Remember: Friends often want the same things, but spending is still your own choice. A kind no says thanks, says your plan and offers something else to do, and it goes both ways.
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Maya and the sticker packsOn Saturday, Maya walked into Pennyfield square to meet Leo, Sam and Ana. She had eight coins in her pouch, saved a little each week for a paint set that cost ten coins. Eight and two more make ten, so she was nearly there. Then Leo called, "Look, sparkly sticker packs!" Each pack cost three coins. Leo bought one, then Sam, then Ana. "Come on, Maya, buy one!" said her friends. "Everyone has one!" Her tummy felt funny, because she liked them and hated being left out, which is a very normal feeling. Maya took a slow, deep breath. Then she smiled and said, "Not today, thanks, I am saving for a paint set, but I would love to look at your stickers!" "Cool!" said Leo with a grin. "Show us the paint set when you get it!" Ana tried again, but Maya said, "No thanks, I am saving," calm as before. "Race you round the fountain!" shouted Sam, and the race cost no coins at all. Two weeks later, Maya's jar held ten coins, and the paint set was hers to buy.
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Maya has 8 coins and one sticker pack costs 3. After one pack she would have coins.
2
The paint set costs 10 coins. After one pack, Maya would need more coins.
3
Leo, Sam and Ana each buy a pack for 3 coins. Together they spend coins.
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Which one is a kind no?
Stickers are silly, so why buy them?Not today, thanks, I am saving for a paint set.Ha! You wasted your coins.
5
Number the parts of a kind no, first to last.
Offer something else to do
Say your plan
Say thanks
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Join each part of a kind no to words from the story.
1say thanks
2say your plan
3offer something else
AI am saving for a paint set.
BNot today, thanks!
CRace you round the fountain!
Think and fix
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Circle every reply that is NOT a kind no.
Ugh, that is so silly.I will pass. Race you?Whatever. Go away.Thanks for asking. Not for me.If you buy it, we are not friends.
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A kind no needs a new reason each time you say it.
TrueFalse
9
Fix the mistake. Ana says: a friend who says no is a bad friend. Is Ana right?
YesNo
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If Maya had bought a sticker pack, that would have been a different plan, not a wrong one.
TrueFalse
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Stretch: each pack takes 3 coins from Maya's 8. After two packs she would need more coins for the paint set.
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Write a kind no you could say to a friend who wants you to spend. Use thanks, your plan, then something else to do.
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Draw Maya and her friends racing round the fountain.
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Answer key · Set A
A kind no
15 8 − 3 = 5 coins.
25 She would have 5 coins, and 10 − 5 = 5 more.
39 3 + 3 + 3 = 9 coins.
4Not today, thanks, I am saving for a paint set. A kind no says thanks and gives your plan. Calling a choice silly or teasing about coins stings.
53, 2, 1 First thanks, then your plan, then something else to do.
61-B, 2-A, 3-C Maya said thanks and gave her plan, and the friends found something else to do that cost no coins.
7Ugh, that is so silly., Whatever. Go away., If you buy it, we are not friends. Putting a choice down, telling a friend to go away and threatening a friendship are not kind. Passing and offering a race, or thanking them, are.
8False Maya said, No thanks, I am saving, calm as before. A kind no can be said twice.
9No A kind no is okay, and a real friend can hear it. Stickers are no test of friendship.
10True Buying the stickers would have been okay too, just a different plan.
118 Two packs cost 6 and leave 2 coins. 10 − 2 = 8 more coins.
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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