Help students explore expected and unexpected behavior choices with this engaging Thanksgiving Social Skills Game! This digital and printable social-emotional learning activity provides opportunities to discuss everyday situations, consider how choices affect others, and practice responsible decision-making.

With 30 behavior scenarios, an interactive digital game, a printable board game, sorting mats, and individual flip cards, students can explore different choices through play and discussion. The Thanksgiving theme makes this resource a fun addition to November counseling sessions, small groups, and classroom SEL lessons.

The digital version is self-correcting and requires minimal preparation, while the printable activities offer flexible ways for students to participate. Use this resource to encourage thoughtful conversations about behavior expectations, social awareness, self-management, and problem-solving.

📦 What's Included:

🦃 30 Expected vs. Unexpected Behavior Scenarios

• 30 Thanksgiving-themed scenarios for discussion.
• Opportunities to identify expected and unexpected behavior choices.
• Situations that encourage students to consider how their choices affect themselves and others.
• Prompts for practicing self-awareness, self-management, and responsible decision-making.

🎲 Printable Thanksgiving Board Game

• Printable board game for practicing expected and unexpected behaviors.
• Play money, dice, pawns, and a spinner.
• Interactive game play to encourage participation and discussion.
• Can be used during individual counseling, small groups, or classroom lessons.

💻 Self-Correcting Digital Game

• Interactive digital version of the expected vs. unexpected behavior game.
• Self-correcting format for reviewing choices.
• No-prep option for presenting activities on a smartboard.
• Can be used during virtual counseling or telehealth sessions through screen sharing.

🟢 Expected & Unexpected Behavior Sorting Mats

• Large printable sorting mats for categorizing behavior choices.
• Opportunities to discuss why a behavior might be expected or unexpected in a particular situation.
• Visual, hands-on practice with sorting and decision-making.

🃏 Individual Expected & Unexpected Flip Cards

• Small flip cards for individual student responses.
• Students can show their answers during group discussions.
• Provides an alternative to requiring students to respond verbally.
• Useful for classroom participation and quick checks for understanding.

🖨️ Color & Black-and-White Versions

• Color versions of the printable activities.
• Black-and-white options for flexible printing.
• Materials for both individual and group activities.

🎒 Quick Details: Grades K–2 | 🦃 Thanksgiving theme | 💬 30 behavior scenarios | 🎲 Printable board game | 💻 Self-correcting digital game | 🟢 Sorting mats | 🃏 Individual flip cards | 🖨️ Color + B&W | Digital + print

🛍️ Bundle & Save:

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🍂 Expected Behavior Games Bundle

• Includes seven seasonal and holiday-themed expected vs. unexpected behavior games.
• Features Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Winter, Christmas, Valentine's Day, and Spring/Easter activities.
• Each set includes 30 behavior scenarios, providing 210 scenarios across the collection.
• Includes digital and printable activities, sorting mats, and sorting cards.

🦃 Thanksgiving Counseling + SEL Bundle

• Includes Thanksgiving-themed counseling and SEL resources.
• Features this expected behavior game alongside feelings puzzles, mazes, yoga activities, Color by Code, and other seasonal resources.
• Offers activities for emotional awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, and social skills.

🎯 Skills Addressed:

✔️ Identifying expected and unexpected behavior choices

✔️ Building self-awareness and self-management

✔️ Considering how behavior affects other people

✔️ Practicing responsible decision-making

✔️ Developing social awareness and perspective-taking

✔️ Exploring context and different expectations

✔️ Strengthening problem-solving and communication skills

💡 Ways to Use It:

• Use the 30 scenarios during individual counseling sessions to explore different behavior choices and their possible effects.
• Play the printable Thanksgiving board game during small-group counseling or Lunch Bunch.
• Present the digital game on a smartboard during classroom SEL lessons.
• Use the sorting mats to discuss how expectations may change depending on the situation or environment.
• Give students individual flip cards so they can respond without needing to speak in front of the group.
• Pair the scenarios with conversations about problem-solving, self-management, and repairing relationships.
• Incorporate the activities into November SEL lessons or seasonal counseling groups.

👩‍🏫 Who It's For:

Perfect for school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, child therapists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, special education teachers, classroom teachers, and homeschool educators working with students in kindergarten through second grade.

This resource is especially helpful for professionals looking for engaging, interactive ways to support self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and responsible decision-making.

🖨️ Format & Download:

✔️ 30 expected vs. unexpected behavior scenarios.

✔️ Printable board game with play money, dice, pawns, and spinner.

✔️ Self-correcting digital game.

✔️ Large expected and unexpected behavior sorting mats.

✔️ Individual expected and unexpected flip cards.

✔️ Color and black-and-white printable versions.

✔️ PDF and Google Slides formats.

This is a digital download containing printable PDF resources and a digital Google Slides activity. No physical materials will be shipped.

📌 Important Notes:

This resource includes 30 behavior scenarios presented through digital and printable activities. The different formats offer multiple ways to practice the same social-emotional learning concepts.

Expected and unexpected behaviors are context-dependent. Use the scenarios to encourage curiosity, discuss different perspectives, and consider how environments, communication styles, sensory needs, and individual differences can influence behavior.

Students can participate through pointing, sorting, using flip cards, discussion, or other communication methods that work for them. The goal is to support understanding and thoughtful choices rather than require one specific way of behaving.

This listing includes the individual Thanksgiving Expected Behavior Game, not the complete Thanksgiving SEL Activity Bundle or Expected Behavior Games Bundle.