SEL Activity: Learn About a Classmate

SEL Activity: Learn About a Classmate

Are you seeking easy-to-implement social-emotional activities for elementary or middle-school-aged youth, whether in school or out-of-school settings? These SEL Activities may be small in size but deliver a significant impact. 

Activity: In this activity, students discuss how trying to know others can help build community, learn more about a classmate, and share what they learn with the class. 

SEL Core Competencies: Relationship skills, social awareness, goal-setting

Grades: 4-8

Time: 15 minutes

Essential Questions: How can we learn about others? Why is it important to learn about others in our communities?

Student Action: In the coming days/week, students find an opportunity to talk with someone they don’t know well and learn about them. 

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