Social Emotional Learning (SEL)
Elementary classrooms in Westwood implement comprehensive, research-based social and emotional learning lessons. These lessons align with the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) competencies: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision-Making. These skills are critical in helping students with such things as problem-solving, recognizing and managing emotions, forming good relationships with peers and adults, and considering and understanding the experience of others. In Westwood, teachers typically devote 20-30 minutes per week on targeted lessons (often incorporated into morning meeting activities) and students engage in and practice these skills throughout each day. We use a variety of curriculum resources to support the development of these competencies as well as to help shape classroom and school culture. The resources include: Everyday Speech (Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten), Second Step (Grades 1-5), and Responsive Classroom (K-5).
Anti-Bullying
The district has identified 13 essential lessons for each grade level that serve as our anti-bullying curriculum. These lessons include themes such as:
Including one another
Showing respect for one another
Dealing with teasing
What is bullying?
What is a bystander?
Talking to someone who can help
Same and Different, Like Me
The Same and Different, Like Me curriculum is designed to increase students’ understanding and acceptance of differences among peers and to promote an inclusive environment. The program is co-taught by general education classroom teachers and specialists (e.g. school psychologists, learning center teachers, speech and language pathologists, physical education teachers, nurses, occupational therapists). Grade level topics include:
Kindergarten - Disability Awareness
Grade 1 - Physical Disabilities
Grade 2 - Sensory Disabilities - Hearing and Seeing
Grade 3 - Cognitive Disabilities
Grade 4 - Specific Learning Disabilities and ADD
Grade 5 - Mental Health and Autism
220 Nahatan Street
Westwood, MA 02090
Phone:781-326-7500
Fax:781-326-8154
200 Nahatan Street
Westwood, MA 02090
Phone:781-326-7500 ext.3301
Fax:781-461-8561
850 High Street
Westwood, MA 02090
Phone:781-326-7500 ext.2336
Fax:781-326-2709
250 Downey Street
Westwood, MA 02090
Phone:781-326-7500 ext.8386
Fax:781-329-7642
80 Martha Jones Road
Westwood, MA 02090
Phone:781-326-7500 ext.6321
Fax:781-255-9277
790 Gay Street
Westwood, MA 02090
Phone:781-326-7500 ext.8424
Fax:781-326-2702
549 Pond Street
Westwood, MA 02090
Phone:781-326-7500 ext.7100
Fax:781-769-8046
200 Nahatan Street
Westwood, MA 02090
Phone:781-326-7500 ext.5113
Fax:781-461-9782