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WorksheetsSocial Detectives
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 14mins
What types of smarts do you already have?
What are social smarts?
The type of "smarts" in our brains that we use when we are around other people
Smart ideas that people who are social have
People who are good students and have alot of friends
"Smarts" in our brains that we use for school learning like math smarts, computer smarts, music smarts, science smarts, reading smarts, and more.
School Smarts
Social Smarts
Simple Smarts
When others see and feel that you are part of the group, for example keeping your body turned toward others and at about an arm's length from others, we call this:
Morning meeting
Rug time
Body in the group
Partner work
How can you show that your brain is in the group? You can choose more than one answer.
By making everyone talk about what you want
By staying on topic
By listening to what people are saying
By looking at the person who is talking
This means that you are using your eyes to look at a person and it makes them feel that you are thinking about what they are saying or doing
Eyeballing
Eye rolling
Thinking with your eyes
Spying
Asking your friend to come over and sit with you during lunch: expected, or unexpected?
expected
unexpected
Sending messages to your friends in the chat during class zoom lessons: expected or unexpected?
expected
unexpected
Not showing your face in the camera during zoom lessons: expected or unexpected?
expected
unexpected
Unmuting yourself and answering a question when the teacher calls your name: expected or unexpected?
expected
unexpected
Crying when the teacher doesn't call on you to answer a question: expected or unexpected?
expected
unexpected
What do social detectives use to figure out what others are doing or planning to do next?
their eyes
their ears
their brains
all of the above
When we act in expected ways what kind of thoughts do others have about what we do or say?
good (or OK, or neutral) thoughts
smart thoughts
no thoughts
detective thoughts
What kind of thoughts might you have about another person who is doing something that you do not expect?
tired thoughts
good thoughts
uncomfortable thoughts
When we use all of our tools (remembering, seeing, hearing, knowing and feeling) to figure things out and then make a guess based on what we know about the world, we make a (a) guess
When we forget or just don't use our tools (remembering, seeing, hearing, knowing and feeling) to figure things out, we make a (a) guess
Which ones of these are social detective tools? Check off ALL that apply.
eyes
ears
brains
empathy
To be a social thinker, I can:
be patient when someone else takes a turn
keep my brain in the group
keep my body in the group
think about how other people feel
think with my eyes, ears, and brain
