Flexible Thinking
You want to use your bike after school today, but it's supposed to thunderstorm.
Use the bike tomorrow. Play something else.
What zone is scared in?
Yellow Zone
What is a coping skill?
A tool or strategy you can use when you're feeling upset, sad, frustrated, or angry. Coping skills can help you calm down.
Your sibling takes your video game without permission.
Talk to a parent, ask them to give it back politely, share the video game.
What color represents Ana Grace Academy of the Arts?
Purple
Accept that your seat has been moved. Realize that you won't have to sit there forever.
Name 3 feelings in the Blue Zone.
Sad, sick, tired, bored, depressed, exhausted
Name a coping skill you can use when you are feeling fidgity.
Use a fidget tool, ask to stand up and stretch, take a walk
You get a poor grade on a test or quiz.
Study harder next time, use self-talk to tell yourself it's ok and that you will do better on the next one.
Ms. Hayes, Mrs. Unfried, Mr. O
You go to the movies and the movie you wanted to see is sold out.
See a different movie, go back another day, go home and watch a movie there.
Name 3 feelings in the yellow zone
Excited, frustrated, stressed, upset, silly, overwhelmed, jealous, annoyed
Inhaling air and pushing it out through your mouth is an example of what?
Deep breathing.
Your friend asks you to go into the woods during recess when your teacher isn't looking.
Tell your friend that it isn't a good idea, suggest something else to do, report to an adult
What is the lunch lady's name?
Ms. Beth!
Today you are working in a group with other students from class. One of the students in your group keeps using the materials and coming up with all of the answers. You start to feel annoyed.
Ask them to share the materials. Tell them that this is a group project and you all need to have a turn to share and contribute ideas.
Your parent decides to get rid of the TV in your room because you are up too late playing video games. How can you calmly handle this situation?
Take deep breaths, go for a walk, talk to another parent/sibling about the situation, get a drink of water, meditate.
Someone on the bus is showing inappropriate pictures to other kids on the bus.
Report to the bus monitor. Tell an adult at home. Tell a teacher/principal
What is Ms. Johnson's dogs' name? Hint: it's also the name of a city
Dallas
Your new book you were assigned to read at school has lots of difficult words in it that you don't understand. You continue to get more and more frustrated.
Ask for help. Look up the words in a dictionary. Write down the words you don't understand and go back to them once you have calmed down.
What does it mean to feel elated?
So much excitement that you are out of control!
List 3 coping skills you have used to calm yourself down in the last month.
Deep breathing, talking to an adult, yoga, listening to music, using a fidget
Your friend dares you to throw food at lunch in the cafeteria. They say that if you don't throw the food, they won't want to sit next to you anymore.
Tell the friend that you don't wan to throw the food. Tell an adult nearby. Sit next to someone else.
How many days do we attend school each school year?
184