You need to get to the cafeteria, but you see your friend waving hello from another class's doorway.
What is walking quietly and keeping hands to myself?
You are finished eating and you have lots of crumbs and an empty milk carton on your tray.
What is cleaning up your eating area and throwing away trash properly?
You are climbing up the slide to go down quickly.
What is only going down the slide and using equipment properly?
The teacher is giving directions for a fun art project.
What is looking at the speaker, listening actively, and keeping quiet?
Putting all your materials back where they belong and handing in your homework on time.
What is Accept Responsibility
You are the first one out of your classroom and need to get to the library quickly.
What is walking calmly and safely (not running)?
You need to ask a classmate to pass the ketchup across the table.
What is using a quiet voice and using polite words like "please" and "thank you"?
You and a classmate both grab the same jump rope at the exact same time.
What is using your words to solve the problem or asking an adult to help you share/take turns?
You know the answer to the teacher's question and want to share it right away.
What is raising your hand silently and waiting to be called on?
Keeping your feet on the floor while sitting at your desk.
What is Safe Body, Safe Words?
You accidentally drop your lunch box and a teacher walking by doesn't notice.
What is stopping to pick it up quickly and keeping the hallway clean?
You accidentally spill your juice on the floor.
What is immediately telling an adult (teacher or lunch monitor)?
You feel frustrated because you keep missing the ball during a game of kickball.
What is taking a deep breath, asking for a break, or using self-control?
Your pencil breaks during independent work time.
What is getting a new pencil quietly (or following the teacher's procedure for supplies) without disrupting others?
Listening to the teacher during a math lesson and raising your hand to answer a question she asked.
What is Join in and be Present?
A student in front of you drops a pencil and doesn't see it.
What is kindly tapping them or saying "Excuse me" and handing it to them?
The lunch monitor is calling tables to go to the garbage can. Your table is next, but your friend is still finishing their apple.
What is waiting patiently until everyone at the table is ready?
You see a student sitting alone on a bench and looking sad.
What is asking them to join your game or telling an adult if they won't talk to you?
A classmate is whispering to you while the teacher is reading a story to the class.
What is ignoring the distraction or silently making a "shush" sign and focusing on the lesson?
Using "inside voices" when you are talking to a small group of friends.
What is Give Respect?
Your whole class is lining up to go to the gym, and one student starts singing loudly and skipping.
What is staying in line, facing forward, and keeping your voice level at zero?
You see a friend across the room making a silly face at you to try and make you laugh.
What is ignoring distractions and staying focused on your meal and table rules?
You hurt your knee and it's bleeding, but your friends keep playing and don't notice.
What is going immediately to the teacher or asking a friend to tell the adult?
You disagree with what a friend wrote in their journal during a sharing activity.
What is respecting their thoughts and ideas, even if you don't agree?
You accidentally bump into a student on the stairs and they drop their books.
What is stopping to help them pick up their books and apologizing? Give Respect, Accept Responsibility.