Thinkables and Unthinkables
Thinkables and Unthinkables
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WHAT AND WHY?
Motivate kids to develop their self-regulation and flexible-thinking skills with these 14 sneaky Unthinkables. Characters such as Glassman, Rock Brain, Worry Wall, and Energy Hare-y are on the loose trying to sabotage our thinking and social behaviors! (New to Superflex? See what it’s all about in this short article.) Once children are using the Superflex…A Superhero Social Thinking Curriculum, hang this poster in your classroom, clinic, or home to remind kids of the strategies they’ve learned and to help you strengthen teachable moments.
Rock Brain
Rock Brain
Glassman
Glassman
Brain Eater
Brain Eater
Worry Wall
Worry Wall
WasFunnyOnce
WasFunnyOnce
Space Invader
Space Invader
Destroyer Of Fun
Destroyer Of Fun
Body Snatcher
Body Snatcher
Energy Harey
Energy Harey
One Sided Sid
One Sided Sid
Un-Wonderer
Un-Wonderer
Mean Jean/ Gene
Mean Jean/ Gene
Topic Twistermeister
Topic Twistermeister
Grump Grumpany
Grump Grumpany
The Unthinkables
The Unthinkables
"Who is invading your brain right now?"
"I can tell that _______ is in your brain."
The Thinkables
The Thinkables
"Who can you call on right now?"
"Who do you need to defeat _______?"
Thinkables have been seen all over Social Town now that children are learning to use self-regulation and flexible-thinking strategies! (New to Superflex? See what it’s all about in this short article.) Kids can call on their Superflex and Thinkable powers anytime, anyplace, to defeat Unthinkables, coach them along the expected social route, and avoid unexpected behavior. Once children are using the Superflex…A Superhero Social Thinking Curriculum, hang this poster in your classroom, clinic, or home to remind kids of the strategies they’ve learned and to help you strengthen teachable moments.
Rex-Flexinator
Rex-Flexinator
Space Respecter
Space Respecter
Kool Q. Cumber
Kool Q. Cumber
Focus Tron
Focus Tron
PosiTina
PosiTina
HumorUs
HumorUs
Other-Side Sally
Other-Side Sally
Inventor Of Fun
Inventor Of Fun
Stick Withem
Stick Withem
Meditation Mat
Meditation Mat
SociaLee Wonderer
SociaLee Wonderer
Nice Bryce
Nice Bryce
Tracker
Tracker
Sunny Sun
Sunny Sun
HOW?
Take a look at your students this year. What types of behaviors are you noticing? There's an Unthinkable and a Thinkable for that!
ELEMENTARY
ELEMENTARY
Are students having big reactions to small problems? That's Glassman!
Are students stuck on one way of thinking and having a difficult time being flexible? That's Rock Brain!
Check out the posters of the Unthinkables, and decide on about 5-6 different key Unthinkables that are invading your students' brains throughout the day. Then choose the Thinkables that they can call on to defeat them.
UPPER ELEMENTARY/ SECONDARY
UPPER ELEMENTARY/ SECONDARY
You can use Social Thinking's team of Unthinkables and Thinkables OR you can have your students create their own for your classroom.
Have students discuss the issues in your classroom. Decide what the biggest problems are, and then have students draw what that Unthinkable would look like in their brains. Have a class contest where students can vote on their favorite one. Then have students create a name for it. After you create your Unthinkables, create a team of Thinkables to defeat them.
NOW WHAT DO I DO?
NOW WHAT DO I DO?
1. As you and your students are reading the stories in their book bags/bins, mentor texts, shared reading, etc. discuss what Unthinkables are in the characters' brains, and who they can call on to defeat them.
2. Hang posters/ create a Pic Collage of the Unthinkables and Thinkables in your classroom. Students can come over to the visuals to help them have conversations about their actions and choices throughout the day.
3. Put the Thinkables and Unthinkables on daily behavior charts for individual students, and reward them for defeating their Unthinkables.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
Unthinkables and Thinkables Hand Gestures.mp4HAND GESTURES
HAND GESTURES
Use these hand gestures to cue students on what is happening in their brain.
Students can also cue their peers by using the had gesture of who they can call on (the Thinkable), or what is going on in their peer's brain (the Unthinkable).
IMPORTANT: When teaching students to use the hand gestures, remember that it is a ONE and DONE. They only show their peer one time, and then they move away/continue to show the expected behavior.
It is also important to remind students of their CIRCLE OF CONTROL, and that they can only control their OWN thoughts, feelings, and actions.
UNTHINKABLES
UNTHINKABLES
Use this presentation to introduce the Unthinkables and Thinkables.
Each Unthinkable slide has a book to use to introduce the Unthinkable to students.
Click on the links in the presentation to play the YouTube version of each story.
Have students watch the story, and then reflect on when each of the Unthinkables invades the characters' brains. Who can they call on? Has there been a time when they had the same Unthinkable invade their brain? Write or draw about it.
READ ALOUDS AND REFLECTIONS
READ ALOUDS AND REFLECTIONS
ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES
The Unthinkables presentation above with read alouds are now interactive google slides!
Students are introduced to 13 UNTHINABLES. Students will listen to the story linked on the slide, and then they reflect on when this Unthinkable may have invaded their brain using the text box on the following page.
Make a copy of these slides and push out one Unthinkable a day, or use them as a bundle and have students reflect at their own pace.
Click HERE for Google Slides
Each Unthinkable has its own Seesaw Activity. Students will listen to the read aloud and then respond by typing and/or recording their response.
Click each Unthinkable for the corresponding Seesaw Activity:
CREATE YOUR OWN
CREATE YOUR OWN
PRIMARY VERSION #1
PRIMARY VERSION #1
Thinkable_Unthinkables.pdfClicke HERE for Spanish PDF
Click for Google Slide Version ENGLISH/ SPANISH
Click for Seesaw Version ENGLISH/ SPANISH
This version is in Google Slides and Seesaw. Students can create their own Unthinkable and Thinkable, and then draw or right about the strategies they can use to help defeat their Unthinkable on the Road Map.
Slides can be used for Primary or Upper Elementary.
INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR CONTRACTS
INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR CONTRACTS
Thinkables and Unthinkables on a key ring for students to identify what is happening in their brain.
Social Thinking vocabulary and Unthinkables/ Thinkables cards for paraprofessionals, noon duty supervisors, aides, etc.
Students can come over and tap who is invading their brain, and who they are going to call on to defeat the Unthinkable.
Use your school mascot to remind students to be social detectives and to defeat the Unthinkables in their brain throughout the day.
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