Positive Thinking: Positive Stories
From Big Ideas by ClassDojo · 2020
4 minK1st2nd3rd4th5thSocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
Mojo learns to answer a negative story with a positive one that is also true — not fake cheerfulness, just the other half of the picture. The closing episode of the optimism series.
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Discussion
Optimism here isn't pretending. It's telling the whole story instead of the worst part of it.
- What positive story did Mojo tell himself?
- Why does the positive story still have to be true?
- What is the difference between being positive and pretending?
- What positive story could you tell about a hard thing this week?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: positive, negative, story, true, reframe.
Try it: Write one negative thought you had this week, then write a true positive story about the same thing next to it.