The Tikkun Project
Lesson
10
Choosing the Right Strategy for the Situation
Concept
The strength of our self-regulation tools should match the size and frequency of the problem.
Focus Question
What are the most helpful strategies we can use to manage our anger at school? How do we pick a tool that perfectly matches the size of our problem?
Knowledge & Understanding Goals
Kindergarten Program (2016), Overall Expectation 2: self-reliance and responsibility in managing behaviour and well-being.
Kindergarten Program (2016), Problem Solving and Innovating frame, Overall Expectation 4: Identify problems and state problems in their own words, and brainstorm and implement possible solutions.
Thinking & Learning Skills
Thinking Skills (Problem Analysis): Evaluating a social problem by frequency and intensity.
Learner Profile Connection (Reflective): Students look back at classroom moments to understand triggers and effective tools.
Context
After the Activity Mat (Lesson 9), this lesson zeroes in on high-intensity classroom conflicts, teaching students to classify events before choosing a matching strategy.
Lesson Outline
NAMING WHAT MAKES US ANGRY
List specific classroom moments that trigger anger or upset. For each example ask students:
1. How often does it happen?
2. How angry does it make us feel?
Example: line-cutting happens almost daily and causes mild anger; teasing happens a few times a week and causes strong anger.
BUILDING AN ANGER THERMOMETER
Create an Anger Thermometer with three colour blocks. Students place scenario sticky notes to show little/medium/very big Red Zone feelings.
MATCHING TOOLS TO THE PROBLEM
Review toolkit strategies gathered so far (Lessons 1, 2, 4, 8, 9). Select a matching tool for each scenario.
Notes for Teaching and Evaluation
Distinguishing frequency from intensity gives students two genuinely different dimensions to reason with.
The Anger Thermometer reuses the same graduated-scale logic as the Dashboard dial and the four corner zones.