Kevin was so excited about riding his dirt bike after school at a competition. When he got there, the competition was over. He was told the wrong day. He was so angry and said his day was ruined and complained about it every day.
Rock Brain
Penny couldn't wait to be the line leader, but then her teacher said someone else was going to be the leader for the day. Penny said, "OK" and thought to herself, "maybe I can be the leader another day."
Flexible Thinking
Will wanted to play with a toy in class. His teacher told him to put it away. He continued to play with it. She asked again and he stood up and stomped putting the item away. He then explained how unfair it was that he couldn't have it.
Rock Brain
Ms. Terrill asked the students to put their chromebooks away and get ready to learn. That made Jeff really angry! He decided to work on his chrome book anyway and then got in trouble.
Rock Brain
Valerie really wanted to play with Legos but her friend wanted to build a fort. They decided to make a Lego fort.
Flexible Thinking
John didn't want to do his math homework. Instead he slammed his book down and started tapping his pencil. He continued to tap his pencil even after he was asked to stop.
Rock Brain
Danny was riding his bike and his friend asked for a turn. He wasn't ready to get off but he decided he would share and let him have a turn.
Flexible thinking
Amir really wanted to talk about monster trucks but his friend wanted to talk about his favorite movie. He thought to himself, "I can talk about monster trucks later and asked his friend, what he like about the movie.".
Flexible Thinking
Mason really didn't want to leave PE to talk to his teacher. He became very upset and told her how mad he was and that he wouldn't leave.
Rock Brain
It was time for math and the teacher said it was time to work with partners. Talan really didn't want to work with his partners, but instead he worked with them anyway.
Flexible Thinking
Steve did not want to do writing today. He yelled and said, "I AM NOT DOING IT!"
Rock Brain
Dylan couldn't wait for the weekend to hang out with one of his friends. His mom said there was a change in plans and he couldn't come over. Dylan felt SO mad. He yelled and said this isn't fair!
Rock Brain
Allen really wanted to have a cheeseburger and fries for dinner but instead they were having meatloaf. Allen took 3 breaths and thought, "I can have a cheeseburger another time."
Rock Brain
Wyatt was excited to play Connect 4 with his sister. She picked the red pieces first. Wyatt yelled, "That's not fair. You always get red!" and then left the room.
Rock Brain
Reese was busy playing a video game when his mom asked him to finish his homework. He really didn't want to but took a deep breath and said "OK, mom."
Flexible Thinking
Give one example what you can do during a time of rock brain.
1) Take a deep breath 2) Self Talk 3) Look at the situation in a different way
