Common Emotional Triggers in Room 12:

1. Having your personal space invaded.
   
   
2. Seeing a friend’s space invaded.
   
   
3. Someone touching personal property.
   
   
4. Teasing and bullying.
   
   
5. Yelling.
   
   
6. Being asked to do something you do not want to do (e.g., get off technology or come in from recess).

LITTLE acts of kindness can go a long way toward making someone feel a LOT better. In room 12, we call acts of kindness filling someone’s bucket.

Bucket Filling

We can fill someone’s bucket by:

• Saying or doing something kind.
• Helping without being asked.
• Giving sincere compliments.
• Showing respect to others.

Now lets watch what bucket filling looks like:

Charlie Brown Episode on Bucket Filling

Our “inner coach”is the positive voice inside our head that talks to us all day long. In room 12, we look at how that voice can contribute to our life in a healthy way. It’s easier to listen to our coach when we are focused on the present and not worrying about what has happened in the past or what might happen in the future.  Listening to our coach means not giving up and believing, “you can do it!”

Below are some inner coach videos:

 

 

 

Super Hero Talent Assignment

What makes you extra-ordinary?

For our first art project of the year, you will be designing yourself as a superhero that showcases your extra-ordinary talent.

Click here to view the assignment.

Morning Message

Our “inner coach”is the positive voice inside our head that talks to us all day long. Listening to our coach means not giving up and believing, “you can do it!”

Morning Message

Morning Message

Morning Message

I should mind my own business when …

I should share about someone else’s business when …

Morning Message

Morning Message

Morning Message

Morning Message

Thursday, October 18, 2018

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The Zones of Regulation reminds us that while some problems are really big, most problems at school are little and can be fixed quickly.

When problems occur it is important that our reactions match the size of the problem. The above Zones of Regulation ‘thinking tool’ helps us evaluate how big and small problems are.

Life is full of problems and challenges. Luckily, as we have investigated, most problems that occur at school are little or small problems that can be easily solved. People who solve problems are called problem solvers. Problem solvers look to see how they can make the world better for others. Problem starters make bad things even worse.

Good problem solvers are creative thinkers. They listen to their coach and refuse to quit. When problem solvers work with others, they use the “Yes, and …”  strategy to build on other people’s ideas. Below are some videos about some incredible problem solvers. We will begin with the legend of a tiny, but mighty problem solver: the hummingbird.

 

In room 21, we have learned that teasing is the worst! It is an unexpected behaviour. It makes people feel uncomfortable and will lead to people not wanting to be around you.

Unfortunately, teasing sometimes happens at school. If someone does tease you, there are three things students can do:

1. Stay calm.

2. Walk away.

3. Ask an adult for help.

Please watch the two below videos that teach us about what teasing looks like and what we can do if someone teases us.

Example #1

Example #2

Now let’s see what treating others how you want to be treated looks like!