Social Thinking

Social Vocabulary

100

Define Thinking with Your Eyes

 When you are looking and thinking about what you are seeing

200

Give an example of Flexible Thinking

Answers may vary :) 

300

True or False.  Inflexbile thinking is called "stuck thinking"

True!

400

Define Social Thinking

Thinking about ourselves and other people.

500

What is a smart guess?  

Making a guess based on information or clues

Problem Size

100

True or False.  Problems come in all sorts of sizes

True! Problems do come in all sorts of sizes, just like feelings. We usually classify problems as small, medium and big.

200

Give an example of a small problem.

Answers may vary

300

You are standing in line at school and notice a student bump into another student kind of hard.  The student who was bumped starts yelling at the other student and seems really mad.  Soon they are both yelling.  What size of problem could this be?

A medium sized problem.  A medium sized problem may affect a few people and usually takes a little time to fix.  Often you may have to work with a teacher or parent to help solve it.

400

True or False.  Big problems are serious problems adults usually handle.

True.  Big problems may affect a lot of people and are too big for kids to figure out.

500

True or False.  Our feelings will always match the size of our problems.

False.  Sometimes our feelings about a problem are bigger than the problem itself.  It is important to try to remember the size of the problem and try to react appropriately. 

In the group

100

True or False.  Our bodies send messages to other people.

True! We communicate with our bodies all the time.

200

True or False. As long as our bodies are in the group our brains do not need to be in the group.

False.  Our brains help us figure out what people are thinking.

300

Tell 2 ways that you can show your teacher that your body is in the group.

Answers may vary but can include looking with your eyes and facing the teacher with your body

400

When my head or body is turned away from the group other people will think that:

A. I am probably intersted in them.

B. Not interested in them.

B. Not interested in them.

500

Tell two ways you can keep your brain in the group

Answers may vary but can include listening to others, making comments, asking questions, nodding your head

The Unthinkables

100

This unthinkable will do what he wants to do. He is not flexible.

Rockbrain

200

This unthinkable gets upset very easily and quickly.

Glassman

300

This unthinkable makes you move into other persons

space

Space Invader

400

This unthinkable becomes very competitive and insists on going first and playing only what he wants to play and does not think about others

Destroyer of Fun (D.O.F)

500

This unthinkable makes it hard for a person to focus on what he is doing or focus on others

Brain Eater

What would you do?

100

Another classmate stands really close to you in line.  What do you do?

Politely ask them to give you some space or back up a couple of steps

200

What would you do if you lost your mom in the store?

Go find a store employee and let them know whats going on.

300

Your friend gets a poor grade on a spelling test.  What can you say to make them feel better?

Answers may vary

400

What should you do if you need to ask your mom something and shes on the phone?

Wait until she's finished talking or politely get her attention.

500

What would you do if your best friend was playing with someone else at recess?

-Find someone else to play with for that recess 

                              OR

- Ask if you can join them