I work in a district that has increased focus on SEL over the last few years. I have worked to incorporate SEL into many of my lessons. I have used Kindness Boards focused on helping students having a bad day. Just having conversations with kids on how they day is going is also helpful.
I teach ELA in a high school setting. I have found that discussions about characters actions and how they affected others in the novel is the most effective method to teach SEL in my class. They can see how characters actions affect others by the end of the story. I start every piece with an anticipation guide that ask kids their thoughts and experiences on topics that will be in the novel. We then finish by looking at the same guide and having students explain if their thoughts or feelings have changed since reading the story. It starts great discussions.
I teach ELA in a high school setting. I have found that discussions about characters actions and how they affected others in the novel is the most effective method to teach SEL in my class. They can see how characters actions affect others by the end of the story. I start every piece with an anticipation guide that ask kids their thoughts and experiences on topics that will be in the novel. We then finish by looking at the same guide and having students explain if their thoughts or feelings have changed since reading the story. It starts great discussions.