Why & When
This is the one thing you should always do before you ask a question or start talking to someone.
Get their attention
This is what we should do with our bodies — move them this way — to get someone's attention.
Move closer (move our bodies close to them)
These are the two things you should do with your face and eyes when you get someone's attention.
Face the person and look with your eyes if comfortable.
This is one simple greeting word you could say to get someone's attention.
“Hey” or “Hello" or their name or excuse me
On the Conversation Stoplight, this color means you have permission to start talking.
Green light
Getting someone's attention means they are ready to do this with us.
Listen to us
On the Personal Space picture, this is the label under the two people who are touching each other.
"Not okay"
You should only do this if you feel comfortable doing it — looking directly into the other person's eyes.
Make eye contact if comfortable
Besides a greeting, this is another thing you could say — something that belongs only to that person.
Their name
Name one sign on the Green Light Checklist that tells you someone is ready to listen.
Looking at you, facing (turning their body toward) you, or responding to you (any one).
You want to ask your friend a question in the lunch line. This is the first thing you should do.
Get their attention first
If we are touching the other person while getting their attention, this is true about our personal space.
We are too close, or not practicing good personal space.
This is the name of the skill category shown with a picture of a boy and arrows pointing to his body.
Body language
This is the polite, two-word phrase you could say to get someone's attention.
"Excuse me"
If the person you want to talk to is busy, this is what you should do instead of interrupting them.
Wait, or be patient
This is what can happen if you start talking to someone before getting their attention.
They don't hear you, or the conversation doesn't work.
This is why we check our distance from someone before we start talking to them.
Make sure we are not standing too close or too far away.
Sam wants to talk to his friend, but he keeps his back turned and looks at the floor. This is the body language mistake Sam is making.
Not facing him, or not making eye contact
Erika wants to ask her coworker a question in the hallway. Name two things Erika could say to get her attention.
“Hey,” “Hello,” “Excuse me,” or the coworker's name (any two)
Name the two things you should NOT do to get someone's attention.
Yelling and throwing things
Jordan walks up and starts talking to his teacher while she is reading papers at her desk, without saying her name first. This is the skill Jordan forgot to use.
Getting her attention before starting the conversation?
Mark walks up to his classmate and puts his hand on her shoulder to get her attention. This is the personal space mistake Mark made.
Standing too close, or touching her instead of just moving nearby
Name the two body language skills you should use when getting someone's attention.
Facing the person and looking at them with your eyes (making eye contact if comfortable)?
On the Skills summary, this is step 3 — what we say once we've moved close and are facing the person.
Say the person's name or “Excuse me”
Aiden wants his mom's attention while she is on the phone, so he yells and waves his hands close to her face. Name the two mistakes Aiden made, based on today's lesson.
Yelling instead of waiting patiently, and not respecting her personal space or body language by waving in her face