Trying When Its Hard Social Story Curriculum

Trying When It's Hard contains an English story about stopping to think, trying and then asking for help. It pairs that sequence with compact rule text, topic-specific quizzes, an answer key, a token-board form and a general instructional guide.

Publisher identified in the materials: Special Learning.

Material context: The story's classification key says Pre-K; the supplemental booklet separately labels its exercises Basic and Advanced.

Trying When It's Hard is an English first-person story about effort when a task feels difficult. Its sequence moves from stopping to think, to saying “This is hard, but I can try!”, to asking for help after trying alone.

The topic-specific supplemental booklet includes basic yes/no, fill-in-the-blank and matching exercises, plus advanced fill-in-the-blank, true/false and multiple-choice exercises. An answer key, a My Token Board form and token-cutting directions follow the quizzes.

The kit also contains compact story and rule-summary text and a general instructional guide with page-ordering, puzzle and role-play activities. The story carries a 2012 copyright, while the guide and quiz booklet carry 2013 copyrights.

What is inside this resource?

• Stopping to think when a task feels hard
• The statement “This is hard, but I can try!” and asking for help after trying alone
• Compact story text and a six-point rule summary
• Basic and advanced Trying When It's Hard quizzes with an answer key
• My Token Board form and token-cutting directions

Material details: 5 PDF files, containing 62 pages in total including front matter. This is a digital download; purchase does not include printed copies.

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