Social Skills

an emotional or social connection you have with another person or group

• Active Listening
• Relationship
• Body Language
• Social Skill 

Which is not the best way to express yourself

• art
• sculpting
• sleeping
• dancing 

Shelia waves to her friend and motions her to come sit down beside her.  Shelia is using ____________ to communicate with her friend

• Empathy
• Tolerance
• Behavior
• Body Language 

expressing your thoughts and feelings in a respecful way 

• Passive Behavior
• Aggressive Behavior
• Being polite
• Assertive Behavior  

Sharing and understanding another person's feelings is called

• tolerance
• relationship
• empathy
• assertive behavior 

Which of the following is how you choose to act?

• Assertive behavior
• Passive behavior
• Behavior
• Aggressive behavior

Be tactful if you have to criticize others.  Be sure your criticism is _____________.

• constructive.
• very specific.
• very general.
• funny.

You accidentally forgot your best friend’s birthday. What do you do?

• Avoid seeing or talking to your friend for the whole day
• Lie and pretend that you did remember it. They might believe you
• Be honest and apologize to your friend.
• Start a fight with them about something else and then run away screaming.

Your teacher gives you an assignment and you do not understand how to do it. What would you do?

• Tell your parents that the work is too hard, and ask for permission not to do it.
• Calmly raise your hand and ask the teacher to explain the parts of the assignment that you do not understand.
• Go tell the principal that the work is too hard.
• Get upset. Start to cry. The teacher will feel bad for giving too hard of an assignment.

Someone at lunch makes a mean joke about you. What do you do?

• Throw your food at this person. They deserve it for being rude
• Ignore the joke, and calmly tell an adult later if they keep picking on you.
• Cry. Other people might feel sorry for you.
• Get into a fight with this person.