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SUPERFLEX CHARACTERS
WHAT'S GOING ON?
CONSEQUENCES OF BEHAVIOR!
ACT IT OUT!
REAL LIFE!
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I love talking to my friends and family about my love for playing basketball. I Whenever I see my friend Colton, I talk to him about it. What character am I?
One-Sided Sid
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What character do you see?
Glass Man
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When we have unexpected behavior people around us might start to have ------------- thoughts about us. What type of thoughts?
Uncomfortable thoughts. When our behavior is expected, people have good thoughts about us and will enjoy being around us.
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Your teacher is about to start teaching at the board, what does expected behavior look like?
Act it out!
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Tell us about a time when you saw an expected behavior.
What's your story?
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My teacher always wants us to read books during class during our quiet time. I don't like reading, I think ill draw on the whiteboard instead. What character am I?
Brain Eater
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Rock Brain is on the attack! What are some superflex strategies to defeat him?
Use self-talk to help you remember that being part of a group means you can't always do it your way. You can also take deep breaths or count to ten.
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Your mother tells you every night at 8:30 to turn off the t.v. and get ready for bed. How do you think she would feel if 8:25 you had turned off the t.v. and begun to get ready for bed without being told?
Happy/proud that you did what you need to without her having to ask.
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Oh no! Brain Eater is invading again! The teacher is talking about the field trip that you are going on tomorrow when all of a sudden you see a dog outside. Show us your Brain Eater impression!
Act it out!
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Tell about a time that Rock Brain invaded your brain and you were unable to defeat him?
What's your story?
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At the baseball field, Amy's friends are trying to make up a new way to play a game. They are saying you get 5 strikes instead of 3. Amy tells them to go back to the real rules. What character is Amy?
Rock Brain
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Oh no! Billy still needs to do his homework, but he doesn't want to stop playing video games. Quick Superflex Academy Trainee! Show Billy how he could use his self-talk to defeat Rock Brain!
Billy needs to think about what type of thoughts his parents or teacher might have if he does not get his homework done and what type of consequences he may have. If he does his homework first he may get more time to play games after.
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When a teacher tells another student to stop talking, it is also a good idea for you to keep quiet. What might happen if you keep talking after a teacher tells another student to be quiet?
Feel upset/sad. Feel that you were not listening.
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One Sided Sid won't go away!! Your friend won't stop talking about the video game he played last night. Defeat One-Sided Sid! What do you do/say?
Act it out!
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Tell about a time that you used a strategy to overcome Brain Eater!
What's your story?
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John and Cindy are playing a game of charades. John is guessing letters and none of them are in the word. He decides he has had enough and throws all the papers on the desk on the ground. What character is John?
Glass Man
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A Superflex nightmare! Oh no, James, Sally, and Suzzie are all supposed to be working on a project together, but Rock Brain has invaded and they all want to do something different! What might be some consequences if they don't compromise?
They might have uncomfortable thoughts about each other. The teacher will feel that they are being unexpected.
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Students are expected to do certain things each day without being asked. Name two things that you should do every day at school without being asked by your teacher.
Name those activities.
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Games are not always played exactly according to the rules. If the group agrees to deviate from the rules, that is okay. What can you say to yourself to help you accept a change in rules even if you don't like it?
Act it out!
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Being flexible is better and often faster than being rigid. Show us just how much faster! Find a rigid object and a flexible object in the room. You have 30 seconds, GO!
Being flexible is having the ability to look at what is going on around us and being willing to modify or change what we are doing to be expected.
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Peter and Susan decided to go see a movie on Friday night. Peter wants to go see the newest action movie while Susan wants to see a comedy. Peter tells Susan that he will not see any movie but an action movie. Susan says she can go to an action movie if they go to a comedy next time. What are the two characters in this example?
Rock Brain and Superflex
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Superflex needs your help cadet! Rock Brain has taken over an entire classroom! The students have a substitute teacher and they don't want to listen. Defeat Rock Brain by telling them why they should listen.
Example consequences of listening/not listening
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Your friend is very excited! It is your first time coming over their house and they've planned and set up several different activities for the two of you to do. You were hoping to do something else and you tell him that his ideas don't sound like much fun. How does he feel? How does he then behave to you? How does that make you feel?
Remember, for every behavior, there are consequences. Our behavior has an effect on how others feel, how they then behave towards us, which has an effect on how we feel.
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If it is time to move on to another activity, it is okay to leave something unfinished and come back to it later. You are almost done putting a puzzle together when the teacher says that it is time for math. Start having a Glass Man moment, but then talk yourself through it.
Act it out!
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Tell about a time where you saw One-Sided Sid in action.
What's your story?