Second Step Weekly Family Communications

January 22 - January 26

Our aim is to keep families engaged throughout the year with lesson-by-lesson summaries and prompts to reinforce learning at home.

6th Grade Lesson 18: What Works Best for You?
Summary
In this week’s lesson, your child will practice choosing an emotion-management strategy that works best for them in a given setting. They’ll look at several different settings and pick a strategy they think will work for them.
Question
Discuss different scenarios that might happen at home or school where your child might need to use an emotion-management strategy. Talk through the scenarios and ask your child to share their thinking and reasoning with you.

7th Grade Lesson 18: Practicing Positive Self-Talk
Summary
This week, your child will practice a strategy called positive self-talk to help them reframe challenging situations.
Question
Ask your child to explain what “negativity bias” is. Share with each other one or more good things that happened today.

8th Grade Lesson 18: Changing Strategies and Getting Help
Summary
In this week’s lesson, your child will analyze stressful situations and decide if they need to change their strategy or get outside help to manage their stress.
Question
Tell your child about a time you needed help managing stress.