The Tuesday she got back a recent math test, 11-year-old Angellie Turcios zeroed in on a decimal problem that she had struggled to answer.
She got it wrong.
Her face flushed and her stomach knotted.
In the past, her chin would sink to the desk and she’d worry all day that missing that answer and others might hurt her report card.
Then she remembered something else she’d learned at Lake Hills Elementary in Bellevue this year — an emotional skill rather than an academic one.
Angellie took a deep breath, told herself to calm down, and it worked: She felt better and was able to concentrate on the day’s new math lesson.