expected or unexpected?
Kade and his friends are at a restaurant. The TV on the wall is playing a reality TV show. Kade would really like to watch a basketball game thats on. The next time the waitress comes to their table, he asks if she could please change the channel to the basketball game.
Expected
Your friend just tripped and fell in the hall. You think it is funny and want to make a joke.
Think it
You are playing Uno with your classmates. You have always played by certain rules but one classmate begins to use a card in a way that is against the rules you know. Are they cheating? What should you do?
No, they are not cheating.
Maria is getting bored in class because she feels like she already knows the information being taught. She says to the teacher "we already know this stuff. its really annoying that we have to listen to it again."
unexpected
Your fiends has a piece of food stuck in their teeth. You want to say something so that they don't embarrass themselves.
Say it
You are playing a board game with friends. You have drawn a card that makes you go back to the start 4 times now. Your friends have not drawn any of these cards. You are feeling frustrated. What should you do?
Ask yourself: Is this a big problem that will affect my life or is this a small problem that I will forget about in a few hours?
Take some deep breaths.
Feel good for your friends because they are getting a chance to win.
Henry has had a cold and a runny nose. He is sitting in class. Whenever his nose starts running, he sniff-snorts and wipes his nose with his hand. It makes a noise that others can hear.
Your classmate just got a new haircut. You think that it looks weird.
Think it
You won your soccer game. A classmate was on the loosing team. You see them in the parking lot after the game. They say "hi." What could you say to them?
Good game!
Maria and her mom walk into the waiting room and sit down. Maria sees some magazines on the other side of the room. She wants to read one so she gets up, goes to get one, and returns to her seat to read it.
Expected
The principal just announced that your friend won an award that you think you should have won. You want to tell them that it wasn't fair.
Think it
You are playing basketball in the gym during lunch. Someone pushes you hard on the way to the hoop. You feel really frustrated and angry. What should you do?
-take a break and count to 10 then rejoin the game.
-consider that it may have been an accident.
-wait for a good time and ask them calmly to try not to push you. Tell a teacher if you have already tried to solve the problem on your own and it continues to happen.
There is a prize wheel outside the lunchroom and kids are allowed to spin one time for a prize. Josh sees that one of the prizes is fidget toy that he really wants. He spins the wheel but he wins a piece of candy instead of the toy he wanted. He begins to cry and complain angrily to the teacher operating the wheel "I never get a good prize!"
Unexpected
Your friend is being really mean to another student in the hall. You want to tell him that he should be more kind.
Say it
You lost at checkers and you feel like crying. What could you?
walk away and take a time-out to calm down
try to get your mind on something else.