Hey there, teacher friends!
Let’s talk about emotional check-ins everyone.
Why should teachers use Social emotional check ins in their classrooms… Well this is the question we will be answering in the blog today.
As teachers, we all know that when establishing core relationships with our students it is essential to provide and deliver a positive learning environment. This is especially the case and crucial special education students within our classrooms.
What are emotional check ins?
So let’s chat about what social emotional check ins are! Well put simply they are devised ways into understanding our students feelings.
Normally this is done at the beginning of the day in our classroom, but it can be done anytime throughout the school day for your students.
There are many ways in which students can easily communicate how they may be feeling, and they are really crucial, especially if communication might be lacking.
What do they look like?
Whether you’re a high school, primary or a specialist teacher, there are plenty of ways emotional check ins can be conducted.
We use an emoji system in our classroom. This allows the students to simply identify what thoughts they maybe feeling – and gives the teacher in the room a visual communication of their well-being.
Social emotional methods ⭐️
Some methods of social emotional check ins can include:
Flip books ⏩
Task boxes
Morning work emojis
Posters
Personal interest items / tangible objects when feeling a particular way
Check in whiteboards
Placement in an area of the classroom when feeling a feeling or wanting reflection time.
There are many ways this can be conducted. It just really depends upon your classroom layout and your students interests / needs.
Emojis are great visual tools for communication
The emoji craze hasn’t left the building, or classroom on that note. These visual emotions illustrations are a great option for students who may not want to or be able to communicate their feelings easily.
Circling or pointing at the dealings they are feeling can be good ice- breakers into helping students with feelings they may have or be experiencing.
It gives us a little bit more clue into their needs and how best we can assist them.
We often use them in our high school special education classes.
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