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Grades 3-5
Calm Session 3
Powers to Change
What You Think
Powerline
On the following slides, we'll see 2 prompts. One side of the room represents “I love it!” and the other side stands for “I loathe it!". Imagine a number line from 1 to 10. After each prompt, move to the area of the room that reflects your opinion. 2 volunteers share why they chose that spot on the powerline.
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Organizing School Supplies
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Broccoli!
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Ready to Learn
Put your hands on your belly
Breathe in and push your belly out!
Breathe out slowly
Today we will learn:
Helpful versus unhelpful thoughts
Powers to change what we think
Scientists found that plants grew better and lived longer when spoken to kindly, but wilted and struggled when treated with unkind words.
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Positive Self-Talk
Turn and talk:
What is 1 thing that stood out to you in the video?
Unhelpful Thoughts Helpful Thoughts
Unhelpful Thoughts bring you down like "I always mess up," or "I'll never be good at this."
Helpful Thoughts build you up, like "I can do this," or "I am trying my best."
Thought Power
Our brain is a muscle! We can make it stronger when we think helpful thoughts.
Our thoughts come from our brain.
This is our Thought Power!
Thought Power Steps
Catch It
Change It
Notice unhelpful thoughts.
Try a more helpful thought instead!
Check It
"Is this 100% true?", or "Is there another way to see this?"
Catch it!
Decide if each thought below is helpful or unhelpful.
Click to find out!
"I can try my best."
"It's okay to make mistakes."
"I can do hard things."
"I can ask for help."
"I can't do this."
"Everyone is better than me."
"I always mess things up."
"There's no point in trying."
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Helpful
Unhelpful
Unhelpful
Helpful
Unhelpful
Helpful
Check it! Change it!
I got a bad grade on my math test. I will never get better at math.
Check it! Is it true? Is there another way to see it?
Change it! Try a more helpful thought instead.
Pick the more helpful thought below! Click to see if you found it!
"I give up. No one cares anyway."
"I will never get the job I want when I grow up."
"I am still learning. I can ask for help so that I can get better."
Unhelpful
Helpful
Unhelpful
Check it! Change it!
I miss the goal in soccer. I always ruin the game.
Check it! Is it true? Is there another way to see it?
Change it! Try a more helpful thought instead.
Pick the more helpful thought below! Click to see if you found it!
"I give up. I am not good at any sport."
"I can try again next time. I have made goals before."
"No one wants to be on the same team with me."
Unhelpful
Helpful
Unhelpful
Check it! Change it!
I got a bad grade on my math test. I will never get better at math.
Check it! Is it true? Is there another way to see it?
Change it! Try a more helpful thought instead.
Pick the more helpful thought below! Click to see if you found it!
"She must think she is better than me."
"No one likes me."
"Maybe she wanted to sit somewhere else. I can check in with her to see."
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Write an unhelpful thought (no names) on a sticky note.
Place the sticky note in the middle of a blank piece of paper.
Let's pretend a friend has shared this thought with us.
Write a helpful thought they could think instead.
Pass each paper around the circle until each student has written a Helpful Thought in response to each Unhelpful Thought.
Sticky Thoughts
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Copy of Calm 3-5 Session 3 With Just Fragments
By Julie Hinshaw
