Social Emotional Learning might not be what you think. In this episode, Bertha Delgadillo speaks with Language Lounge host Michelle Olah about Social Emotional Learning. Bertha gives great concrete examples. You'll be surprised. You might already be doing it.  

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CASEL - Collaborative for Social Emotional Learning https://casel.org/ 

Carolina - Fun for Spanish Teachers  https://funforspanishteachers.com/2020/05/breathing-exercises-for-elementary-spanish/ 

Samara Spielberg: 30 day World Language Gratitude Challenge  

https://bit.ly/37sDPga 

@SamaraSpielberg (twitter) @SrtaSpielberg (insta) 

@micolealdiainsta:  printable calendar students color to express their feelings  

Canva for educators for templates for social emotional learning  

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So much of it is just good classroom management.  

How to do it in the TL  

Embed SEL in our practice - what am I already doing- what can add 

create sentence stems to help students create sentences 

Creating relationship skills 

Self awareness -  

Concrete examples of how to incorporate SEL into her class every day  

The importance of humor  

Student response:   

Opportunity to see growth over time 

Praise students for using vocabulary that's not on the scaffold 

Motivates others to try to do the same 

Reflection/ Self-reflection 

Give students an opportunity to do their best work  

Have pool of questions that you are going to use so you don't repeat the same questions  

Goal setting   

Time management  

Activities to calm yourself down  

Self management  

Social awareness - being  

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