Guidance Lesson Overview 25-26

Misc.

100

Mistakes help you....

Learn. (if you apply them to your life and don't beat yourself up over them!)

200

Your brain acts like a _______. It can grow if you practice. 

Muscle

300

Is a make an excuse refusal skill to respond to the following question: 

Come to the party tonight. Everyone is going to be there. Your parents don't have to know that you snuck out. 

Answers vary 

400

Name at least 2 Famous Failures who made mistakes before they came to fame. 

Answers vary. 

500

Respond to the following statement as if we were playing the Squabbles game "STOP IT" 

I can't believe you flunked the history test yesterday. 

You win if you can get me to stop by treating me like a friend. 

Your brain

100

How can you help your brain create many pathways?

Be willing to learn and try new things!

200

How can you help your brain create strong pathways?

Practice the new things you learn.

300

You just learned something new, and a pathway in your brain was created. The thread is _______ and ______ because you just learned it. 

weak and thin

400

There are 100 billion neurons in the human brain. What do these neurons create when you learn something new?

Pathways (the more pathways, the denser your brain becomes)

500

If you think of new learning as a thin, delicate thread, then you should think of learning that has been practiced often as a thick, _________ _________

Strong rope.

Misc.

100

This is too hard.

Fixed Mindset

200

“When we make mistakes, our brain is learning. Mistakes are part of learning.”

Growth Mindset

300

How Smart I can become was determined when I was born. Some people are born smart, and others are born not smart

Fixed Mindset

400

What is self-talk?

It is the way you talk to yourself inside your head. It can be positive or negative.

500

How can you use the THINK acronym before acting/speaking?

Ask yourself...

Is it true, helpful, inspiring, necessary, or kind?

Squabbles

100

During the game "STOP IT" what is our main rule when we respond to try to stop the mean behavior towards us? 

Treat them like a friend.

200

Say a peer tells you that they don't like your shirt. Give me a proper response to not engage in their mean comment.

Treat them like a friend comments (varies)

300

There are 4 meanness motivations. Bothering, Joking, Hurting, or Criticizing. Give an example of one of them.

answers may vary. 

400

What's the difference between knowing when something is tattling versus something that needs reported?

Tattling = Trying to get someone in trouble.

Reporting = Trying to keep someone safe.

“If someone is getting hurt or it keeps happening, that’s reporting.” "What's your heart behind why you are telling?

500

What are two phrases that can stop an argument when someone feels like you did something wrong? (Think of the video we watched)

"I'm sorry" 

"Are you mad at me?"

Refusal Skills

100

State a fact to the following statement: 

Just have a puff. It's not going to hurt you. 

answers vary

200

We talked about wiggly no's and strong nos. Use a strong no to the following statement: 

A friend says:
“Don’t tell the teacher—we’ll both get in trouble.”

• “No. That’s not okay.”
• “I’m telling an adult.”
• “I don’t keep unsafe secrets.”

300

Strong No vs. Wiggly Nos. 

A classmate says:
“If you don’t do this, you can’t be our friend.”

Respond with a strong No.

Strong Responses:

• “No. Real friends don’t do that.”
• “I’m not doing it.”
• “That’s not my choice.”

400

Strong No vs. Wiggly Nos. 

Someone messages you online:
“Don’t tell anyone what I sent you.”

Respond with a strong No.

Strong Responses:

• “No. I’m telling a trusted adult.”
• “Don’t send me stuff like that.”
• “I’m blocking this.”

Good rule of thumb: When someone tells you not to tell, that's when you should talk to an adult. Huge red flag!! Secrets vs. Surprises. 

500

Name three examples of refusal skills.

•Steer Clear

•Say No

•Walk Away

•Ignore

•Broken Record

•A better idea

•Make an excuse

•Reverse the Pressure

•State the facts