How do you help students resolve conflicts in the classroom? Talk It Out is an easy solution that helps kids take responsibility in their peer relationships. It is such a helpful strategy for social emotional learning and the development of a positive classroom community!

This file includes the steps of Talk It Out, as well as a script students can use when resolving their conflicts.

There are four reference sheets in this file:

1) The steps and the script

2) Only the steps

3) Just the script, referring to students as Speaker 1 and Speaker 2

4) Just the script, with blanks to fill in the names of Speaker 1 and Speaker 2

In my classroom, I've laminated the script and put it on a clipboard. While talking it out, both students have a clipboard with the script in front of them.

You also could print the script onto cardstock in a smaller size and glue it onto popsicle sticks for an easy handheld option. A third option would be printing the steps and the script in a smaller size to put in a frames at each student table.

NOTE: Let me know if there are any adjustments you need me to make to this file to make it a better fit for your students and classroom!