ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Pacing Guide 2024-25 | Core 2nd Step Curriculum + RULER Framework + PBIS

NOTE: This version allows for CPU/BPU lessons to be taught by counselors concurrently with the regular Second Step instruction during specified weeks

RULER Skills & Tools:Charter RULER Skills & Mood Meter Meta-Moment Blueprint

*Week of*	*Unit & Lesson*		Kinder	1st	*2nd*			*RULER Emphasis*
Sept 2	Unit 1: Growth Mindset & Goal Setting	*PBIS Launch/Rodeo*						Classroom Charters (the “why”) as a resource for classroom rules & expectations (the “what” and the “how”)
Sept 9		*PBIS Launch – add Kinder*
Sept 16		Lesson 1	We Watch. We Listen. We Think.	Time to Pay Attention	How to Get Good at Something
Sept 23		Lesson 2	Why We Pay Attention	Everyone Gets Distracted	What Mistakes Tell Us
Sept 30		Lesson 3	Mistakes Are Okay!	You Did It!	Helpful and Unhelpful Thoughts
Oct 7		Lesson 4	Practice Makes Better	Helpful Thoughts	We Can Change Our Thoughts
Oct 14		5: Perf. Task	Let’s Practice and Learn!	We Can Do It!	Learn and Get Better
Oct 21	Unit 2: Emotion Management	Lesson 6	Sometimes We Feel Happy	Noticing Feelings	Feeling Proud			Mood Meter RULER Skills: Recognizing & Labeling RULER Feeling Words
Oct 28		Lesson 7	Sometimes We Feel Sad	Sometimes We Feel Worried	Feeling Disappointed
Nov 4		Lesson 8	Sometimes We Feel Mad	Feeling Calm	Help Yourself Feel Better
Nov 11		Lesson 9	We Can Feel Calm	Feeling Frustrated	Different Feelings
Nov 18		*No Second Step - Conference Week \| PBIS - Plan for short day transitions*
Nov 25		*THANKSGIVING WEEK*
Dec 2		10: Perf. Task	What Are They Feeling?	Noticing Clues	How Do You Feel?
Dec 9		Revisit 2^nd Step concepts students may be struggling with \| Use connected Second Step Extension Activities
Dec 16		*PBIS Celebration*
		*WINTER BREAK*
*NOTES*		1) Send CPU Parent Letter 30 days prior to lessons 2) Staff Meeting on CPS Reporting before lessons begin						Meta Moment RULER Skills: Regulating & Expressing
Jan 6	Unit 3: Empathy & Kindness	Lesson 11	We Can Be Kind	The Power of Kind Acts	What’s Empathy?
Jan 13		Lesson 12	Why Kindness?	Ways to Be Kind	Empathy in Action
Jan 21		Lesson 13	Showing Kindness	Offering Kind Acts	Having Empathy
Jan 27		Lesson 14	Kindness at School	Practicing Kind Acts	Empathy at School	CPU Kinder	1: Keeping Yourself Safe
Feb 3		15: Perf. Task	Demonstrating Kindness	Demonstrating Kind Acts	Empathy and Kindness	CPU Kinder	2: The Always Ask First Rule
Feb 10	Unit 4: Problem Solving PBIS Celebrations	Lesson 16	We Can Say the Problem	How to Say the Problem	The Way to Say a Problem	CPU Kinder	3: Safe and Unsafe Touches	Blueprint Practicing Empathy Conflicts in Stories Connections with STEP RULER Skill: Understanding
Feb 17		*MID-WINTER BREAK*				CPU Kinder	4: The Private Body Parts Rule
Feb 24		Lesson 17	Ready to Solve Problems	Was It an Accident?	Thinking of Solutions	CPU Kinder	5: Practicing Staying Safe
Mar 3		Lesson 18	Apologizing Can Help	Ask for What You Need	Which Solution?	CPU Kinder	6: Reviewing Safety Skills
Mar 10		Lesson 19	Taking Turns and Sharing	We Can Make It Better	What Would I Want?	CPU 1^st /2^nd	1: Keeping Yourself Safe
Mar 17		20: Perf. Task	We Can Solve Problems	Solving Problems	Be a Problem-Solver	CPU 1^st /2^nd	2: The Always Ask First Rule
Mar 24		RULER Blueprint Practice Using Conflict in a Story				CPU 1^st /2^nd	3: Safe and Unsafe Touches
Mar 31		*No Second Step - Conference Week \| PBIS Celebration (before break recommended)*				CPU 1^st /2^nd	4: The Private Body Parts Rule
Apr 7	*SPRING BREAK*
Apr 14						CPU 1^st /2^nd	5: Practicing Staying Safe
Apr 21						CPU 1^st /2^nd	6: Reviewing Safety Skills
Apr 28
May 5
May 12
May 19

