A Shift in the Game

 When we think of a "shift" in something.  That means something has quickly change and for the bad.  It is something that adults can expect that a shift might come but we can regulate our feelings and actions when it happens.  

For children, they don't know how to respond.  

A shift can be in a movie, TV show, video game, in a schedule, and in a board game. 

SET THE SCENE:
A student is playing a great game of Trouble.  All of their pegs are out on the board, one is even in the home.  They have been winning the majority of the game.  It is their friends turn and lands on top of their peg.  That means their peg needs to go back to the start. The next friends take their turn and then the same things happen to another peg.  The student is now losing. This is a shift in the game because another person is losing.  

An adult would move on with the game and keep playing and try to win. A first grade might struggle with not winning anymore and now it is time for them to regulate their emotions and not get upset because they are not losing.  

The teacher needs to model they correct way to react.  The teacher should think aloud and say, "Aww man now my pegs are back in the home, I need to hope that I can get a 6 or 1 to back to trying to win".  I hope I can do it!"

Some kids are going to win and some with lose, this is helping them learn that.