Skills for Learning
This is what you are doing when you get out your attent-o-scopes.
Focus attention
What 3 things can we look at on a person to show what they are feeling?
Body
Face
Tone of voice
What kind of breathing do we practice to calm down (put hands on your tummy)?
Belly breathing
What does the S in STEP stand for when solving problems?
Say the problem - without blame
What do respectful learners do? Give 2 examples
Keep your body still/calm
Voice quiet
Eyes on the speaker
If Daniel's eyes are wide and his mouth is open because he is lost, what feeling is he showing?
Scared
When your face is hot and your heart is racing after feeling embarrassed, what should you do first to calm down?
Stop- use your signal
When thinking of solutions, how do we want the solutions to be?
Safe and respectful
Give me an example of positive self-talk.
I can do this
Focus, you've got this
answers vary.
Tiana notices Brandon does not want to hold the worm and offers to hold it herself. What word describes Tiana's caring action?
Empathy or compassion
Leah worries "it'll be awful." That is negative self-talk. Give a positive self-talk example.
I've practiced.
I can do this!
answers vary.
You knocked over someone's things by accident. They are upset. What is one safe and respectful solution you could pick?
Apologize
Help clean up
answers may vary.
What are 2 ways that you can show you are listening during class?
eyes watching
ears listening
voice quiet
body still
If someone apologizes after an accident, then ____.
The other person will forgive them
What is the 3 step approach to calm down big feelings? (think of the calm down song)
Stop
Name your feeling
Calm down
What is most important about the P in the STEP approach?
Picking a solution that gives good consequences and is safe and respectful.
What are the 3 skills for learning that we learned this year?
Focus attention
Listen
Self-talk
Name one question you can ask yourself to help understand how another person feels.
What is happening?
How would I feel?
In the hand-brain model, what does "flipping your lid" mean?
When strong feelings take over thinking and you act on the strong feeling.
You and your partner disagree on what color paper to use for an assignment. Explain how you would use the STEP approach to solve this.
S- we can't agree on the color paper to use
T- find a different color both like
E- everyone is happy
P- find the different color