Connecting With Others: Lessons for Teaching Social and Emotional Competence : Grades 3-5

This enjoyable curriculum for grades 3 through 5 will help students learn to be sensitive to differences, resolve conflicts without resorting to violence, and learn tolerance and acceptance of others. Includes 30 lessons divided into five skill areas: Concept of Self and Others, Socialization, Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution, Communication, Sharing, Empathy and Caring. Instructional strategies include story-telling, relaxation, modeling, coaching, behavioral rehearsal, reinforcement, creative expression, self-instruction and more.

Rita Coombs-Richardson, Ph.D., is a faculty member at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. She has taught at numerous colleges and universities. She also has experience as a teacher in special and general education programs at the elementary and secondary levels.