Book 3.2 Creative & Reflective Thinking

Critical & Reflective Thinking

Adult definition: Critical and Reflective Thinking encompasses a set of abilities that students use to examine their own thinking and that of others. This involves making judgments based on reasoning, where students consider options, analyze options using specific criteria, and draw conclusions.

Student definition: A critical thinker will ask questions. They will think about things carefully and look at the reasons for them as well as other possible answers. Critical thinking includes not only problem solving, but being able to think independently, form your own opinions and trust your own thinking without peer pressure, even when asked to do things you don’t want to do.

Statement 2

I understand when someone feels upset or hurt and so I try to help them by showing empathy.

If you are implementing the program twice per week, that will allow you to complete the 20 statements within 10 weeks and allow for the program to be implemented all the way through three times per school year. Therefore, three books on video have been provided. One per season - Fall, Winter and Spring. If you are implementing the program less, then it is your choice of which books you wish to use.

Watch the accompanying storybook The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade, A Home for Bird and I Am Love read aloud on video.

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Recommended reading for I understand when someone feels upset or hurt and so I try to help them by showing empathy.

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Suggested: Fall

How do you see yourself? Are your behaviours, actions and words similar to that of a character in the storybook?

5 min. 43 sec.

The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade
by Justin Roberts
G. P. Putnam’s Sons Penguin Group
New York 2014
ISBN 978-0-399-25743-8

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Recommended reading for I understand when someone feels upset or hurt and so I try to help them by showing empathy.

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Suggested: Winter

4 min. 58 sec.

How do you see yourself? Are your behaviours, actions and words similar to that of a character in the storybook?

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by Phil Cummings

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Recommended reading for I understand when someone feels upset or hurt and so I try to help them by showing empathy.

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Suggested: Spring

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4 min. 54 sec.

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How do you see yourself? Are your behaviours, actions and words similar to that of a character in the storybook?

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A Home for Bird
by Philip C. Stead
Roaring Brook Press, New York 2012
ISBN 978-1-59643-711-1

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I understand when someone feels upset or hurt and so I try to help them by showing empathy.

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I notice when someone looks sad, hurt or upset and I try to help when they are in need.

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How do you see yourself? Are your behaviours, actions and words similar to that of any of the people in these pictures?

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I understand when someone feels upset or hurt and so I try to help them by showing empathy.

I can tell an adult if someone is upset or hurt, and I let the adult or someone else help out.

How do you see yourself? Are your behaviours, actions and words similar to that of any of the people in these pictures?

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I understand when someone feels upset or hurt and so I try to help them by showing empathy.

If someone is upset or hurt I don’t feel that I should help them. I might even think it is funny that they are upset and I laugh at them.

How do you see yourself? Are your behaviours, actions and words similar to that of any of the people in these pictures?

I understand when someone feels upset or hurt and so I try to help them by showing empathy.

Create your own skits with your class or watch the video shorts below that depict the above statement with an interpretation of the three emoji face choices.

Quick Review Video Shorts

How do you see yourself? Are your behaviours, actions and words similar to that of a character in one of the short videos?

I understand when someone feels upset or hurt and so I try to help them by showing empathy.

Discussion Questions

1. How do you see yourself? Are your actions, behaviours, and words similar to the characters and/or people that you saw in the attached pictures, storybook(s) and/or video(s)?

2. Would you change how you usually act or behave, or what you usually say when you approach someone who looks sad, hurt or upset?

3. What actions, words or behaviours should someone demonstrate to help someone who is sad, hurt or upset? Is it okay to try and make some feel better by offering kind words or comfort? Is it okay to get help from an adult for someone else instead of helping them yourself? Should you stay away from someone such as a good friend, if they seem sad, hurt or upset? Is it okay to laugh at someone or tease someone who gets hurt or who is upset or even sad? There are lots of videos shown on TV and YouTube where people get hurt and we are supposed to find it funny, is that okay?

Critical and Reflective Thinking

Statement 2

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Use a yellow crayon to colour in one face which best describes you.

I understand when someone feels upset or hurt and so I try to help them by showing empathy.

How do you see yourself?

Choose an answer that is honest and best describes you. Only you will be judging your own answer.