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SEL Insights

SEL Insight of the Month

Welcome to EOP's SEL Hub!

To help your family follow along with what our students are learning throughout the year, we’ve organized our resources into monthly tabs below.

Each month focuses on a core character trait designed to build self-awareness, empathy, and strong relationships. Simply click on a month's tab to explore:

  • The Character Trait of the Month: Learn about the specific focus area and why it matters.

  • Monthly Newsletters: Access all grade-level updates, news, and announcements.

  • Purposefull Pursuits: Discover weekly activities, discussion starters, and fun family challenges to try at home!

Bookmark this page and check back each month as we unlock new traits and activities!

Monthly SEL Insights

Our goal is to partner with you in fostering meaningful discussions at home around Social Emotional Learning. This year, Summit Learning Charter is proud to bring Purposefull People (by CharacterStrong) to our students.

Our world moves fast, and we want to ensure every child has a safe, predictable, and welcoming space to build skills that last a lifetime. Purposefull People is designed to build a strong bridge between school and home so our students can be their best selves.

Get Started with These Resources:

Thank you for being an essential part of our school family!    

A graphic features the text 'Kindness is acting with understanding, generosity, and care' over a colorful background.

 

Check out one of our PurposeFull Pursuits for Kindess
Find a time to sit in a circle together and celebrate a Kind beginning of the school year! If you want, gather some favorite snacks and play some celebratory music for the occasion. Take turns sharing responses to the following prompts or make up your own! Remember to practice Kindness as you listen to each other.

 

Celebration Prompts:
What is 1 way a family member has shown you Kindness this week?
What is 1 way you want to grow in Kindness toward others this school year?

 

Click the links below to read the Kindness Family Newsletter:

Kindness_Kickoff_Family_Newsletter

A yellow inspirational graphic featuring the word 'RESPECT' at the top in large letters.

 

In October, we are focusing on Respect at Summit Learning Charter. This is a great time to ask your students questions about respect and what it means to them. Ask them what respect looks like in the community, at school, and in your home. You can even role-play scenarios that might happen in different areas of their lives such as a disagreement with a friend or visiting family or friends at their home.

  • What does it feel like to be respected?
  • What does it feel like to be disrespected?

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) can be taught in various ways and having discussions with your children is one of them that can help teach SEL. 

Click the links below to read the Respect Family Newsletters:

School Wide Respect Family Newsletter

Kindergarten Respect Family Newsletter

Grade 1 Respect Family Newsletter

Grade 2 Respect Family Newsletter

Grade 3 Respect Family Newsletter

Grade 4 Respect Family Newsletter

Grade 5 Respect Family Newsletter

A teal graphic features white hand-drawn text reading 'GRATITUDE is choosing to appreciate the people and things in our lives' surrounded by decorative doodle borders.

A graphic with an orange background displays the word 'RESPONSIBILITY' in white letters, followed by the definition about taking action.

A purple graphic featuring the word 'EMPATHY' in large white letters at the top.

A purple motivational graphic reads 'PERSEVERANCE is pushing yourself to work through challenges and obstacles'.

A graphic with a dark blue background features the word HONESTY in metallic letters, followed by the text "is being truthful in what you say and do".

A green graphic card displays the definition of cooperation in white and dark green text.

A pink graphic with white text defining courage as choosing what is helpful, right, and kind.

A teal graphic featuring the white cursive text "Creativity is using your imagination to create something new or solve a problem."

At Summit Learning Charter, we use our Emotion Elements charts to represent different emotions. For us…


Grades K-2 Chart:Emotion Elements

  • Bree represents emotions like silly, nervous, playful, or distracted.
  • Brooks represents emotions like sad, lonely, tired, or embarrassed.
  • Ember represents emotions like angry, frustrated, excited, or scared.
  • Terra represents emotions like calm, focused, proud, or happy.

 

A chart titled 'Emotion Elements' displays four categories of animated characters representing different feelings.

 

Grades 3-5 Chart:Emotion Elements 

  • Wind represents feeling words like inspired, anxious, playful, and nervous.
  • Water represents feeling words like concerned, thoughtful, tired, and bored.
  • Fire represents feeling words like annoyed, overwhelmed, excited, and scared.
  • Earth represents feeling words like motivated, focused, confident, and proud.

 

A chart titled 'Emotion Elements' categorizes various feelings into four sections: Water, Earth, Air, and Fire.


