Feeling Wheel
What color area is the emotion "tired" in on the Feeling Wheel?
Blue area
Actions that follow the rules and make others and ourselves feel good in the classroom
What can we use to change where we are at on the Feeling Wheel?
Emotion tools
What does the red part of the Stop, Think, Act stoplight visual mean?
Stop what you are doing
If you can bend/change your thoughts to think of many different solutions to a problem, are your thoughts flexible or not flexible?
Flexible
What color area is the emotion "scared" in on the Feeling Wheel?
Red area
What is an unexpected behavior?
Actions that may surprise others or make them feel not so good in the classroom
Is jumping like a frog 5 times an example of a tool we can use when we are in the blue area of the Feeling Wheel or the yellow/red area of the Feeling Wheel?
Blue area emotion tool
What is the job of our thinking brain?
Our thinking brain controls our thoughts and helps us make good choices.
If you lose a game at school, are you having a big problem or a small problem?
Small problem
When we are in the yellow area of the Feeling Wheel, are we flying high like a bird or laying low like an ant?
Flying high like a bird
Is raising your hand an example of an expected behavior or unexpected behavior?
Expected behavior
When we are listening with our whole bodies, are our hands sitting quiet and ready in our laps or are they touching our friends?
Sitting quiet and ready in our laps
When our thinking brain and feeling brain are working together, which part is in control?
Thinking brain
When someone is in danger and we are unable to solve the problem by ourselves, are we having big problem or a small problem?
Big problem
What area of the Feeling Wheel are we in when we work best in the classroom?
Green area
Is pushing a friend an example of an expected behavior or an unexpected behavior?
Unexpected behavior
Is counting to 10 an example of a tool we can use when we are in the blue area of the Feeling Wheel or red/yellow area of the Feeling Wheel?
Ben could not remember the directions for his worksheet. He thought about who may be able to help him remember the directions. What area of the stoplight visual is Ben currently in - Red or yellow?
Yellow. Ben is thinking of his options.
Is a rock flexible or not flexible?
Not flexible
When we are feeling "happy", is our brain clear or jumbled?
Clear
Is cleaning up toys an example of an expected behavior or an unexpected behavior?
Expected behavior
Do red/yellow emotion tools help slow us down like a turtle or speed us up like a cheetah?
What color emotions are we feeling when our feeling brain is in control?
Yellow or Red emotions
Is it okay to have a big reaction to a small problem?
Probably not