Be More Awesome!
Sunday, September 07, 2014
My 4th and 5th grade gifted students began pull-out classes this week. Our first order of business was to set goals for the new school year. We began with a pep talk from Kid President, who inspires us to learn, teach, change the world, and BE MORE AWESOME!
After watching Kid President, we examined some of the ways we are awesome. As you can imagine, many pieces of paper were needed. :-) We then looked at ways we could be "more awesome." I shared my personal goals for a more awesome year with the students and modeled how I tried to create goals that were meaningful, specific, relevant, and realistic. (Not exactly "SMART" goals, but in the same spirit.) Using a "Be More Awesome" pennant, each student brainstormed goals for the first nine weeks.
Our completed goals are on display in the classroom.
For those of you who would like to try this out with your AWESOME class, you can find a free copy of the banner here.
Thanks for checking in! I hope your first few weeks of school have been awesome!
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Love this and I love the video. Can't wait to show it to my class. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove this! You are awesome :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the pennants! I have shown this video on the first day of school for the past two years. I love it!
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