Zones/Feelings
Name a feeling in the Green Zone
Happy, calm, focused, content, ready to learn
Name two adults you can talk to when you are upset.
Names two adults.
What is a coping skill?
Something you use to calm down and regulate yourself.
Name two types of communication
Verbal (talking)
Nonverbal (body language)
Name two ways in which you can tell that someone is feeling mad.
facial expression (frown, etc.), body language (arms crossed, head down, clenched fists), face is red.
You are in math class and learning about a new topic. The rest of the class seems to be understanding, but you are totally lost! Your teacher asks the class to work on a problem by themselves. You look down at your paper and have no idea where to begin. What could you do in this situation?
Raise your hand for help, go up to the teacher and ask for help, ask a peer for help if the teacher allows it, try the problem first and then ask for help.
Wrong answer: Just sit there.
Identify something that triggers you (something that upsets you).
Trigger
Give someone in the room a compliment
Gives compliment
Name two situations in which you might feel scared.
(two personal examples)
Kylie's dog ran away. Name thee things she could do to try to find him.
Ask for help looking for him, make signs, walk around the neighborhood, call the local humane society to see if anyone found the dog.
Oh no! You walk into class and there is a sub! She has different rules and expectations than your normal teacher. You're feeling stressed. Name two things you can do to help you cope in this class?
Ask to take a break, write down their expectation, take deep breaths.
If you are super stressed, ask to go speak with trusted adult to get some help!
Name three ways you can show someone you are listening to them.
Nodding head, looking at the person you are talking to, making small comments, asking questions
Name 5 feelings words for the Red zone.
anger, rage, explosive behavior, panic, grief, terror, elation, loss of control.
You are in English class and you sit next to your best friend. You are excited about the new movie coming out this weekend and can't wait to talk about it with your friend. You start talking about the movie and your teacher asks you to stop talking and move to a new desk. This is very frustrating to you. What is an appropriate response to your teacher?
Takes the feedback, apologizes for talking during class, moves to new seat, does not argue.
Someone bumped into you at lunch. You're not sure if it was on purpose or an accident but it makes you mad. Name 3 coping skills you can use in this situation to prevent you from getting into a fight.
take deep breath, walk away, ask an adult if you can take a walk, ask to go speak with a preferred adult, get a drink of water, count to 10
Ask someone in the room a question. Keep the conversation going for at least three turns each!
Has back and forth conversation
What is an unexpected behavior?
Behaviors that give people around you uncomfortable thoughts about you.
It's Saturday afternoon and your mom said you can hang out with a friend for TWO hours. You really want to go to the swimming pool, but your friend really wants to go to the skate park. What is a way you can solve this problem.
Make a compromise. Go to the pool for an hour, and the skate park for an hour.
Identify 3 coping skills and demonstrate one for the group.
Examples:
Deep Breaths
Count to 10
Take a walk
Talk it out
Pick a emotion (sad, mad, excited, scared). Don't tell us what it is!!
Now have a conversation with someone and pretend you are feeling that emotion! See if they can tell what you are feeling based on your body language.
Correctly acts out emotion