Coping Skills
Stopping and counting to this double digit number helps students calm and think before reacting
What is counting to ten?
This infinite shape is often used by teachers to see everyone's face
Teachers really hate when students pull this out in the middle of a lesson
This Zone color is cool like a cucumber
What is Green Zone?
7th Students at SWA recently had a field trip that sounds like straight up sinister time
This type of breathing is thought to help students calm down during stressful times like interims
What is deep breathing?
Often explain as walking a mile in someone else's shoes can lead to blisters, this skill is something all grade levels are learning
What is empathy?
This behavior is often proceeded by raising your hand
What is asking for help?
This zone is often thought of a solid state of being, but really is like the middle light on a traffic signal. It can mean slow down or speed up
What is the yellow zone?
When graphing two intergers onto a make sure to add these two lines on the graph
What is the x-axis and the y-axis?
Watching this style of cartoon, may not seem like an obvious coping skill, but if it works it works
What is watching anime?
Meaning to give assistance too, using this tool is as simple as asking your friend to let you know the homework
What is using supports?
Kick and punching are a type of these, and often followed by a suspension (either in school or out)
What is aggressive behavior?
This is zone is often associated with feeling quiet or bored
What is blue zone?
Metaphors are imagery figures of speech that applies impossible description or action. This is a imagery firgure of speech that compares descrption or action using 'like' or 'as'
What is simile?
This type of coping skill is often short (in time) but can be very useful when resuming work
What is a brain break?
This type of message is not limited to iPhones. It also helps people speak to their personal feelings, thoughts, and behaviors
What is iMessages?
Practicing this in Mrs. Giles' office is both fun and a good way to practice for real life situations
What is role play?
Anger is only one of the emotions that can be felt in this zone
What is red zone?
Mixing these baking soda and vinegar together in a papier-mache volcano creates this reaction
What is an explosion?
Sometimes thought of as fancy stretching, this type of mindfulness encourages relaxation through specific movements
What is yoga?
Using this object in groups helps other know when it's their turn to talk
What is a talking object?
Only acceptable in gym class, this behavior can lead to trouble in the hallways
What is running?
The yellow zone characteristic is spelled with a n is often associated with butterflies
What is nervous?
This type of cognate denotes a pair of words that seem similar because of sounds, but are different words entirely when translated
What is a false cognate?