A collection of SEL lessons for upper elementary students that can be adapted for online learning
![Use the Circle process to build a sense of connection among students and staff by sharing moods, feelings, and moments of joy and pain.](https://ggie.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Check-in_Circle_1340x720-495x270.jpg)
Check-in Circle for Community Building
Use the Circle process to build a sense of connection among students and staff by sharing moods, feelings, and moments of joy and pain.
![A discussion that uses scenarios to explore character and citizenship.](https://ggie.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Dear_Abby_SEL_Kernels_1340x720-495x270.jpg)
Dear Abby: An SEL Kernels Practice for Third Grade
A discussion that uses scenarios to explore character and citizenship.
![A discussion that uses scenarios to explore character and citizenship.](https://ggie.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Dear_Abby_SEL_Kernels_1340x720-495x270.jpg)
Dear Abby: An SEL Kernels Practice for Fourth Grade
A discussion that uses scenarios to explore character and citizenship.
![A discussion that uses scenarios to explore character and citizenship.](https://ggie.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Dear_Abby_SEL_Kernels_1340x720-495x270.jpg)
Dear Abby: An SEL Kernels Practice for Fifth Grade
A discussion that uses scenarios to explore character and citizenship.
![Students experience drawing as a strategy that can help shift unpleasant emotions to calmer, more pleasant ones.](https://ggie.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Drawing_as_a_Way_to_Manage_Emotions_1340x720-495x270.jpg)
Drawing as a Way to Manage Emotions
Students experience drawing as a strategy that can help shift unpleasant emotions to calmer, more pleasant ones.
![In a group meeting, students share their feelings while also building their feelings vocabulary and emotion knowledge.](https://ggie.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Feelings_Circle_SEL_Kernels_1340x720-495x270.jpg)
Feelings Circle: An SEL Kernels Practice for Third Grade
In a group meeting, students share their feelings while also building their feelings vocabulary and emotion knowledge.
![In a group meeting, students share their feelings while also building their feelings vocabulary and emotion knowledge.](https://ggie.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Feelings_Circle_SEL_Kernels_1340x720-495x270.jpg)
Feelings Circle: An SEL Kernels Practice for Fourth Grade
In a group meeting, students share their feelings while also building their feelings vocabulary and emotion knowledge.
![In a group meeting, students share their feelings while also building their feelings vocabulary and emotion knowledge.](https://ggie.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Feelings_Circle_SEL_Kernels_1340x720-495x270.jpg)
Feelings Circle: An SEL Kernels Practice for Fifth Grade
In a group meeting, students share their feelings while also building their feelings vocabulary and emotion knowledge.
![Help students plan enjoyable activities as a form of self-care](https://ggie.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Pleasant_events_for_students_1320x710-495x270.jpg)
Pleasant Events Calendar for Students
Help students plan enjoyable activities as a form of self-care
![Students record three good things that happened to them each day for a week.](https://ggie.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Three_Good_Things_for_Students_1340x720-495x270.jpg)
Three Good Things for Students
Students record three good things that happened to them each day for a week.
![Grade 4-7 students learn about the three parts of the brain that are involved with emotion regulation, attention, and learning.](https://ggie.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Understanding_the_Brain_for_4-7_1340x720-495x270.jpg)
Understanding the Brain for Grades 4-7
Grade 4-7 students learn about the three parts of the brain that are involved with emotion regulation, attention, and learning.
![Students examine how they face everyday moral dilemmas and consider who and what influences their reactions when conflicts arise.](https://ggie.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Where_We_Stand_1340x720-495x270.jpg)
Where We Stand
Students examine how they face everyday moral dilemmas and consider who and what influences their reactions when conflicts arise.