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Grades 3-5
On the next slide, there will be a prompt.
Move to the area of the room that reflects your opinion.
Imagine the number line is across the room from 1 to 10. 1 means "I loathe it!" and 10 means "I love it!"
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Put your hands on your belly
Breathe in and push your belly out
Breathe out slowly
Our thoughts have power
We have the Power to change what we think
Practice our Thought Power
Scientists found that plants grew better and lived longer when spoken to kindly, but wilted and struggled when treated with unkind words.
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."
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!
Notice unhelpful thoughts.
"Is this really true?", or "Can I think of it another way?"
Try a more helpful thought instead!
Decide which thought below is helpful and unhelpful.
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Unhelpful
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"I need some more practice."
"I'm just bad at this."
"They're doing it on purpose to bother me."
"Maybe they didn't mean what they said."
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Decide which thought below is helpful and unhelpful.
"I can ask for help."
"Everyone is better than me."
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Decide which thought below is helpful and unhelpful.
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"It's okay to make mistakes."
"I always mess things up."
Decide which thought below is helpful and unhelpful.
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Is it really true?
Can I think of it another way?
Which thought is more helpful: 1, 2, or 3?
"I got a bad grade on my math test. I will never do a good job."
"I got a bad grade on my math test. I will never do a good job."
Which thought is more helpful: 1, 2, or 3?
"I missed the goal in soccer. I'm not doing this anymore!"
Which thought is more helpful: 1, 2, or 3?
Is it really true?
Can I think of it another way?
"I missed the goal in soccer. I always ruin the game."
Which thought is more helpful: 1, 2, or 3?
"That's so unfair!"
Which thought is more helpful: 1, 2, or 3?
Is it really true?
Can I think of it another way?
"Something bad is going to happen. I just know it."
Which thought is more helpful: 1, 2, or 3?
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 until each student has written a Helpful Thought in response to each Unhelpful Thought.