You Are a Social Detective! Teaching Curriculum and Support Guide

Piloted and tested over years in large school districts, the award-winning You Are a Social Detective! Teaching Curriculum & Support Guide is a companion to the award-winning storybook.The aim of this visually rich, easy-to-use curriculum is to teach social learners the power of observation, reading context, and interpreting clues to give them power and choice in how they respond within specific situations in ways that meet their social goals. The curriculum includes 10 fun lessons that breakdown several important concepts that help build social awareness and understanding. Students will learn how to closely observe situations going on around them, use their eyes, ears, brain, and heart to collect clues, and then interpret those clues to make smart guesses about the people and social situations they experience. Each lesson includes: The Big Picture Objectives Vocabulary Discussion ideas Activity and/or Extension ideas to take the lessons further Appendices include Thinksheets, templates, and writing prompts for each of the lessons, as well as additional information on expanding and/or modifying lessons for specialists and other types of professionals working with children in and out of the classroom. The You Are a Social Detective storybook is the first book in the Superflex series.