Perspective Taking 1
You were at school and you were running in the hallway. You ran past a teacher and she gave you a look. What do you think you should do?
Stop running and apologize.
You are playing cards with some kids and one of them burps out loud. His face turns red and everyone looks at him. Why did his face turn red?
He was embarrassed.
You got home from school late because you stopped by your teachers class to ask for help. When you walked in the door your mom had a worried look on her face. Why was she worried?
You didn't tell her you were going to be late and she was worried about where you were.
After soccer practice you hand out birthday invitations to everyone except one boy you didn’t know. As you were leaving you saw that he was upset. Why was the boy upset?
He felt left out/upset that he wasn't invited.
After dinner on Friday night you wanted to go to the movies, but your mom said no. Why did she say no? How did you feel about it?
Answers will vary
Your brother was climbing a tree. He suddenly came running into the house crying and holding his arm. Why do you think he was crying and holding his arm?
He fell down and hurt himself, fell out of the tree, broke his arm
Your teacher asked what kind of cupcake everyone wanted and you said you didn’t care, but the girl next to you said she wanted chocolate. Your teacher passed the cupcakes out and you got chocolate. You were about to eat it when you noticed the girl next to you had a sad face and had not touched her cupcake yet. Why do you think she felt sad and what could you do about it?
You got out your favorite clicking pen that turned different colors every time you clicked. You were playing with your pen and you looked over at the girl next to you who was reading. She gave you a not very nice look. Why do you think she looked at you that way?
It was quiet free time and your clicking pen was distracting her/too noisy while she was reading.
You are watching a movie with your little sister about alien monsters. You look over at your sister and she has a scared look on her face. What could you do or say?
Do you want to put on a different movie? or Don't be scared, this isn't real, it's just a movie.
In the lunch room, your friend dropped his tray and his food went all over the floor. What do you think he is feeling?
Embarrassed
Your friend was shooting baskets in PE class and missed every shot. How do you think he felt?
Angry, sad, annoyed, mad.
Some students in class are telling lies about your friend. How does that make you feel and what would you do?
Makes me feel mad, upset, angry. I would tell them to stop.
You were working on a test and the bell rang. You were not done. How do you feel?
nervous, anxious, mad, frustrated
The teacher asked you a question in class, but you didn't know the answer. How do you feel?
Someone in your class teased you because you got so many wrong on your math test. How did you feel?
Embarrassed, mad.
Jon asked Samantha to prom and Samantha said "ew no." How does Jon feel?
Embarrassed, sad.
Daniel studied for his science test for two days and still failed. How is he feeling?
frustrated, annoyed, mad, discouraged
Jason got picked last for baseball. What is he thinking?
Why was I picked last? Why doesn't anyone want me on their team?
Judith picked up her graded test, ran out of the room, and threw her test in the trash. Why did Judith throw away her test?
She got a bad grade and is upset.
Chloe accidentally spilled her water on her friend. How is Chloe feeling?
Embarrassed
Tanya doesn't have a pencil for math again, so she asks Paul for one. Paul says no. Why might Paul say no?
He is annoyed of letting her borrow a pencil or he doesn't have an extra pencil. He wants to teach her a lesson.
Molly is in the hall and runs up to a group of girls. The girls turn and walk away without talking to Molly. Why might have the girls walked away?
They don't like talking/being with Molly. They are annoyed/mad at Molly.
Mark's friends dare him to trip Nick, the new students in the school. Mark does it as his friends watch and laugh. Why might he have done it? How might Nick be feeling?
Mark did it to fit in with his friends and be cool.
Nick is feeling hurt and embarrassed.
Mrs. Jacobs told the class to pick partners for an assignment. Jacob sat at his desk and didn't pick a partner. What might Jacob be thinking?
No one wants to be my partner. I don't like anyone in this class/I don't want to partner with anyone. I can do the assignment all on my own.
Cody is talking to a group of friends about his vacation in Europe. While he is talking, Andrew walks away. Why might Andrew have walked away?
He's not interested in what Cody's talking about. He has some place to be.