Tell me one activity you remember us doing in class.
Many options!
Controller, role model superheros, compliment boxes, anger game, practicing our table manners, comfortable/uncomfortable feelings
100
What does self-control mean?
Being in control of your behaviors or actions.
100
How many points do you need in order to earn something from the prize box?
10 points
200
Tell me which expectation you believe is most important and why.
Student opinion!
200
Tell me what a comfortable feeling is.
Hint hint! You have to explain what it is and then give me an example.
Something that makes us feel okay.
Examples = happy, calm, surprised, joyful...
200
Tell me about the compliment boxes we made.
We made compliment boxes to tell our friends good things about themselves. We practiced saying positive things about people in our class.
200
What is a compliment?
A nice thing you say to someone. A positive statement you make about someone.
200
Tell me about the activity that Karlene taught us.
Thinking about bubble around you. Different colors.
300
In this class, how can you show me that you are being respectful?
Hint hint! How do you earn your points for "Be Respectful?"
Listening to the speaker with my mouth closed
300
Tell me what an uncomfortable feeling is.
Hint hint! You have to explain what it is and give me an example.
A feeling that makes us feel bad.
Examples = stressed, angry, frustrated, embarrassed...
300
Tell me about the anger game we played.
Hint hint! Ms. Cleary joined us for the game!
We listened to situations and decided if they were good ways or bad ways of showing our feelings.
300
What are table manners? Give me an example.
Ways that you act while eating food at the table. An example is to wipe your mouth or to chew your food quietly.
300
Tell me one of the steps for "I'm in Control" or "Self Control."
1. STOP
2. THINK
3. What could happen?
4. DECIDE
5. REFLECT
400
In this class, how can you show me that you are being responsible?
Hint hint! How do you earn your points for "Be Responsible?"
Raising my hand when I have something to say
400
Tell me one feeling that could be comfortable and uncomfortable. Give me an example of when this could happen.
Scared
Comfortable = riding a roller coaster
Uncomfortable = watching a scary movie
400
What exercise do we practice at the start of each class?
Breathing exercise!
400
** BONUS! **
What kind of pet does Ms. Bopp have?
Dog and cat
400
Tell me about your most favorite class we've had. You have to tell me why it was your favorite, too!
Many options!
500
In this class, how can you show me that you are giving your best effort?
Hint hint! How do you earn your points for "Give my Best Effort?"
Being a kind friend with my words and actions
500
Is it okay for everyone to have different feelings? Is it okay for you to feel more than one feeling at a time?
Give an example!
Yes! Yes!
I may be calm and happy at the same time.
500
** BONUS! **
Walk the class through the breathing exercise that Ms. Bopp does at the start of each class.
Close your eyes, feet on the floor. Take a deep breath it, make your belly as big as you can, hold it in. Blow it all out into your balloon. Do it again.
500
What does perspective mean?
Hint hint! Remember our activity... we looked at a picture that had two faces.
Different ways of looking at things
500
Why do you think we had this class?
To teach us new skills, to talk about our feelings and how to deal with them, to practice skills that we may not get to practice often