Peer Reflection Worksheet

Name: _________________________ Partner: _________________________ Date: ________________

Instructions: After completing your guided role-play, reflect on your partner’s performance and your own. Provide thoughtful feedback and set goals for improvement.

1. What did your partner do well during the role-play?
Provide at least one detailed example of a respectful statement or active listening skill you noticed.

2. Describe a specific sentence starter or strategy your partner used that helped keep the disagreement respectful.

3. What is one area your partner could improve in their respectful arguing skills?
(Be kind and constructive in your feedback.)

4. Suggest one clear goal for your partner to work on next time, and describe one step they can take to reach that goal.

5. Reflection on my own performance:

• One thing I did well:
  
  
  
  
• One skill I want to improve:
  
  
  
  
• My personal goal for the next argument practice and how I will achieve it:
  
  
  
  
  
  

Thank you for your thoughtful feedback! Remember, respectful arguing helps everyone learn and grow.

Role-Play Scenarios

Instructions: Pair up and choose one scenario. Student A reads the first opinion; Student B practices responding respectfully using sentence starters, active listening, or clarifying questions.

1. Playground Game
   A: “Let’s play kickball!”
   B: “I prefer jump rope.”
2. Classroom Pet
   A: “We should get a hamster as our class pet.”
   B: “I think a fish would be better.”
3. Field Trip Destination
   A: “Can we go to the zoo for our field trip?”
   B: “I’d rather visit the science museum.”
4. Snack Choice
   A: “I want to have cookies for snack today.”
   B: “I think fruit is healthier.”
5. Project Topic
   A: “Let’s do a report on space and planets.”
   B: “I’d rather research dinosaurs.”
6. Reading Book
   A: “This magic storybook is the best choice.”
   B: “I really like the mystery book more.”
7. Poster Color
   A: “Our poster should be blue.”
   B: “I think green looks nicer.”
8. Group Role
   A: “I’ll be the writer for our project.”
   B: “I want to do the artwork.”

Argument Role-Play Cue Cards

Sentence Starters:
• “I feel… because…”
• “I understand that you feel… but I think…”
• “Could you help me understand why…?”
• “That’s interesting. I noticed that…”

Active Listening Prompts:
• Nodding and saying, “I hear you.”
• “So what you’re saying is…”
• “It sounds like you believe…”

Clarifying Questions:
• “What do you mean by…?”
• “Can you give me an example?”
• “How did that make you feel?”

Positive Acknowledgments:
• “I appreciate you sharing that.”
• “Thanks for explaining.”
• “I see your point.”

Use these cue cards to guide your respectful responses during role-play. Pick one prompt per turn to practice different skills.

The Boundaries Song

Duration: 3 min 01 sec
Video Link: Watch The Boundaries Song

This catchy song teaches children about the importance of setting and respecting personal boundaries. Through fun lyrics and examples, students learn how to say “no” when they feel uncomfortable and how to listen when others share their limits.

Learning Goals

• Understand what personal boundaries are
• Recognize when someone’s boundaries are crossed
• Practice using respectful language to set and respect limits

Before You Watch

1. Think of a time when someone respected your space or listened to your feelings.

After You Watch

1. What is one way you can use personal boundaries with a friend?
   
   
   
   
   
2. Write down one example of a boundary you want to set this week.