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Resilience Role Play Scenarios

Grades 2–5 · Self-Management · Role Play

“Done for today, or done forever?” Asher’s question on the monkey bars is what these resilience role play scenarios teach Grades 2–5 students to ask themselves and their friends.

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Grades: 2–5
What you get: 20 scenes with characters
Type: Role Play
Use it: PrintView & Print in your browser
Competency: Self-Management
Topic: Perseverance & Resilience

About this resource

“Done for today, or done forever?” Asher’s question on the monkey bars is what these resilience role play scenarios teach Grades 2–5 students to ask themselves and their friends. In twenty scripted scenes, the Bounce-Back Kid faces a hard task, a string of failed tries or a letdown and finds their own way to keep going. Feeling disappointed is part of the story here, and the Self-Management skill this SEL set practices is getting back up anyway.

What students practice

Sticking with a hard task
Trying again after repeated failure
Letting myself feel the disappointment
Getting back up after a loss or letdown
Encouraging a friend who wants to quit

What’s inside

20scenes with characters, settings and full dialogue, from a school track to a hiking trail halfway up a mountain

100discussion cards, five per scene, including “The Long Quiet” and “Forever’s a Long Time”

A detailed script and an outline for teaching it your way
Teacher notes, a materials list and tips; 50 pages

A look inside

Not One Shark ToothAmine is disappointed the whole way home from the beach and still asks to go back and look again.

Second Launch at Willow Pond: Coby’s homemade sailboat tips over again, and he answers, “No. One more launch.”

Back on the Bike, The Spelling Bee Comeback and Practicing Spanish with Abuela are among the other scenes.

How to use these resilience role play scenarios

Start with 5–7 minutes on “Has anyone ever practiced something hard over and over before it finally got easier?”

Act out a scene (10–15 minutes) with the Bounce-Back Kid and the adult or friend beside them

Redo the scene with the character deciding to keep going a little sooner, and compare

Share for 5–10 minutes; the optional “Keep Going” poster gives students a reference while they talk

Grade fit

The challenges are elementary-sized: four tricky piano measures, a one-mile run in PE, a first knitted scarf, a lost chess game. Students can read the role play scripts as written or improvise, so the scenes work across Grades 2–5.