Flexible Thinking

Dylan 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.

Wyatt 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 truck later and asked his friend, what he like about the movie.".

Kevin 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.

Wyatt was excited to play the Connect 4 with his sister. She picked the red pieces first. Charlie yelled, "That's not fair. You always get red!" and then left the room.

How would someone feel when you demonstrated flexible thinking and why?

It was time for math and the teacher said it was time to work with partners. Wyatt really didn't want to work with his partner, but instead he worked with them anyway.

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.

Wyatt 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.

Kevin was busy playing a video game when is mom asked him to finish his homework. He really didn't want to but took a deep breath and said "OK, mom."

Jared text his brother. He didn't hear back from him right away, but he let it go and patiently waited because his brother must be busy.

Kevin 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 play with it.

Give one example what you can do during a time of rock brain.

Kevin 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."

Kevin did not want to do writing today. He yelled and said, "I AM NOT DOING IT!"

Dylan really wanted to play with Legos but his friend wanted to build a fort. They decided to make a Lego fort.

Ms. Terrill asked the students to put their chromebooks away and get ready to learn. That made Wyatt really angry! He decided to work on his chrome book anyway and then got in trouble. 

Wyatt wanted to play on the zipline at recess, but there were a bunch of kids already playing and not sharing. Instead of getting mad, Chris decided to go play tag instead.

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!

Susie texted her dad and she didn't get a response back immediately so she kept texting him and texting him and then called him.

Dylan couldn't wait to be the line leader, but then he teacher said someone else was going to be the leader for the day. Danny said, "OK" and though to himself, "maybe I can be the leader another day."