Enrichment · Wellbeing

Talk about the people
around you, on purpose.

Pick a grade band and a lens, and get a set of discussion prompts that help students notice how others feel, why people see things differently and what makes a group fair. Every prompt comes with a sentence starter and something to do next.

Make a prompt setWhat you get

Deal a set of discussion prompts

The worked example is made up: a week of grade 4 morning talks and a grade 11 advisory unit. The page keeps the prompts and your notes, not what students say.

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What you get

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What you finish with
A set of 5, 8 or 12 discussion prompts for one class, each with a sentence starter and a follow-up activity, run with a turn-and-talk timer and noted for the next session.
Who it is for
Teachers and advisory leads in grades 3 to 12, school counselors planning a unit, and club or youth group leaders.
Format
Browser prompt generator with saved sets and a two-phase timer. Prints the prompts as cut-out cards or a list; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
Free. No account, no sign-in and nothing to install. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Wellbeing space in Caveat Enrichment.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Choose the grade band and one or more lenses.
  2. Set norms: listen to understand, speak for yourself, anyone may pass.
  3. Show the prompt and its sentence starter, and start the turn-and-talk timer.
  4. Share out, then pick one follow-up activity for later in the week.
  5. Mark the prompt used and note what students raised.

Make a prompt set

What social awareness means in a classroom

Six lenses on the people around usThe roomReadingmoods,tone andtimingViewpointsWhy peopleseeitdifferentlyBelongingWho is in,who is leftoutFairnessEqual, fairand whodecidesCommunityWhat we owethe placeswe shareDifferencesShared anddifferenttraitsSix lenses on the people around usThe roomReading moods,tone and timingViewpointsWhy people seeit differentlyBelongingWho is in,who is left outFairnessEqual, fairand who decidesCommunityWhat we owethe places we shareDifferencesShared anddifferent traits
Drawn for this page. Social awareness covers the moment in front of you and the wider world.

One of five skill areas

Social awareness, understanding others’ feelings and viewpoints and the norms of different settings, is one of five skill areas in the most widely used school framework. Programs that teach these skills improve social behavior on average, with effects that last months to years.

Talk plus action

Discussion goes further when it ends in something students do: a welcome plan, a thank-you note, a changed routine. Each prompt here has a follow-up for that reason.

Keep it about ideas

Prompts about differences can touch real experiences. Speak for yourself, never ask one student to explain a whole group, and follow up privately if something personal comes up.

Sources

  1. Durlak, J. A., Weissberg, R. P., Dymnicki, A. B., Taylor, R. D., & Schellinger, K. B. (2011). The impact of enhancing students’ social and emotional learning: A meta-analysis of school-based universal interventions. Child Development, 82(1), 405 to 432. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01564.x
  2. Taylor, R. D., Oberle, E., Durlak, J. A., & Weissberg, R. P. (2017). Promoting positive youth development through school-based social and emotional learning interventions: A meta-analysis of follow-up effects. Child Development, 88(4), 1156 to 1171. doi:10.1111/cdev.12864
  3. Galinsky, A. D., & Moskowitz, G. B. (2000). Perspective-taking: Decreasing stereotype expression, stereotype accessibility, and in-group favoritism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78(4), 708 to 724. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.78.4.708
  4. CASEL, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning: social awareness as a competency area (casel.org).

Prompts and activities were written for this page; the example sets are made up. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.