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WorksheetsSEL Pretest
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 11mins
When you have empathy for people, you...
Ignore them and hope it gets better
Listen with attention to what they are saying
Tell them how they should feel
There is a new boy in your class. You've decided to start a conversation with him so you can get to know him better. What are some things you can do to keep a conversation going? (There are 2 correct answers)
Ask more questions to keep the conversation going.
Look down at your hands when you are talking.
Tell him all about yourself.
Face him when you are talking to him.
Select the best example of being assertive when someone cuts in front of you in line:
Hey, get out of the way!
Oh...I don't know, but I think I was in front of you, maybe.
Who do you think you are-king of the world?
It is not okay to cut in front of me. The end of the line is back there.
Jill was very excited that her older sister was coming home for a visit. Then she found out that her sister had a change of plans and couldn't make it home. Jill is very disappointed. What is a compassionate thing you could do for Jill?
Ignore her and hope she will feel better soon
Tell her you are sorry her sister is not coming for a visit and invite her over to your house to watch a movie instead
Look at her very sadly
Wish that she felt better
You experience strong emotions only in your brain.
True
False
Select the first two things you should do to begin to calm down:
Stop-use your signal
Run
Name your feeling
Lie down
You are playing a game at recess. You notice that someone on the other team is cheating. You are so angry! What can you do to calm down?
Call the kid a cheater, and make sure everyone hears you
Belly breathe
Count to 10
Tell yourself, "Chill. I'll just get even with him later."
Anxiety is the uneasy feeling you get when you are worried about something that might or might not happen. When you feel anxious it is good to:
Yell
Clench your teeth
Use self-talk to tell yourself that it's okay
Look things up on the internet
Which one of the following is not one of the Second Step Problem-Solving Steps?
D: Decide who is to blame
T: Think of solutions
P: Pick the best solution
E: Explore consequences
It's recess, and you and your friend want to play tetherball. But Jessie and Alex are already playing there...again! They've played tetherball at recess for the last two days. you have a problem. How can you say the problem in a way that doesn't blame anyone>
Jessie and Alex are hogging the tetherball, and the need to let us play now.
It's our turn, so we are going to play tetherball. We don't care what Jessie and Alex think.
We all want to play tetherball at the same time, and there is just on tetherball.
Jessie and Alex always get to do what they want-it's not fair.
Your friend wants you to take some money from your big sister's money-box when she is not home to ask. It is best to say to your friend:
No, I don't want to do that.
I need to think about it.
If you want to do it, that's fine with me.
Do you think I will get in trouble?
