Hidden Rules/Expected and Unexpected Behaviours
Smart Guesses
Flexible and Stuck Thinking
Size of the Problem
Sharing an Imagination
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Who isn’t following the hidden rules in the picture?

Ellie

1

Make a smart guess about what you should do when your body is out of the group

Come back to the group, keep our body in the group, eyes on the speaker, listening with our ears 

1

If you can’t find a blue crayon you want to use for your colouring book and you think “I can't finish my colouring book, I give up!”, is this flexible or stuck thinking? Why?

Stuck thinking - you can be flexible and choose another colour to colour with!

1

Uh oh! A dinosaur spilled their drink at a party. This is a small problem. What size reaction should Ellie have to this problem? Small, medium, or big?



Small

1

Using our imaginations can be fun! When we imagine, are we seeing something that is real? Or something that is pretend?

Pretend

2

What are 3 hidden rules in our classroom?

1) No yelling 

2) Don't hurt others

3) Listening to group leaders with our eyes, brain and heart

2

Make a smart guess about what Evan, Ellie, Jessie and Molly want to do in the snow

Play in the snow, make a snowman, have a snowball fight, go ice skating

2

Everyone is waiting for Molly and their ice cream is melting! How are the kids feeling?

Upset, distracted, uncomfortable, annoyed

2

The dinosaur at the party accidently takes a bite of Jesse’s birthday cake. Jesse starts crying, yelling and screaming. How does this reaction make his friends feel?

Uncomfortable, sad, upset 

2

Ellie is imagining and so are her friends, but her body is not in the group. Is Ellie sharing her imagination?

No! Ellie would be sharing her imagination if her body was in the group.

3

Does this video clip show expected or unexpected behaviour?

Unexpected because he is hurting the toys and not playing nicely

3

Make a smart guess about how the birds are feeling and how the egg is feeling

Birds are feeling curious and interested in the egg

Egg is feeling annoyed, bothered and uncomfortable

3

Uh oh! Molly’s thoughts are getting stuck on a race car. How do you think Molly’s friends feel?

Frustrated, annoyed, upset, uncomfortable

3

Oh no! There's a fire at school! Is this a big, medium or small problem?

Big problem - it takes a lot of help from people to make it better!

3

When we share our imagination, we have our body in the group, show or share with others about what we are thinking and others know what we want to play. True or false?

True

4

Show us an example of an expected behavior and an unexpected behaviour when you’re writing a test

Expected: sitting at our desks, using quiet voices, eyes on our paper, calm bodies, etc.

Unexpected: jumping up and down, taking a nap, screaming, looking at the sky, etc.

4

Tell us a time where you had to make a smart guess during group

Correct!
4

When we take turns, follow the group plan and changing our plans, are we using stuck thinking or flexible thinking?

Flexible thinking!

4

The dinosaurs at the party accidentally rip the banner, rip the wrapping paper and pop a balloon? Is this a small problem, medium problem, or big problem?

Small problem

4

When sharing our imaginations, we can suggest different ideas with each other! Does this require us to be flexible?

Yes! We need to be flexible when sharing ideas with others.

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