4th Grade Coping Unit #1

We are starting a new unit in 4th grade, about coping.  We worked on defining coping, and discussed what it means to us.  Coping is "dealing effectively with difficult things."  We talked about approaching our problems with 3 C's- control, change or cope.  We discussed how hard life is sometimes- we all have problems we encounter.  How can you deal with them?  Can you control your problem? Can you change it? If neither- you will have to cope with it.  We discussed how problems are either rock or clay problems.  I asked the students to come up with a rock and a clay problem they have experienced.  Next time, we will discuss how to cope effectively with our rock problems.