worksheet to understand and keep in your mind to help the child calm down enough to work through the situation and start to understand why they are feeling they way they are. Then the conversation can continue and resolve can come at the end.

Helpful Strategies

2023-12-04 17:04:52 UTC

I think it is very important to discuss what is NOT HELPFUL to students when they are trying to regulate their behavior. It is essential that staff not waste time consoling a child on something that may continue to deregulate them.

Mood Meter

2023-12-04 17:07:26 UTC

I really like the idea of having a mood meter in the classroom for personal check-in

The lights, camera, blueprint activity could easily be integrated into a lesson to analyze current real world events, character interactions in a book, or to analyze a person of interest's specific experience. The link to the blueprint form for students to use doesn't work though.

2023-12-04 17:08:19 UTC

Check -In

2023-12-04 17:08:22 UTC

We will start using some of this language during our weekly/daily check-ins for 5th grade :)

The RULER Talking Points are interesting and I could see this turning into a lesson. If you can explain something to another, then you truly understand it...so what great practice for our students to try this!

2023-12-04 17:08:30 UTC

Meta Moment Poster

2023-12-04 17:09:11 UTC

This will be great tool to use with our kids when they become emotionally dysregulated.

I think that examining triggers and emotions and using the Meta-Moments for the times when we find students or ourselves in the red is so very helpful. Leading students to journal or do some creative writing can help them identify their feelings and work on strategies to work through it.

2023-12-04 17:09:59 UTC

"What color is your relationship:

2023-12-04 17:12:14 UTC

Being in the green/yellow 70-80% of the time is helpful to one's general well-being.

Good to know and realize!

Meta-Moment

blambie4 — 2023-12-04 17:12:29 UTC

A super helpful tool to help increase the space between our emotions and our instinctive reactions to them.

The Blueprint

tcypert — 2023-12-04 17:13:15 UTC

It was interesting to explore The Blueprint Conference resources. I think this is something we could easily start incorporating for recurring student peer issues. The image with the questions was really helpful and can give some good verabage when trying to deal with a peer conflict.

Elementary Resources

2023-12-04 17:14:21 UTC

The elementary feelings word lists look helpful, and the mindfulness resources could be helpful.

Poster that offers suggestions for how to move out of the quadrants when you are ready

2023-12-04 17:24:07 UTC

Daily Check-In

twaller67 — 2023-12-04 17:25:01 UTC

I could start using the Ruler vocabulary during my daily check-ins at the beginning of each class.

It will be important to start Ruler on Day 1 of this next school year and implement it on very specific days.

2023-12-04 17:26:44 UTC

Mood Meter Poster

2023-12-04 17:27:07 UTC

Having mood meter posters in the classroom we can reference on a daily basis would be helpful. Students can use them to easily identify how they are feeling that day.

Spanish Resources

2023-12-04 17:27:41 UTC

Curricular materials already exist in Spanish. They have good reflective questions for kids to consider as a warm up or emotions practice. Pre K resources have targeted activities on feeling words.

2023-12-04 17:30:08 UTC

I like the idea of elementary school resources to use with some of our lower academic students. The book list under resources offered ways to incorporate literature to help kids deal with emotions.

8th grade unit 1 lesson 3

twaller67 — 2023-12-04 17:32:59 UTC

Asks students to participate in a slightly stressful group activity and then reflect on the group interactions exhibited. This could easily be tied into a science class where students regularly have challenging collaborative activities.

Keep the lessons quick and frequent - implementing long SEL lessons in early morning homeroom might be challenging

2023-12-04 17:36:19 UTC