Free 3rd Grade Social Learning Lesson Plan (Social Emotional Learning)

Topic: Social Learning

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to explain the importance of respecting others and show this through their actions.

Materials

• Pen and paper for each student
• Images or videos that demonstrate the importance of respecting others (optional)

Warm-up

• Ask the students if they have ever had someone disrespect them or treat them poorly.
• Ask them to share their experiences and what happened.
• Ask the students if they have ever disrespected someone else or treated them poorly.
• Ask them to share their experiences and what happened.

Direct Instruction

• Introduce the topic of social learning and how it relates to respecting others.
• Share the examples of respectful and disrespectful behavior that were brainstormed during the warm-up.
• Have the students repeat the examples after you to ensure they understand the concepts.

Guided Practice

• Divide the students into pairs and give each pair a set of cards with respectful and disrespectful behavior examples on them.
• Have the students take turns picking a card and acting out the behavior on the card while their partner offers feedback on the behavior's level of respect or disrespect.
• Encourage the students to use appropriate body language and voice tone while mimicking the behavior.

Independent Practice

• Divide the students into small groups and give each group a copy of the social behavior chart.
• Have the students work together to fill in the chart with examples of respectful and disrespectful behavior.
• Encourage the students to use -appropriate body language and voice tone while discussing the behaviors.

Closure

• Ask the students to share one thing they learned about respecting others during the lesson.
• Remind the students that it is important to treat others with respect so that we can have happy and -productive interactions.

Assessment:

• Observe the students during the role-plays and independent practice to assess their understanding of the concept of respect.
• Collect the students' written responses and use them to assess their understanding of the concept of respect.