Self Control
What is Self Control?
Self-control is the ability to manage your actions, feelings and emotions
If you have something to say in class, you should do what?
Raise your hand.
Is this self-control?
You feel sad after a bad phone call and decide to relax in your room and write how you are feeling in your journal.
Yes
If someone threatens to hit you, how should you respond?
walk away
tell an adult
ignore them
You really want to talk about what you are doing after school with a friend, but it is school time. What should you do?
Wait until class is over
Wait until you are allowed to talk
What does self control (green behaviours) look like at school?
Students who have outstanding self-control are students who raises their hand to speak, uses kind words, plays fair, takes turns, walks quietly in the hallway, uses their inside voice, respects classroom equipment, and keeps hands & feet to self.
What can you do if you are starting to loose control at school?
ask to go get water to calm down, take deep breathes, ask to talk to an adult (teacher or counselor), look at my strategy chart.
Is this self-control?
You yell about how gross dinner is and flip your plate on the floor?
No
You let a classmate borrow your Rubick's Cube and now you want it back, what can you do?
ask them for it back
You feel annoyed when a group member is being silly and isn't helping you with a school project.
What should you do?
Get help, ignore, count to 10... (answers will vary)
Name 3 ways you can control your actions.
No hitting, no pushing, no yelling, remain still, lay your head down, sit down and relax, find a quiet place, stop and think
You see a pen on a friend's desk and want to use it.
What should you do?
Leave it alone, Ask permission, or find another one
Is this self-control?
You are told you have to wait a minute to be able to do what you want so you start ripping things off the wall.
No
You got in a fight with your sister and your consequence is you can longer go swimming. You are mad that you can't go swimming. How should you respond?
Do nothing, you are responsible for your actions and the consequences (positive or negative) that go with them.
You feel angry when a friend laughs at your artwork.
What should you do?
Count to 10, ignore them, talk it out... (answer will vary)
What can you do if you feel like you won't be able to control yourself in a situation.
use a strategy on your strategy card
Your teacher says it's time to put your laptops away, but you don't want to.
What should you do?
Listen, put the laptop away
Is this self-control?
You found a toy on the ground in the hallway transitioning from the gym and took it with you. Before the end of the day you decide to turn it over to your teacher.
Yes
During work time, you want to get up and talk with a friend.
What should you do?
Keep quiet, sit still, don't interrupt others
Wait until class is over
Wait until it is an acceptable time to talk
You are angry when a friend starts cheating in a game.
What should you do?
Count to 10, relax, talk it out, tell the friend to play fair, ask an adult for help, go back over the rules
True or False: I can control everything around me in all situations?
False
Alex blurted out in class when her teacher didn't call on her.
Is she using self-control? Why or why not?
No, because she didn't wait and she is interrupting class.
Is this self-control?
You are playing a game in Phys. Ed and you get frustrated and throw a ball at another student.
No
A classmates dares you to trip another friend to make others laugh.
What should you do?
Ignore them
Don't do it
Ana feels angry with a friend so she walks away.
Is she using self-control? Why or why not?
Yes, she is walking away to calm down and think about the situation so she doesn't react aggressively.