Self Control
What is Self Control?
Self-control is the ability to manage your actions, feelings and emotions
If you have something to say in class, you should do what?
Raise your hand.
Is this self-control?
You feel sad about something someone said to you and decide to journal.
Yes
If someone threatens to hit you, how should you respond?
walk away
tell staff
ignore them
You really want to talk about your favorite video game with your classmates, but your teacher is talking. What should you do?
Wait until class is over
Wait until you are allowed to talk
What does self control look like?
Students who have outstanding self-control are students who raises their hand to speak, uses kind words, plays fair, takes turns, walks quietly in the hallway, uses their inside voice, respects classroom equipment, and keeps hands & feet to self.
What can you do if you are starting to feel out of control at school?
Go get water to calm down, take deep breathes, ask to talk to an adult, count to 10, take a break
Is this self-control?
You yell about how gross lunch is and flip your tray on the floor?
No
You let a friend borrow your Rubick's Cube and now you want it back, what can you do?
ask them for it back
You feel annoyed when a boy in class keeps staring at you.
What should you do?
Ignore, using a coping skill.
Name 3 things you shouldn't do in school, ways you can control your actions.
No hitting, no pushing, no yelling, remain still, lay your head down, sit down and relax, find a quiet place, stop and think
You see a pen on a friend's desk and want to use it.
What should you do?
Leave it alone, ask permission, or find another one
Is this self-control?
You are told you have to wait a minute to be able to do what you want so you start ripping things off the wall.
No
You made a bad choice and now need to stay inside for recess. You are mad that you can't go outside. How should you respond?
Do nothing, you are responsible for your actions and the consequences that go with them.
You feel angry when a friend laughs at your drawing.
What should you do?
Ignore them, using a coping skills, talk it out.
What can you do if you feel like you won't be able to control yourself in a situation.
Leave if possible
use a coping skill
Your teacher says it's time to put your laptops away, but you don't want to.
What should you do?
Listen, put the laptop away
Is this self-control?
You found a screw on the ground during recess. You give it to staff member.
Yes
During work time, you want to get up and talk with a friend.
What should you do?
Keep quiet, sit still, don't interrupt others
Wait until class is over
Wait until it is an acceptable time to talk
You are angry when a friend starts cheating in a game.
What should you do?
Coping skill, relax, talk it out, tell the friend to play fair, ask an adult for help, go back over the rules
True or False: I can control everything around me in all situations?
False
Alex called out in class when her teacher didn't call on her.
Is she using self-control? Why or why not?
No, because she didn't wait and she is interrupting class.
Is this self-control?
You are tired of being in the classroom, so you decide to take a walk in the halls.
No
A peer dares you to trip another friend to make others laugh.
What should you do?
Ignore them
Dont do it
Ana feels angry with a friend so she walks away.
Is she using self-control? Why or why not?
Yes, she is walking away to calm down and think about the situation so she doesn't react aggressively.