"I Statements" for Kids

These slips are to support your students in solving their conflicts with one another.

Depending on your students, they can use the slips to write on, or simply to help them speak to someone who has upset them. Sometimes two or more students are angry, upset or hurt, and they all need to make their own "I statements."

There are times when you will need to supervise inexperienced kids using this communication technique. In other cases, have them meet in a corner of the classroom while you get started with your other job, that lesson you had planned.