Life Skills and Wellness

Broward County Public Schools strive to provide all students with a college and career ready education characterized by safe, caring and well-managed learning environments. Instruction in social and emotional skills will prepare them to be resilient and achieve individual success academically, interpersonally and throughout their lives. Life Skills and Wellness.

In the early Elementary grades, students will:

• Identify one's likes and dislikes, needs and wants, strengths and challenges, as well as family, peer, school and community strengths.
• Describe why school is important, and identify personal, academic and behavior goals for student success.
• Recognize that others may experience situations differently by using listening skills to identify the feelings and perspective of others.
• Describe the ways that people are similar and different and describe the positive qualities in others.
• Identify ways to work and play well with others and demonstrate appropriate social and classroom behavior.
• Identify problems and conflicts commonly experienced by peers and approaches to resolving these conflicts constructively.
• Identify social norms and safety considerations that guide behavior and explain why unprovoked acts that hurt others are wrong.
• Identify a range of decisions that students make, while making positive choices when interacting with classmates.
• Identify and perform roles that contribute to one's classroom and family.