Expected and Unexpected Behaviors

In third grade, we have taken some time to learn about social skills. On Monday, we read a story with Ms. Wageman that helped us understand our actions and the impact they can have on our classroom and school community. Some language that we have been using all year is expected and unexpected behaviors. We learned that when we are acting with expected behavior, people around us feel comfortable and want to be our friend. When we are acting with unexpected behaviors, people may have uncomfortable feelings and may not want to be with us. The third graders learned that it is up to them to use their "social smarts" to figure out what is expected behavior for different situations. 

This morning we picked a few times of our day to focus on and we practiced writing expected and unexpected behaviors in small groups! They had some great ideas!