Making Space for Social and Emotional Learning in a Crowded Curriculum

Abstract

After researching how elementary teachers address social and emotional learning in their classrooms, a teacher educator and a preservice teacher demonstrate one method for integrating social and emotional learning into a fourth-grade mathematics lesson.

Key words:

• elementary mathematics
• preservice teachers
• social and emotional learning

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Trace Lahey

Trace Lahey is an Assistant Professor and Chairperson in Teacher Education at Manhattan College, where she teaches foundations and methods courses and works with student teachers. Her research interests include supporting new teachers and integrating creative teaching methods in the classroom to support academic learning. Email: [email protected]

Shannon Monahan

Shannon Monahan is an elementary teacher at PS 360 in the Bronx, New York. She recently graduated from Manhattan College with a bachelor’s in Elementary Education and Special Education. Email: [email protected]