Term
Fall 2020
Capstone
Capstone Project
Degree Name
MAT
Facilitator(s)
Susan Manikowski, Jennifer Carlson
Content Expert
Kari Helfinstine
Abstract
Social and emotional skills are critical to students’ success in school and it is imperative that educators have effective tools and strategies to teach these skills. Social and emotional skills can be taught through an integrated interdisciplinary curriculum where students’ needs are met academically, emotionally, and socially – teaching the whole child. This capstone project creates an integrated social emotional learning curriculum with English language arts curriculum where learning targets encompass both areas of focus thus answering the research question, How can teachers effectively teach Social Emotional Learning skills through literacy in the primary grades ? Research concludes that combining these disciplines is an effective way to make an impact on student achievement and teach skills that build classroom community, enhance classroom relationships, and foster healthy emotional well-being in students while improving literacy skills.
Project Type
Curriculum
Keywords
Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Teaching, Literacy, Social Emotional Learning
Recommended Citation
Sandell, Melody, "Teaching Social Emotional Skills Through Literacy" (2020). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects. 599.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_cp/599
Type
text
Publisher
Hamline University
Format
application/pdf
Source
School of Education Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations at Hamline University