The elementary years are the prime time to inculcate and practice skills and attitude that will help all children thrive. Through a series of developmentally appropriate thematic units and lesson plans, the program helps create a school and classroom environment that promotes the positive student behaviours that lead to greater academic success.

The comprehensive curriculum and support materials bring school staff, families, communities, and children together in a child centered approach that integrates social and emotional learning, character development, drug and bullying prevention, and service-learning.

Highlights of the program

• Scripted lesson plans: Easy to use, highly interactive, interdisciplinary lessons,
• skill practice, lesson activities, energizers, school wide events, service-learning

Implementation:

The program uses a student-centered instructional approach. It is recommended that SFG be taught by trained teachers in primary Grades in 25 to 30 lessons as a minimum of once per week during the school year.

Student Implementation Set

Together Times
Unit 1 – Building a school community
Unit 2 – Growing as a group
Unit 3 – Making positive decision
Unit 4 – Growing up drug free
Unit 5 – Celebrating you and me
Service Learning

Positive learning climate:

Cooperative, collaborative, inquiry-based, practice-oriented, and reflective instructional practices and norms that promote SEL

Academic integration:

Learning activities and instructional practices that support Common Core, Social Studies, and Health with curriculum maps and correlation guides.

Integrated learning:

Social-emotional, and academic learning, drug and bullying prevention, character development, and service-learning in one approach.

Family and community engagement:

Student activity booklets for student-family interactions, parent meetings and materials for engaging parents and community members in program implementation, classroom learning, school-wide events and service-learning