Skills Basics: Decision-Making 2/25/2020

• Class Objectives
– SWBAT list the steps for decision-making
– SW practice decision-making skills

• Warm-Up
– Explain one choice or decision that you made in the
last 24 hours. What was the decision? What
happened as a result? Would you make that same
decision in the future?

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Class Agenda
• Warm-Up (5 minutes)
• Lecture/Whole Group Practice (15 minutes)
• Pair Practice Activity (15 minutes)
• Individual Practice (15 minutes)
• Exit Ticket (5 minutes)

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 Making Good Decisions

• Define the problem

• The decision-making 1.
process can help you
• Explore alternatives
make choices about 2.
health and wellness
• Weigh the pros and cons
3.
• Setting health-related • Select and act on your
goals is important for 4. decision

improving your health

• Evaluate the decision
5.

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 Example: Choosing What to Eat
1. Q: What is the decision to be made?
A: What should I eat for lunch today?

2. Q: What are some possible choices?

A: Come up with three possible choices.

3. Q: What are some pros and cons of each choice?

A: For each of the three choices you came up with in step 2, list at least one pro (good
thing) and one con (bad thing) about each choice.

4. Q: Which choice are you picking, and why?

A: Pick one of the choices you came up with in step 2, and explain why you picked it.

5. Q: What happened/what do you think will happen as a result of your decison?

A: Make a prediction about what will happen as a result of your decision OR explain
what did happen as a result of your decision, and whether you would choose that decision again.

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Pair Practice Activity
• You and your partner will receive a scenario slip at random.
The scenarios are common situations that teens often
encounter.
• With your partner, on the give worksheet, plan out the
decision that needs to be made in this scenario.
• You will have about 15 minutes for this activity. When you
are finished, Ms. Bothell has an individual practice for you
as well. Keep the individual practice in your binder.
• Return your slip to Ms. Bothell at the end of the activity so
that another class can use them.
• Turn in your pair practice activity worksheet to your class
folder at the end of the period.
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“Exit Ticket”
• Below are the steps for making a decision, but
they are in the wrong order. Please rearrange the
letters A-E so that the steps are in the correct
order.

• A. Define the problem

• B. Select and act on your decision
• C. Explore alternatives
• D. Evaluate the decision
• E. Weigh the pros and cons
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