Reflecting 1: The stages of critical reflections - SEL Lesson

Use this ready-made SEL lesson focusing on the subskill of 'Reflecting' 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. Responsible Decision-Making 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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The focus of this lesson is reflecting, the ability to step back and look at a past decision or action to see if it's had the expected impact. Use this SEL in the classroom resource to help your students develop positive mechanisms for recognizing and learning from their mistakes, contributing to a greater degree of honesty and accountability.