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Preview an SEL skills lesson: Understanding Others' Point of View
[SCENE 1]
Tyler: Did you change the plan for Saturday? Kate told me we were going to hang out in the morning.
Serena: Yeah. Is everything okay?
Tyler: I wish you told me. I can’t come in the morning. I have basketball practice.
Serena: Oh… That’s why you’re upset.
Tyler: Yeah. I just want to come along too.
Serena: I wouldn’t want you to miss it either. We can make a new plan.
[FROM MY VIEW]
Serena: (voice over) When I have a problem with a friend, I think about how they see the problem and how they feel about it. This helps me come up with the solution.
[SCENE 1 replay]
Tyler: Did you change the plan for Saturday? Kate told me we were going to hang out in the morning.
Serena: Yeah. Is everything okay?
Tyler: I wish you told me. I can’t come in the morning. I have basketball practice.
Serena: Oh… That’s why you’re upset.
Tyler: Yeah. I just want to come along too.
Serena: I wouldn’t want you to miss it either. We can make a new plan.
[FURTHER PRACTICE]
Narrator: When we see a problem from another person’s side, we think about how they feel in the situation. We think about the situation.
Tyler: I can’t come in the morning. I have basketball practice.
Narrator: And how they feel.
Serena: Oh… That’s why you’re upset.
Tyler: Yeah. I just want to come along too.
Narrator: We should think about how we would feel in the same situation.
Serena: I wouldn’t want you to miss it either. We can make a new plan.
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