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Preferences - Likes - Suggestions & Ideas - Solutions and Problem Identification - Creativity
Samples for ideation:
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Choose between two, three or more options
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Suggest a new option
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Communicate an interest or desired activity
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Express a goal s/he wants to achieve
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Draw your feelings, your family
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Solve a simple physical problem (e.g. easy rubrics cube, simple puzzle
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Plan an activity or lesson for the class
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Build a house, animal, toy
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Play/sing a song, dance, perform a magic trick
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Decide gow to help a classmate
SELF-DETERMINATION
Make Choices - Voting - Making Decisions - Expressing Likes and Dislikes - Doing Things Independently - Decide to Attempt Something New
Samples for self-determination:
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Choose between two, three or more activities
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Vote for a class decision
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Solve a practical problem independently
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Decide to clean up own mess
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Choose one habit or skill to improve
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Decide on who to help and how
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Volunteer to be last in a queue
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Set a personal target for the week
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Choose how to help your family at home
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Select a song
COLLABORATION
Emphasizing Interaction (working in pairs & groups) -
Interdependence (each contributing to the group) - Cooperation (support each other) -
Compromise (able to give and take) -
Accept majority decision
Samples for collaboration:
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Turn-taking games (e.g. playing jenga, card games)
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Pass the parcel
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Sharing colouring crayons
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Colouring a group picture
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Building a lego building
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Taking turns with jigsaw puzzle
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Playing musical instruments
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Dancing together
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Catch
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Acting out a scene
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Planning a birthday surprise for a class member
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Cleaning the classroom together
RESEARCH
Finding out things for him/herself -
Exploring -
Finding out how to do things
Samples for research:
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Ask for help on own initiative
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Work out how to use the drinks machine by trial and error and following written/visual instructions
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Locate an object s/he needs in the classroom oon own initiative
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Find out how to get to a shop in the neighbourhood
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Using Google Maps
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Using Google to search for neede resources or information
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Find a book in the library that provides needed information
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Hold a survey among friends
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Count how many times a certain incident occurs
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Take a photo or videos of sider webs, birds, different trees
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Work out the most effective routine for packing a bag
SELF-EVALUATION
Expressing opinions about own performance -
Identifying strengths and areas for improvement -
Identify mood and emotions
Samples for evaluation:
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Indicate whether s/he likes or dislikes a lesson activity
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Indicates on a scale of 1-5 what s/he liked about different parts of a lesson
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Describes (accurately) her/his behaviour over a recent activity
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Defines her/his strengths and areas for improvement
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States the emotions s/he felt during the day and how s/he managed them
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Suggests a away to improve a recent activity or suggest an alternative based on a problem encountered
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Communicates how friends could be helped after completing a group activity
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Is able to state how s/he got on with different group members
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Assesses what went well and not so well during a team activity
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Can identify the challenges her/his teacher had during the day
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Can state what s/he liked and disliked about a film, TV show, or games