The Zones
This is the teacher's favorite zone - where students can learn the best and remember the most
What is the Green Zone
When you can understand what someone else is feeling
What is empathy
Bullying is about Power and this...it's all about being PC today.
What is Control
This is how you feel about yourself or how you see yourself
What is Self Esteem
Being prepared, including having a pencil to start your work is this part of SPOT behavior
On Task
The 3 main zones are Green, Blue and this color - a kid's favorite zone.
What is the yellow zone
The counseling equation states this: Our thoughts + our feelings = this?
What is our behaviors or actions
You tell the new kid that they are not allowed to play with your friends at recess.
What is bullying
This is the spot that we want to grow so we feel good about ourselves.
What is confidence or a spot of confidence
Classroom survival focuses on the most basic skills and strategies that students need to be successful in school. This skill is the foundation on which all other skills are built.
Listening
This is the zone you are in when you are sleeping and recharging your battery.
What is the black zone
On the road of life, you always want this person to be driving your car because he always has on his thinking cap.
Who is Teddy
You hear your friends teasing another kid and you don't say anything.
What is a bystander
As our confidence spot grows, this spot will get smaller.
What is anxiety or a spot of anxiety
Sometimes we need to ask for help or accept help when it is offered. If someone throws you a "SOS" life raft what does the SOS stand for in classroom survival?
What is Skills or Strategies
If I am starting to get sleepy, I will need to use this type of strategy.
What is yellow lightening bolt strategy
All feelings are okay but some can be hard to manage (and blind). In the car of life who represents our feelings?
Who is Freddy
You hear your friends teasing another kid and you say to your friend "why don't you give him a break".
What is an upstander
Saying things like: "I am smart", "I am kind", and "I can do this" are examples of this
Positive affirmations or statements or Power PeTe
Getting to level 3 and level 4 is like hiking a mountain. We expect that you are using your skills and strategies to stay SPOT on. What is the line between the level 1 or 2 student and the level 3 and 4 students called?
The great divide or the big leap
The strategy that I might use to calm my anger would be this type - it might not be puffy white!
What is a blue cloud strategy
"Putting yourself in someone else's shoes" is another way to describe this word.
What is empathy
Your friend was making fun of your classmates new haircut and you laughed along with everyone else
What is bullying
When we try new things and take social risks we are moving out of this
Our comfort zone
Calling out without raising your hand goes against this part of SPOT behavior
Polite