Good Choices Make Good Friends

1. Good Choices Make Good Friends A Think Before You Act Game

2. This game helps you think about the choices you can make! • Some choices help you keep your friends. • Other choices can cause problems!

3. On the following slides, there will be examples of interactions between friends. You must choose the correct way to handle each situation. You will choose the correct answers if you think of… • using self-control • thinking before acting • solving conflicts • refusing to go along with bad choices others make

4. Read the questions with your teacher, talk about it, then choose the correct answer. Your teacher will click the next slide and you will see the correct answer. Good Luck with Your Thinking!

5. You and your friend are at your house and you both want to use the same toy. You… • a. give in to your friend but then get upset later. • b. say, “Let’s take turns.” • c. grab the toy and say “This is my house and we are going to play my way.”

6. You and your friend are at your house and you both want to use the same toy. You… • b. say, “Let’s take turns.”

7. 2. You are eating lunch and someone wants your snack. You… • a. politely say, “No, I really like my snack. Maybe you can ask your mom to pack one in your lunch tomorrow. • b. find the teacher and tell on your friend. • c. say, “O.K.” just because you don’t want to hurt their feelings, but you feel upset because you didn’t get your own snack.

8. 2. You are eating lunch and someone wants your snack. You… • a. politely say, “No, I really like my snack. Maybe you can ask your mom to pack one in your lunch tomorrow.

9. 3. A friend is across the street and calls for you to come over. Your friend also tells you that you are a chicken if you don’t run across the street. • a. You run across the street because you don’t want to be called a chicken. • b. Tell the friend he needs to cross the street or he will be a chicken. • c. Tell your friend you will find a safe way to get across the street.

10. 3. A friend is across the street and calls for you to come over. Your friend also tells you that you are a chicken if you don’t run across the street. • c. Tell your friend you will find a safe way to get across the street.

11. 4. Your parents tell you that you must clean your messy room before you go outside. You… • a. ask your brother or sister to clean your room for you. • b. throw a temper tantrum to see if they will change their minds and let you do it later. • c. begin to clean your room so you can go outside.

12. 4. Your parents tell you that you must clean your messy room before you go outside. You… • c. begin to clean your room so you can go outside.

13. 5. You need to talk to your teacher but he/she is talking to someone else. You… • a. wait until your teacher is finished with his/her conversation. • b. use a loud voice and say, “Teacher, Teacher, I need to talk to you!” • c. keep pulling the teacher’s clothes to attract attention.

14. 5. You need to talk to your teacher but he/she is talking to someone else. You… • a. wait until your teacher is finished with his/her conversation.

15. 6. Your are in line to get a drink and someone cuts in front of you. You… • a. poke them as hard as you can. • b. let the other kid barge in so no one gets mad at you. • c. say, “ It’s my turn and I’ll be finished in just a moment.”

16. 6. Your are in line to get a drink and someone cuts in front of you. You… • c. say, “ It’s my turn and I’ll be finished in just a moment.”

17. 7. Your arms are full of books and the door is closed. You need help. You… • a. stand by the door waiting for someone to notice you. • b. say, “ Could you please open the door for me?” • c. yell in a very loud voice, “Let me in!”

18. 7. Your arms are full of books and the door is closed. You need help. You… • b. say, “ Could you please open the door for me?”

19. 8. In the gym you accidentally run into someone. You… • a. apologize for the accident and see if the person is hurt. • b. shout, “Get out of my way!” • c. just walk away and say nothing.

20. 8. In the gym you accidentally run into someone. You… • a. apologize for the accident and see if the person is hurt.

21. 9. You’re taking a spelling test and you have forgotten how to spell one of the words. You… • a. look at your neighbor’s paper. • b. start crying. • c. do your best to sound out the word.

22. 9. You’re taking a spelling test and you have forgotten how to spell one of the words. You… • c. do your best to sound out the word.

23. 10. You and your brother are getting ready to have breakfast. There is just a little bit of milk left in the carton. You… • a. tell your brother you will give him a dime if he lets you have all of the milk. • b. suggest that you both share. • c. grab it all before he has a chance to get any.

24. 10. You and your brother are getting ready to have breakfast. There is just a little bit of milk left in the carton. You… • b. suggest that you both share.

25. 11. As you go through the lunch line you get something you do not want. You… • a. yell, “I don’t want this!” • b. tell the lunch ladies they have yucky food. • c. say, “excuse me, I don’t care for this. Could you take it off my tray?”

26. 11. As you go through the lunch line you get something you do not want. You… • c. say, “excuse me, I don’t care for this. Could you take it off my tray?”

27. 12. As you get a glass out of the cupboard you drop it and it breaks. You… • a. pick up all the pieces and throw it away. • b. tell a parent and offer to help them clean it up. • c. walk away and leave the glass on the floor.

28. 12. As you get a glass out of the cupboard you drop it and it breaks. You… • b. tell a parent and offer to help them clean it up.

29. 13. You see a fire at a neighbor’s house. You.. • a. get to a phone immediately and call 911. • b. get your friend to come and watch it burn. • c. cry and scream.

30. 13. You see a fire at a neighbor’s house. You.. • a. get to a phone immediately and call 911.

31. 14. A classmate is throwing rocks at you on the playground. You… • a. throw rocks back at them. • b. let a teacher know there is a dangerous situation. • c. tell the classmate you will get someone to beat him up.

32. 14. A classmate is throwing rocks at you on the playground. You… • b. let a teacher know there is a dangerous situation.

33. 15. You come into an empty classroom and see that a classmate has left a watch sitting on his/her desk. You really want a watch like that. You… • a. put the watch inside his/her desk so it won’t get lost. • b. take the watch and put it in your backpack. • c. wear it just for the day and put it back first thing in the morning.

34. 15. You come into an empty classroom and see that a classmate has left a watch sitting on his/her desk. You really want a watch like that. You… • a. put the watch inside his/her desk so it won’t get lost.

35. Congratulations! You have completed the Good Choices Make Good Friends Quiz

36. Remember to make good choices!

37. Your friends will thank you! And you will stay happy and healthy!