Relationship building 1: Getting to know someone - SEL Lesson

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

This is lesson 1 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.

Our digital SEL lessons integrate with Pear Deck to facilitate student engagement. These lessons include interactive, age-appropriate social emotional learning activities, questions, videos, and animations for every CASEL subskill.

Healthy friendships with peers and positive interactions with adults all start with relationship building skills. Follow the principles of SEL education with this lesson that focuses on the relationships your students build with others, both inside and outside the classroom.