Zones of Regulation

Emotions

1

Students are working and focused on the teacher. What Zone are they in?

Green

2

True or False: Excited is a Blue Zone Feeling

False - Yellow Zone

3

What is your energy level when you are in the Blue Zone? High or Low

Very Low

4

Expected behaviors bring what kind of feelings of others around you? (what zone?)

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When your neighbor is focused and following directions, and, you are distracted. What zone do they remind you to be in?

Green

5

Why are unexpected behaviors in the classroom not helpful for learning?

It makes other students distracted and in the yellow zone. Students need to be in the green zone for learning.

Regulation (self control)

1

A student is feeling sad and left out because he/she has no one to play with. What zone is he/she in?

Blue

2

True or False: Feeling grossed out and scared are Red Zone Feelings.

False - Yellow

3

What is your energy level when you are in the Green Zone?

Calm, moderate or relaxed

4

Unexpected Behaviors bring what types of feelings to others around you? (what zone?)

Yellow

5

Why is the green zone expected in school?

Green zone is expected in school because students need to be focused, calm and ready at all times for learning to occur.

Safety

1

You are in Target with your mother looking at books. You turn around and realize she is not there. You feel scared! What zone are you in?

Yellow

2

True or False: Nervous is a Yellow Zone Feeling

True

3

What is your energy level when you are in the Yellow Zone?

a little high, restless or fidgety

4

When a person is in the Red Zone, How do people around them feel?

Scared, nervous - Yellow Zone

5

If a friend sitting near you is acting silly and in the yellow zone, what could you say that would be kind and helpful to you, your classmates and the teacher?

Please stop acting silly we are all trying to focus and you are distracting us.

Groups

1

You are eating your lunch in the cafeteria and you all the sudden feel sick to your stomach. What zone are you in?

Blue

2

True or False: Shy is a Yellow Zone Feeling

False - Blue

3

What is your energy level when you are in the Red Zone?

High, fast breathing, heart racing, sweating, can't sit still

4

Name 3 Blue Zone Feelings

Tired, Sad, bored, hurt, sick

5

Tell one situation that the Green Zone is unexpected.

Amusement park ride, haunted house, PE class during kickball...

out of control

1

You and a friend disagree and your friend pushes you. What zone is your friend in?

Red

2

Is it expected behavior to yell out in class, "I am bored"?

No

3

Do all people show the same level of energy in each of the different zones?

Not always - Emotions are the same but it may look different in different people

4

Name 2 strategies you can use to bring yourself from the Yellow Zone to the Green Zone.

talk a break, ask to take a walk, get a drink, take a deep breath, read a book

5

True or False: Red Zone Feelings are OK BUT Red Zone behaviors are usually unexpected.

True