STEPS was an acronym we learned about at the beginning of the year to help us learn about conversational skills. Can you remember what it stands for?
Space, Taking Turns, Eye contact/gaze, Polite, Stay on Topic
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Name one thing you learned about another student in social language group this year. Think back to the beginning of the school year when we talked about our interests.
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Name atleast 3 "brain jobs"!
time management, organization, planning, self control, emotional control, metacognition, persistence, flexible thinking, task initiation, attention, working mem
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Give an example of a goal you would like to set for the rest of the school year, and talk about one of the steps you will take to achieve (meet) it!
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Name one or more of the conversational skills we practice each week during our "big question" discussions at the start of each group.
Taking turns, making comments, asking follow up questions, turning towards speaker, etc
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Tell the group one thing you remember learning or working on in social language group so far this school year.
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Give an example of a goal you have set in the past and accomplished.
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We discussed friendships and peer pressure earlier this year. In your own words tell us what "peer pressure" means!
Influence from other people in your peer (age) group; can be positive or negative!
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Give an example of a brain job that helps you succeed at school.
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Can you remember what any of the letters in "IEP" stand for?
Individualized Education Plan
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Fill in the blank: _____ _____________ is a brain job that helps us start and complete our work at school.
Task initiation
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Name 3 ingredients you would put in your ideal "friendship soup!"