As a family, create your own poster showing different emotions. For Example: you could use emojis to represent different emotions and label them or even take pictures of your student displaying each emotion and print them to create a poster like the example below. Hang your poster in a central location. Each day, designate a time that your student will do an emotion check-in and tap the feeling they felt the most that day. This reminds your student of the emotion vocabulary they are learning at school and gives you insight into how they are feeling. Understanding other people’s feelings can help us grow in Empathy!     

A feelings chart titled 'This is how I feel today!' featuring pictures of children expressing various emotions with labels below each photo.

  • A graphic features the text 'Kindness is acting with understanding, generosity, and care' over a colorful background.

     

    Check out one of our PurposeFull Pursuits for Kindess
    Find a time to sit in a circle together and celebrate a Kind beginning of the school year! If you want, gather some favorite snacks and play some celebratory music for the occasion. Take turns sharing responses to the following prompts or make up your own! Remember to practice Kindness as you listen to each other.

     

    Celebration Prompts:
    What is 1 way a family member has shown you Kindness this week?
    What is 1 way you want to grow in Kindness toward others this school year?

     

    Click the links below to read the Kindness Family Newsletter:

    Kindness_Kickoff_Family_Newsletter

  • A yellow inspirational graphic featuring the word 'RESPECT' at the top in large letters.

     

    In October, we are focusing on Respect at Summit Learning Charter. This is a great time to ask your students questions about respect and what it means to them. Ask them what respect looks like in the community, at school, and in your home. You can even role-play scenarios that might happen in different areas of their lives such as a disagreement with a friend or visiting family or friends at their home.

    • What does it feel like to be respected?
    • What does it feel like to be disrespected?

    Social Emotional Learning (SEL) can be taught in various ways and having discussions with your children is one of them that can help teach SEL. 

    Click the links below to read the Respect Family Newsletters:

    School Wide Respect Family Newsletter

    Kindergarten Respect Family Newsletter

    Grade 1 Respect Family Newsletter

    Grade 2 Respect Family Newsletter

    Grade 3 Respect Family Newsletter

    Grade 4 Respect Family Newsletter

    Grade 5 Respect Family Newsletter

  • A teal graphic features white hand-drawn text reading 'GRATITUDE is choosing to appreciate the people and things in our lives' surrounded by decorative doodle borders.

  • A graphic with an orange background displays the word 'RESPONSIBILITY' in white letters, followed by the definition about taking action.

  • A purple graphic featuring the word 'EMPATHY' in large white letters at the top.

  • A purple motivational graphic reads 'PERSEVERANCE is pushing yourself to work through challenges and obstacles'.

  • A graphic with a dark blue background features the word HONESTY in metallic letters, followed by the text "is being truthful in what you say and do".

  • A green graphic card displays the definition of cooperation in white and dark green text.

  • A pink graphic with white text defining courage as choosing what is helpful, right, and kind.

  • A teal graphic featuring the white cursive text "Creativity is using your imagination to create something new or solve a problem."

  • At Summit Learning Charter, we use our Emotion Elements charts to represent different emotions. For us…


    Grades K-2 Chart:Emotion Elements

    • Bree represents emotions like silly, nervous, playful, or distracted.
    • Brooks represents emotions like sad, lonely, tired, or embarrassed.
    • Ember represents emotions like angry, frustrated, excited, or scared.
    • Terra represents emotions like calm, focused, proud, or happy.

     

    A chart titled 'Emotion Elements' displays four categories of animated characters representing different feelings.

     

    Grades 3-5 Chart:Emotion Elements 

    • Wind represents feeling words like inspired, anxious, playful, and nervous.
    • Water represents feeling words like concerned, thoughtful, tired, and bored.
    • Fire represents feeling words like annoyed, overwhelmed, excited, and scared.
    • Earth represents feeling words like motivated, focused, confident, and proud.

     

    A chart titled 'Emotion Elements' categorizes various feelings into four sections: Water, Earth, Air, and Fire.


    As a family, create your own poster showing different emotions. For Example: you could use emojis to represent different emotions and label them or even take pictures of your student displaying each emotion and print them to create a poster like the example below. Hang your poster in a central location. Each day, designate a time that your student will do an emotion check-in and tap the feeling they felt the most that day. This reminds your student of the emotion vocabulary they are learning at school and gives you insight into how they are feeling. Understanding other people’s feelings can help us grow in Empathy!     

    A feelings chart titled 'This is how I feel today!' featuring pictures of children expressing various emotions with labels below each photo.