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Skills For Learning
Empathy
Strong Emotions
Problem Solving
Role Plays
100

What is a skill?

A skill is something that you are good at or excel in.

100

What word means understanding and feeling what someone else is feeling?

Empathy

100

Name a strong emotion.

Anger, Jealous, Embarrassed, Scared, Worried, excited

100

What is something that is important to do BEFORE you problem solve?

Calm Down

(or stop, name your feeling, calm down)

100

You don't understand your homework. Ask for help in an assertive way.

I don't understand my homework. Could you please help me?

200

What is one thing you can do with your body to help you be a good listener/learning?

Have a still body

Have a closed/quiet mouth

Eyes on Speaker

200

Name two clues that help you decide how someone is feeling by looking at them.

Face, Body, Voice, and Situation

200
Which part of the brain needs to be calm before you can make a good choice?
Feelings part of the brain (Amygdala)
200

What step comes first in the problem solving steps? 1) Talk to the teacher 2) Say the Problem Without Blame 3) Think of Solutions 4) Think of Consequences

Say the problem without blame.

200

Your friend just feel off of the swing and starts crying. Act out what you would do and say to show compassion and kindness.

Are you okay? Do you want me to take you to the nurse?

300

This skill for learning means that you look at the person speaking, keep your body still, don't interrupt, and ask questions when appropriate. a) Focusing Attention b) Listening c) Self-Talk d) Assertive

Listening

300

What emotion would something probably feel l if they were the only one in their class that didn't get invited to a classmates birthday party?

 a) Jealous 

b) Shy 

c) Sad 

d) Excited

Jealous or Sad

300
What are the first two steps in calming down?
Stop-use your signal and name your feeling
300

Name the blaming words in the following problem solving sentence. I never get to go on the swing first. You are always hogging the swing.

never, you, always, you

300

You start to worry about your spelling test. Practice the calm down steps.

Stop (Chill) Name my feeling (I am feeling scared) I need to calm down (belly breathe)

400

Which skill for learning means that you use your eyes to watch, your ears to listen, and your brain to concentrate. a) Focusing Attention b) Self-Talk c) Be Assertive

focusing your attention

400

Your sister scraped her knee on the sidewalk and she is crying. How can you show compassion? a) Ignore her b) Wish that she will feel better and walk away c) Look at her with a sad face and walk away d) Offer to help her up and get her a band-aid.

d) Offer to help her up and get her a band-aid

400
Ethan is having a difficult time doing his math homework. He is started to get frustrated. What should he do to calm down? a) tear up his paper b) yell at his teacher c) belly breathe d) say "I need to calm down. I can ask for help."
c and d
400

When thinking of solutions to a problem, they must be ____________ and ______________. 

a) easy 

b) right 

c) safe

 d) respectful

safe and respectful

400

Compliment another classmate on something they do well.

Thumbs up or down--was it nice?  Was it respectful?
500

Which skill for learning means that you talk to yourself in a quiet voice so that you can focus, ignore distractions, or calm down? a) Listening b) Focusing Attention c) Self-Talk d) Assertive

Self-Talk

500

What are some things that you can do to start a friendly conversation with a classmate? a) Say Hello b) Ignore the person c) ask them a question d) make fun of the person

Say hello and ask questions

500

How do you belly breathe? 

a) Put your hand on your belly. Breathe in and out slowly.  

b) Breathe in and out as fast as you can. 

c) Squeeze your belly with your hands. Take a breath.

a) Put your hand on your belly. Breathe in and out slowly.

500
You and your best friend can't agree on who should get to go first on the monkey bars. You decide that one of you will go first today and one of you will go first tomorrow. What is a positive and negative consequence for this solution?
positive: you both get a chance to go first negative: one of you will have to wait to go first
500

Another classmate keeps humming while you are trying to work. Act out using positive self-talk.

I need to focus! I am going to ignore the humming. If it continues I will ask them to stop.