NOTE: This version allows for CPU/BPU lessons to be taught by counselors in place of the regular second step instruction during specified weeks

RULER Skills & Tools: Charter RULER Skills & Mood Meter Meta-Moment Blueprint

*Week of*	*Unit & Lesson*		3rd	4th	*5th*			*RULER Emphasis*
Sept 2	*PBIS Launch/Rodeo*							Classroom Charters (the “why”) as a resource for classroom rules & expectations (the “what” and the “how”)
Sept 9	*PBIS Launch – add Kinder*
Sept 16	Unit 1: Growth Mindset & Goal Setting	Lesson 1	Changing Your Brain	Setting a Good Goal	The Right Goal for Me
Sept 23		Lesson 2	Getting Better with Practice	Making a Plan	My Plan
Sept 30		Lesson 3	More Than Practice	Checking Our Progress	Changing My Plan
Oct 7		Lesson 4	Planning for Practice	Reflecting On Our Journey	Time to Reflect
Oct 14		5: Perf. Task	Make a Practice Plan	Ready, Set, Goal!	My 10-Minute Goal
*NOTES*	1) Send BPU Parent Letter 30 days prior to lessons 2) Staff Meeting on HIB Reporting before lessons begin
Oct 21	Unit 2: Emotion Management	Lesson 6	Why Emotions?	The Balanced Brain	Strong Emotions	BPU 4^th / 5th	1: Recognize, Report, Refuse	Mood Meter RULER Skills: Recognizing & Labeling RULER Feeling Words
Oct 28		Lesson 7	How Angry?	What Is Rethinking?	What Is Stress?	BPU 4^th / 5th	2: Bystander Power
Nov 4		Lesson 8	Take a Break	How to Rethink	Planning for Change	BPU 4^th / 5th	3: Bystander Responsibility
Nov 11		Lesson 9	How Happy?	Take Another Look	What Can I Change?	BPU 4^th / 5th	4: Bystanders to Cyber Bullying
Nov 18		*No Second Step - Conference Week \| PBIS - Plan for short day transitions*				Revisit Classroom Charters (with emphasis on feeling safe)
Nov 25		*THANKSGIVING WEEK*
Dec 2		10: Perf. Task	Strength of Feelings	Rethink It!	Making a Change
Dec 9		Revisit 2^nd Step concepts students may be struggling with \| Use connected Second Step Extension Activities				BPU 3^rd	1: Recognizing Bullying
Dec 16		PBIS Celebration				BPU 3^rd	2: Reporting Bullying
		*WINTER BREAK*
Jan 6	Unit 3: Empathy & Kindness	Lesson 11	BPU 3^rd	The Same, But Different	Empathy in the Community	BPU 3^rd	3: Refusing Bullying	Meta Moment RULER Skills: Regulating & Expressing
Jan 13		Lesson 12	Building a Friendship	Ask, Listen, Learn	What’s the Problem?	BPU 3^rd	4: Bystander Power
Jan 21		Lesson 13	My Kind of Kindness	Seeing It Differently	A Different Point of View	Revisit Classroom Charters (with emphasis on feeling safe)
Jan 27		Lesson 14	Asking Questions	Changing Your Mind	Community Solutions
Feb 3		15: Perf. Task	Do Something Kind	A New Point of View	Your Solution
Feb 10	Unit 4: Problem Solving	Lesson 16	STEP by Step	A Good Problem-Solver	Beginning to STEP			Blueprint Practicing Empathy Conflicts in Stories Connections with STEP RULER Skill: Understanding
Feb 17		*MID-WINTER BREAK*
Feb 24		Lesson 17	S: Say the Problem	Saying It Respectfully	When? Where? Who?
Mar 3		Lesson 18	T: Think and E: Explore	Exploring Outcomes	Solutions Web
Mar 10		Lesson 19	P: Pick a Solution	A Good Solution	Let’s Reflect
Mar 17		20: Perf. Task	Solving a Problem	STEP into Problem-Solving	Putting It All Together
Mar 31	*No Second Step - Conference Week \| PBIS Celebration (before break recommended)*
		*SPRING BREAK*
Apr 14
Apr 21
Apr 28
May 5
May 12