Lesson 3: October 6-10th

Being a Good Sport🔗🔗🔗 Expected and Unexpected Behavior

To be a "good sport" means to maintain a positive, fair, and respectful attitude, especially in the face of competition or disappointment, whether you win or lose. It involves showing grace and good humor when challenged, treating others with kindness and respect, and accepting outcomes with a positive spirit rather than red zone anger.

Lesson 2: September 15-19th

Expected vs. Unexpected Behavior; how to match your behavior to where you are

What do I mean by expected and unexpected behaviors?

Expected behavior is simply behavior that is normal, reasonable and anticipated. Unexpected behavior is behavior that is out of the norm, and is unusual.

This way of talking about behavior is different than how it is normally discussed, in that it doesn’t address behavior as simply “positive” or “negative”, since what is expected can vary from situation to situation. For example, it is expected to speak quietly at a library, but not at a football game. It is expected to raise your hand to speak at school, but it would be unexpected to do that at home.

Why does this make a difference?

One of the key components of talking about expected and unexpected behavior is encouraging students to consider how their behaviors make others feel,  how their behaviors lead others to react, or even how their behaviors influence the way that others view/treat them. It is this piece that I believe really gets students to understand that their behavior has serious implications. If they exhibit unexpected behaviors at recess (hitting, not playing by the rules, etc.) it may lead to students not wanting to play with them.

When students begin to understand that their behaviors impact how others view them, they may be more motivated to change their behaviors.

Activity:

• Identify and circle expected vs. unexpected behaviors in the park