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Skills at School
Skills at Home
Skills with Friends
Collaboration or Catastrophe
100
Danielle and Brain are working on math problems for homework. Danielle becomes frustrated when she cannot figure out how to solve the long division problem she is doing. Brian stops working to explain the problem to Danielle.
Teaching others.
100
Michelle is sitting at the dinner table, tired, after a long day at school while her parents are asking her questions about her day. Although she is tired, Michelle takes the time to chat with her parents while enjoying the meal with her family.
Having conversations with others.
100
Andrew and Matt are neighbors. They both have cars which means they drive themselves to school each day. Andrew tells Matt he will drive to school this week. Matt says, "Thanks, I will drive to school next week!"
Taking turns.
100
Nicole is telling Jordan about her new puppy. She is so excited about it. Jordan is looking down at his phone the entire time.
This is a bad example of having a conversation with others. Jordan should make eye contact with Nicole to show her that he is listening.
200
Ryan wants to play soccer during recess while his best friend Tyler wants to play basketball. Tyler explains to Ryan that they played soccer during recess yesterday. Ryan says, "You're right, I'll go get the basketball!"
Agreeing with others.
200
Rebecca is trying to curl her hair for her cousin's birthday party. Her sister walks in her room when she heard Rebecca say, "I can't do this!" Her sister takes the curling iron from her and shows her how to do it.
Teaching others.
200
Laura got her hair cut short and she told her friend that she wishes she never did. Her friend think it looks great. When her friend picks her up for school she says, "Laura your hair looks so pretty!"
Complimenting others.
200
Steph and Nick have ten minutes to finish their art project before the bell rings. Instead of working on their project, they are talking about their weekend plans.
This is a bad example of staying on task. Steph and Nick should be using their time wisely in order to work on finishing their project before the bell rings.
300
Mrs. Smith hands out the instructions for the group's English project. Mackenzie, Eric, and Mary read through the directions and split up group project roles so each person is doing the same amount of work.
Sharing group responsibilities.
300
Katie's parents have a chore list for her and her siblings. Some of their chores include taking out the trash, loading the dishwasher, and vacuuming the living room. Katie and her siblings rotate between who does which chore.
Taking turns.
300
Frank and Anthony are working together to fix the engine on Frank's car. This is difficult to do alone so they both put their phones down to get the job done without any distractions.
Staying on task.
300
Mark just had a big presentation to the class about the book he read for English. You could see on his face how nervous he was for it. After class, his classmates went up to him to tell him how well he did.
This is a good example of complimenting others. His classmates made him feel encouraged.
400
Anna is taking a test. She does not understand what the first question is asking. Instead of looking at Connor's paper who is sitting right next to her, she raises her hand.
Asking for help.
400
Hannah is home alone unloading the dishwasher when a large glass vase slips out of her hand and shatters. She only has five minutes to clean it all up before her mom gets home. She knows her mom would yell at her. Hannah grabs the phone to call her neighbor over to the house.
Asking for help.
400
Carly and Mike are buying a birthday present for Gabby. Carly offers to buy a cake while Mike offers to buy a card and balloons.
Sharing group responsibilities.
400
Morgan and Liz are roommates. They split the cost of groceries and make dinner together every night. Morgan wants pasta for dinner, but Liz wants chicken because pasta is easy to make. Morgan tells Liz she will have chicken for dinner because you can boil pasta anytime.
This is a good example of agreeing with others.