Recess
If a game of basketball gets too heated, taking this 10-second physical action can help lower your heart rate and prevent an angry outburst.
What is taking a deep breath? (or taking a time-out)
This popular video game, featuring blocks and creepers, is officially the best-selling video game of all time
What is Minecraft
You turn over a math test and realize you don't know the answer to the first two questions. Instead of letting your mind spiral into "I'm going to fail this class," I cant do this¨ or give up, what can you do ?
You skip them, focus on the questions you do know, and return to them later. Maintaining a positive mindset, get support from teacher...
Staring at a blank screen during English class while feeling completely overwhelmed, exhausted, and mentally checked out means you are drifting into this low-energy color zone.
This area in the brain is the hinking, learning, and reasoning center of the brain. It helps us solve problems, make thoughtful choices, stay focused, and regulate our actions.
What is the Prefrontal Cortex
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
An internal coping strategy where you consciously replace toxic thoughts like "They are doing this on purpose to ruin my day" with realistic thoughts like "It was just an accident, it’s not a big deal."
What is positive self-talk (or cognitive reframing)?
This iconic Canadian coin features a common loon on one side, which inspired its permanent, feathered nickname.
What is the Loonie?
Your teacher assigns you to a science group with people who aren't your close friends. Instead of rolling your eyes or complaining out loud, you take a deep breath and introduce yourself to get the project started.
What are self-regulation, self-awareness, and emotional control (or showing adaptability)?
Actively listening to a lab partner's ideas and calmly accepting constructive critique during a peer review indicates your brain and body are in this optimal learning zone.
What is the green zone
This area in the brain helps store memories and supports learning. It also assists in managing responses to fear and stress by helping us connect experiences and emotions.
What is the Hippocampus?
This is the term for pausing to think about the consequences before joining in when a group of peers starts excluding or teasing someone on the field.
What is self control/ impulse control? (or social responsibility)
What is Ms. Elliott's 2nd job?
What is painting
Spending the final two minutes of recess intentionally shifting from high-energy running to a calm walk toward the line helps transition your mind and body back into this optimal learning zone
What is self regulation using the zones?
Slamming your laptop lid shut and noticing your foot tapping wildly after losing unsaved project progress shows your emotions are heating up into this heightened, frustrated zone.
What is the Yellow Zone
This area of the brain helps regulate emotions and acts as the brain’s alarm system. It works to protect us from danger or threats and is responsible for strong emotional reactions such as fear, anger, or worry.
What is the Amygdala
When a disagreement happens during a soccer match, using these types of statements allows you to express your frustration without blaming or attacking others.
(It's one of the letters in the alphabet!!)
What are "I" statements?
What was one of Mr. Chans past jobs prior to teaching?
What is a forklift driver, school board tutor or auxiliary police officer
A common physical sign that you are sliding into the Blue Zone (feeling drained, bored or unmotivated).
What is low energy, heavy eyelids, sllepy, yawning alot or sluggishness?
Snapping at a classmate, shouting an insult, and knocking over a chair because a shared presentation file was accidentally deleted means you have crossed into this out-of-control zone.
Red zone
Where do our emotions come from, what triggers them? list 3
What are our Thoughts, Experiences and the Brain!
Recognizing physical signs like a clenched jaw, balled fists, or a racing heart during a recess dispute is an example of this key self-regulation skill.
What is self-awareness/ or emotional recognition/in order to use strategies
Which two countries did Ms. Elliott mention that her mom and dad are from?
Hungary and Scotland
A healthy alternative to venting anger by screaming or punching a wall. Give 2 strategies
What is listening to music, journaling, exercising, taking it through or using a fidget? and many others!
Ms Elliott has talked about the idea that the zone you're in isn't the problem!!! What can be the problem then?
Double Jeopardy
What we do with the feelings matters most!
True or False: There is a "bad" zone and you should try to eliminate one of the following zones forever: Blue, Yellow, and Red