Case 18 of 20 · Emotional & Social Thinking

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Friendship Problem Solving

🔎Case Brief #18

📖 You're reading a story and the character needs to use navigating social challenges.

🎯 Your mission

Identify the real cause.

⚡ The twist

What is the other person feeling right now?

What You'll Learn

🧠 Your two best friends are fighting and both want you to pick a side. What do you do? Social problems are some of the hardest to solve — but thinking skills help! Understanding navigating social challenges is one of the building blocks of strong thinking. Here's how to do it: 1. Look carefully at the problem. What do you see? 2. Think about what you already know. Does this remind you of something? 3. Try an answer! It's totally okay to be wrong — that's how we learn. 4. Check: did it work? If not, try something else! You're building your thinking muscles. The more you practice, the stronger they get!

Key Concept: Navigating social challenges

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Think About This

📖 You're reading a story and the character needs to use navigating social challenges. What advice would you give them?

Thinking Steps

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👀 What Do I See?

Look at the problem about navigating social challenges. What do you notice?

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🤔 What Do I Know?

What do you already know that could help? Have you seen something like this before?

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💡 What's My Idea?

Think of an answer. Can you think of a second one too?

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⭐ What Did I Learn?

Check your answer. Was it right? What did you figure out? Tell someone!

Key Points

Master navigating social challenges

Apply emotional & social thinking in real situations

Build habits of emotional & social thinking

Key Vocabulary

Feeling

Something you feel inside, like happy or sad

Kind

Being nice to others

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Why This Matters in Real Life

Grown-ups use emotional social every day in their jobs. The practice you're doing now builds skills that last a lifetime!

Talk About It

Discuss these questions with a friend, parent, or classmate.

1Can you explain navigating social challenges to a friend using your own words?
2What was the most interesting thing you learned today?
3Draw a picture of what you learned and show it to someone!

Solve the Case

Case 1

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What is the main idea of navigating social challenges?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Notice one feeling today and name it out loud.

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For the dinner table

“When was the last time you guessed wrong about how someone felt?”

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