PAWS
Can you recite the entire PAWS saying?
Positive attitude
Are responsible
Work for success
Show respect
If an adult gives you a direction in the cafeteria, the PAWS response is to do this.
Listen and follow the directions!
When walking in a line to a specials class, you should stay with this group.
Your class!
You should do this with any recess items you bring outside.
Treat them respectfully and bring them inside when recess is over!
You accidentally make a mess in the classroom. The responsible response is to do this.
Clean it up!
Following hallway procedures even when an adult isn't directly watching demonstrates this PAWS expectation.
Responsibility or Respect!
A student repeatedly leaves trash on the table because "someone else will clean it." This violates which PAWS expectation?
Responsibility and respect!
Walking quietly past a classroom shows respect for the students inside because they are trying to do this.
Learn!
You notice someone repeatedly being excluded from a game. A respectful choice is to do this.
Ask them to join or tell an adult!
You finish your work early. A responsible choice is to do this.
Follow your teacher's steps on the board!
You receive feedback that your work needs improvement. A PAWS student uses the feedback to do this.
Take your time, ask questions, don't rush, check over your work!
Waiting your turn without complaining demonstrates this characteristic.
Being patient and respectful!
A student is yelling outside a classroom while another class is testing. This behavior fails to demonstrate this.
Respect!
You lose a game at recess. A positive attitude means you should do this.
Congratulate the other team and move on!
You forgot an important material. Instead of blaming someone else, you should do this.
Take responsibility and ask your teacher to help!
You receive a difficult assignment and feel like giving up. "Work for success" means doing this.
Work for success!
Someone spills a drink near your table. The safest response is to do this.
Notify an adult and help clean it up!
Just like cars driving on the road, you should walk on this side of the hallway so others can walk the other direction.
Walk on the right side!
A student becomes frustrated during a game and starts yelling. A positive PAWS response he could do would be this.
Take a break, find something else to do, try again in a little bit!
Being prepared for class means having these items ready.
School supplies or materials!
Instead of complaining about a challenging activity, you focus on what you can do to improve. This demonstrates this.
Positive attitude!
Before leaving the cafeteria, you should make sure your eating area is this.
Clean!
You're waiting in the hallway to use the bathrooms. Since you're by classrooms, your voice level should be this.
Low or off!
You see an unsafe situation developing on the playground. Being responsible means doing this.
Tell an adult!
When your teacher or a classmate is speaking, you should do this.