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You see a friend steal things from your teacher's desk
Let your teacher know
You and a classmate want to choose the same topic for a project but there's only one topic per student.
suggest a way to compromise, let them have the topic
Your friend keeps yelling at you to get their way
talk to them about how you feel, talk to an adult
You let your friend borrow your favorite hat and they lose it.
tell them how you feel, move on
The substitute teacher keeps calling you the wrong name
Politely/Kindly let them know what your correct name is
One of your friends wants to play video games, and the other wants to play basketball
offer a compromise
Win/Win
Cool off.
Talk it over starting from “I”, not “you”.
Listen and say back what you heard.
Take responsibility for your role in the conflict.
Come up with a solution that’s fair to each of you.
Affirm, forgive, thank, or apologize.
Your friend keeps hiding your pencils and thinks it's funny
tell your friend how it makes you feel
Cool off.
Talk it over starting from “I”, not “you”.
Listen and say back what you heard.
Take responsibility for your role in the conflict.
Come up with a solution that’s fair to each of you.
Affirm, forgive, thank, or apologize.
A classmate took credit for cleaning up the bookshelf and was praised for it, even though you did it
let it go, talk to the classmate, talk to someone you trust
A classmate asks you to give them the answers to the homework but you are uncomfortable with it
tell them no, talk to an adult/someone you trust
You see someone being left out of a game
Ask them if they would like to join you
A friend copied your work and received a better grade.
confront your friend about cheating, talk to an adult (teacher, parent)
You told your friend who you have a crush on and they tell your crush.
tell your friend how you feel
Cool off.
Talk it over starting from “I”, not “you”.
Listen and say back what you heard.
Take responsibility for your role in the conflict.
Come up with a solution that’s fair to each of you.
Affirm, forgive, thank, or apologize.
One of your good friends keeps littering despite your efforts to not litter.
talk to them
You are at the movie theater with your friends and your friend takes the seat you wanted
sit somewhere else, tell them you wanted the seat, compromise
You keep winning online games and your friend is mad at you
Talk with your friend to see if you can work things out/find a compromise
A friend told you your other friend was saying bad things about you, but you found out it was a lie.
talk to your friend about it
Cool off.
Talk it over starting from “I”, not “you”.
Listen and say back what you heard.
Take responsibility for your role in the conflict.
Come up with a solution that’s fair to each of you.
Affirm, forgive, thank, or apologize.
Your friend keeps taking your food out of the classroom without asking
ask them to stop, talk to an adult
Every time your friend comes over they go through your stuff without asking
talk to them
Your friend accused you of talking about them behind their back and they are telling all of your friends not to trust you.
ask them to stop, tell an adult
Cool off.
Talk it over starting from “I”, not “you”.
Listen and say back what you heard.
Take responsibility for your role in the conflict.
Come up with a solution that’s fair to each of you.
Affirm, forgive, thank, or apologize.
There is a new student in class
Say Hi to them
Be kind
Ask if they want to sit with you at lunch
Hang out with them at recess
You're being blamed for breaking the classroom pencil sharpener but you did not do it.
Talk to the teacher
Cool off.
Talk it over starting from “I”, not “you”.
Listen and say back what you heard.
Take responsibility for your role in the conflict.
Come up with a solution that’s fair to each of you.
Affirm, forgive, thank, or apologize.
You and a friend are playing basketball and your friend won't let you have a turn with the ball
tell your friend how you feel
Every time your friend comes over they are really rough with your things (throwing, slamming, bending)
talk to them
Your parent tells you its time to go to bed but you don't feel tired and want to finish watching the show on TV.
Talk to parent about it, make compromise,
Students are playing basketball at recess and one of them hits you with the ball
Talk to them
Find out if it was on purpose
Talk to an adult