Communication 2: Elements of communication

Use this ready-made SEL lesson focusing on the subskill of 'Communication' to help you with social emotional learning in the classroom.

This is lesson 2 in a series of 8 and it's designed for use as one of your SEL activities with the whole class, a small group, or one-to-one. Relationship Skills is one of the five components that make up CASEL's model of SEL education. To find other SEL activities, please visit our homepage and search through hundreds of SEL lessons created by educators and other experts in SEL education.

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Communication has two main components: being able to clearly deliver messages as well as to understand the messages you are receiving. By no means a straightforward part of the social emotional learning curriculum, communication can come in many forms including verbal, non-verbal, online, sign language, written and more. Developing your students’ communication skills is much simpler and can be as easy as downloading this lesson and following along in the classroom.