Students think through everyday situations and practice pausing to choose the caring, healthy response — learning we can control what we do, even when we can’t control what happens.
Students will be able to…
You can’t always control what happens to you — but you can control what you do next. How do you make a caring choice, even when you’re upset?
Project each situation and read it aloud. Have students pause, think, and pick the caring choice — the tool explains why it’s the healthiest one.
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Share a time you reacted too fast.
Model a decision.
Practice with scenarios.
Apply to real life.
Name the choice steps.
Aligned to the CASEL 5 social-emotional learning competencies.
Identify solutions and consequences, and make caring, constructive choices.
Pause and manage impulses before acting.
Resolve conflicts and communicate respectfully.
Engage effectively in collaborative discussions, expressing ideas clearly.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students draw a two-panel comic — an unhealthy choice and a caring one for the same problem — and label the consequence of each. A printable comic template is in the SEL library.
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A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.