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Out on a limb
Out of my mind
Out of body experiences
Blurt out
Out of ideas
100
You state out loud thoughts that are related to the topic in some way but are not directly related to the current topic.
What is going off on a tangent or tangent talking?
100
ITBD
What is an Inside the Brain Distracter.
100
A way to communicate without words.
What is a body message or body language?
100
When you make big body movements that distract other people.
What is body blurting?
100
The color you get when you mix red and blue.
What is purple?
200
This is how teachers feel when students add a lot of tangential information when they are teaching.
What is frustrated? What is that it is difficult to teach?
200
OTBD
What is an outside the brain distracter?
200
This consists of your face, posture, hand, arms, legs, and more.
What is your body?
200
Butting in, talking out of turn, talking while the teacher is talking.
What is word blurting?
200
WTC
What is a whopping Topic Change.
300
Too much tangent talking during a lesson causes other students to feel this way.
What is distracted?
300
A fidget, chewing gum, venting.
What are strategies for ITBD's.
300
People try to guess how we feel or what we are thinking based on this.
What is our body messages or body language?
300
Ways others feel about people who blurt with their words.
What is rude? What is that what they have to say is more important than what others have to say?
300
A phrase used when other people notice your brain is distracted to help you get back on track.
What is roll your brain in.
400
The listener can follow what the speaker is talking about. The listener feels like the speaker is interested in him or her.
What is staying on topic?
400
Closing the blinds, moving an object, moving to a quieter place.
What are strategies for OTBD's.
400
When you do something unexpected with your body that makes others have weird or uncomfortable thoughts you are sending this.
What is a confusing body message.
400
Touching others in an unexpected way is a form of this.
What is body blurting?
400
Kermopolis
What is Ms. Tobi's pretend last name?
500
What is the topic? What am I supposed to focus on related to the topic? How will my comment or question affect the group?
What are questions to ask yourself before making a comment or question? What are strategies for maintaining the topic and avoiding the tangent.
500
Anything that takes your attention away from you should be thinking about.
What is a distracter.
500
You are laying on the table with your head down but you are not sleeping. You could be sending others this body message.
What is you are tired? What is you don't care? What is you are bored?
500
This Social Thinking Skill helps us avoid blurting.
What is thinking with your eyes?
500
When you go a totally different direction in conversation to a point where people are confused and don't understand your thinking.
What is a Whopping Topic Change?