sel · Grade 3
Empathy in Action: Making Kind & Thoughtful Choices
Develop social awareness and empathy. Evaluate real schoolyard scenarios and choose respectful, compassionate responses.
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Learning goals
- Define empathy as putting oneself in another person's shoes to understand how they feel
- Identify constructive ways to support peers who are feeling excluded or upset
- Practice proactive kindness and positive classroom citizenship
Before you begin
Recognize another person's possible feeling in a simple situation.
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Practice previewEmpathy in Action: Making Kind & Thoughtful Choices
Practice · Independent · 15 min
Develop social awareness and empathy. Evaluate real schoolyard scenarios and choose respectful, compassionate responses.
Teaching and response guide
- Model the target skill: define empathy as putting oneself in another person's shoes to understand how they feel. Use the first task as a guided example before asking for an independent response.
- Check readiness first: Recognize another person's possible feeling in a simple situation.
- Discuss an incorrect response using this distinction: Guessing someone's feeling does not make it certain; a kind response can include asking what help they want.
Watch for: Guessing someone's feeling does not make it certain; a kind response can include asking what help they want.
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