October 5-November 6
Theme: Self-Knowledge
Here's what MAPS is doing...
Here's what's happening in Homeroom...
Here's how you can implement this in your classroom...
Objectives:
SEL 2nd 6 weeks possible activities:
Go Big
H.I.P.E. is about sharing and celebrating others’ highlights and good news. How could you take H.I.P.E. beyond the classroom and have a positive impact within your family, neighborhood, and/or school community? Work in small groups to design a system or campaign for recognizing and celebrating others’ success.
Celebratory Lunch
Plan a celebratory lunch at which students practice table manners, share food, and highlight stories in which they successfully used social skills that were covered in the lessons.
Assess Your School Climate
Work in small groups to design a survey, interview protocol, or other experiment to assess your school climate. Research existing school climate measures, and then modify them to best represent your school climate and questions. Analyze and report your findings to the class. Use technology (e.g., video camera, spreadsheets, graphs), if necessary, to assess and/or report your findings.
Hindsight Perspective
Interview at least three adults, and ask them about their education and career choices and options. If they could be your age again, what, if anything, would they do differently? Be prepared to share your findings either in small groups or with the class. Consider using video to record the interview.
Questions That Guide
Individuals who take a mastery approach to learning often speak to themselves (self-talk) when they are engaged in a learning task. Ask students to select a new task to work on, such as doing a puzzle or solving a math problem. As they apply themselves to the task, they should make statements that guide them in the process of figuring out how to perform the task. Have them write down these self-statements. How might they describe or categorize these statements? Did the self-statements help them to focus? Did they help them to perform the task better or more quickly?
Literature Link: “The Writer” by Richard Wilber (1921)
Richard Wilber’s poem “The Writer” displays the engrossed concentration of someone with a mastery approach to learning. Have students take turns reading the stanzas aloud. Then lead a discussion as to what mindset the writer might hold, and ask students to explain how they can tell.
Literature Link: “The Journey” by Mary Oliver (1986)
Mary Oliver’s poem “The Journey” describes a young person’s struggle to overcome the confines of her environment and develop herself more fully. Have students take turns reading the stanzas aloud. Then ask them what mindset the young woman probably holds, and have them explain how they can tell.
Writing Window
Write about an individual who through effort and perseverance exceeded others’ expectations of him/her. The achievements can be academic, professional, or personal. How did your chosen individual display a growth mindset?
Writing Window
Write about a skill in which you improved over time. How did you develop this skill? What did it require of you? What were some of the obstacles or setbacks? How did you respond to them? How did you feel about acquiring the new skill?
Common vocabulary...
Ideas for campus visuals/posters/campaign materials/branding etc...
- asking students to now commit to school
- show them how staff commits to students
- show them how to do that through modeling
- staff show commitment to students by continuing to get to know them
Here's what MAPS is doing...
- establishing community and expectations
Here's what's happening in Homeroom...
- Positive messaging
- Standing up to hate speech
- Learning the power of a positive attitude
Here's how you can implement this in your classroom...
Objectives:
- Students will demonstrate awareness of how being open to new experience helps learning and socializing
- Students will practice taking positive risks in the context of making new friends and learning
SEL 2nd 6 weeks possible activities:
Go Big
H.I.P.E. is about sharing and celebrating others’ highlights and good news. How could you take H.I.P.E. beyond the classroom and have a positive impact within your family, neighborhood, and/or school community? Work in small groups to design a system or campaign for recognizing and celebrating others’ success.
Celebratory Lunch
Plan a celebratory lunch at which students practice table manners, share food, and highlight stories in which they successfully used social skills that were covered in the lessons.
Assess Your School Climate
Work in small groups to design a survey, interview protocol, or other experiment to assess your school climate. Research existing school climate measures, and then modify them to best represent your school climate and questions. Analyze and report your findings to the class. Use technology (e.g., video camera, spreadsheets, graphs), if necessary, to assess and/or report your findings.
Hindsight Perspective
Interview at least three adults, and ask them about their education and career choices and options. If they could be your age again, what, if anything, would they do differently? Be prepared to share your findings either in small groups or with the class. Consider using video to record the interview.
Questions That Guide
Individuals who take a mastery approach to learning often speak to themselves (self-talk) when they are engaged in a learning task. Ask students to select a new task to work on, such as doing a puzzle or solving a math problem. As they apply themselves to the task, they should make statements that guide them in the process of figuring out how to perform the task. Have them write down these self-statements. How might they describe or categorize these statements? Did the self-statements help them to focus? Did they help them to perform the task better or more quickly?
Literature Link: “The Writer” by Richard Wilber (1921)
Richard Wilber’s poem “The Writer” displays the engrossed concentration of someone with a mastery approach to learning. Have students take turns reading the stanzas aloud. Then lead a discussion as to what mindset the writer might hold, and ask students to explain how they can tell.
Literature Link: “The Journey” by Mary Oliver (1986)
Mary Oliver’s poem “The Journey” describes a young person’s struggle to overcome the confines of her environment and develop herself more fully. Have students take turns reading the stanzas aloud. Then ask them what mindset the young woman probably holds, and have them explain how they can tell.
Writing Window
Write about an individual who through effort and perseverance exceeded others’ expectations of him/her. The achievements can be academic, professional, or personal. How did your chosen individual display a growth mindset?
Writing Window
Write about a skill in which you improved over time. How did you develop this skill? What did it require of you? What were some of the obstacles or setbacks? How did you respond to them? How did you feel about acquiring the new skill?
Common vocabulary...
- Positive messaging
- Advocate
- Bystander
- Support
- Reflection
- Perseverance
- Mindset
Ideas for campus visuals/posters/campaign materials/branding etc...
- Create nice notes for students in your classes.
- Get students to participate in the No Place for Hate chalking day.
- Encourage students to offer compliments to their peers.
- Enforce the "One-put-down, two sincere compliments" rule to curtail the effects of negative talk in the classroom.