University of Central Florida STARS Honors Undergraduate Theses UCF Theses and Dissertations 2020 Using Children's Literature to Support Social and Emotional Learning in Third Through Sixth Grade Classrooms Hayley L. Paljug University of Central Florida Part of the Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons, and the Elementary Education Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the UCF Theses and Dissertations at STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Undergraduate Theses by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Recommended Citation Paljug, Hayley L., "Using Children's Literature to Support Social and Emotional Learning in Third Through Sixth Grade Classrooms" (2020). Honors Undergraduate Theses. 742. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses/742 USING CHILDREN’S LITERATURE TO SUPPORT SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN THIRD THROUGH SIXTH GRADE CLASSROOMS by HAYLEY LAURYN PALJUG B.S. University of Central Florida, 2020 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Honors in the Major Program in Elementary Education in the College of Community Innovation and Education and in the Burnett Honors College at the University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Spring Term 2020 ii ABSTRACT This research examined the use of award-winning children’s literature for social and emotional learning, focusing on its use for children in third through sixth grades. The world is ever- changing and, as a result, the need for children to learn basic social and emotional skills continues to increase.