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Character and Life Skills: Perseverance Lesson Title: A Time to Persevere Grade Level: 3-5
Materials• Smallnotes,onetoeachstudent,sincerelycomplimentingtheirperseverance
• Consider:Whatacademictaskscouldcertainstudentsnotdoatthebeginningoftheyear butnowtheycanbecauseofperseverance?• Consider:Whichstudentsparticipateinasportoronateam?• Consider:Whichstudentshaveworkedhardatwhatstartedasabigchallengeandnowisa simpletask?
• Pens,pencils,crayons,markers• Paper,constructionpaper,cardstock,posterboard• Gametokens,dice,spinners,timers,etc.• A Time to Persevere Game Cards• A Time to Persevere Game Board Shapes
ProcedureNote: Beforeclass,createlittlenotestoeachstudentcomplimentingtheirpowersofperseverance.
Introduction1. Workwithstudentstodefinetheword“persevere”andwritetheagreedupondefinitiononthe board/achart.Note:seeprovideddefinition.
2. Tellstudentsthatinthissessiontheywillusetheirownexamplesoftimeswhentheyhavepersevered tocreateaboardgame.
Direct Instruction (I do)1. Distributeyournotestoeachstudent.Considerreadingeachoneoutloudasyoudeliverthenote.
2. Taketimetospeaktowhatyouhavenoticedthusfarintheschoolyearandhowperseverancehas paidoffinsomewayforeachstudent.
3. Endwitharoundofapplauseforeachother.
Project and PurposeStudentscollaboratewithotherstodesignanoriginalgameonthethemeofperseveranceandthenplayeachother’snewgames.
Essential QuestionWhyisitimportanttoperseverethroughchallengingsituations?
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Guided Exploration (We do)1. Askafewstudentsfromyourclasstogivebriefexamplesofothertimeswhentheyhadtoovercome achallengeinordertobesuccessfulintheirlives.
• Examples:learningtorideabikeafterfallingseveraltimes,finishingabookthatwasdifficultto read,rehearsingapieceofmusicinordertoperformitforothers
2. Havestudentslistonapieceofpaperfourexamplesoftimeswhentheydemonstratedperseverance intheirlives.
Independent Practice (You do)1. Afterstudentshavewrittentheirexamples,dividetheclassintogroupsofthreeorfour.Distribute
onecopyofA Time to Persevere Game CardstoeachstudentandtwocopiesofA Time to Persevere Game Board Shapestoeachgroup.Explaintostudentsthattheywillworktogethertocreatetheirownperseverancegamesaccordingtothefollowingguidelines
• EachgroupmemberwillcopyhisorherpersonalexperiencesontohisorherA Time to Persevere Game Cards.Remindstudentstowriteneatlybecausetheirclassmateswillusethesecardstoplay thegame.• Eachgroupwillcomposetherules(objectofthegame,howtoplayandhowtoscore)foran originalgamethatusesitsmembers’A Time to Persevere Game Cards.• EachgroupwilldesignagameboardbycuttingouttheA Time to Persevere Game Board Shapes andmountingthesquaresontoposterboardorcardstock.
Note: Groupsmaychoosetocreatetheirowngameboardsbyusingtheshapesworksheetorthey mayopttousetheprovidedgameboard.
2. Givegroupstimetodesigntheirgameboards,composetheirrulesanddecideontitlesfortheirgames.Encouragestudentstobecreativebyusingcrayons,markers,posterboardandcardstocktomaketheirgamesvisuallyappealinganddurable.
Note: Youwillneedtoprovidestudentswithvariousgametokens,dice,spinners,timers,etc., dependingontheirgames’rulesofplay.Oryoumaywanttochallengeyourstudentstocreatetheir owngametokensandmethodsofmovingtokensontheirboards.
3. Aftergroupscompletetheirgames,allowthemtoplayeachother’sgames.Considerkeepingthegamesintheclassroomforuse.
ConclusionLeadadiscussionbyaskingstudentstodefine“perseverance”again.Askthemthefollowingquestions:
• Whyisitimportanttopersevere?• Aretheresituationswhereitistoughertoperseverethanothers?• Thinkingaboutyourownexperiences,howdoyoufeelafterperseveringwhenchallengedby anobstacle?
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Vocabularychallenge (n.)
Definition: anactivity,problem,etc.,thattestsstrength,skillorability,especiallyinawaythatisinterestingContext:Vanceenjoysthechallengeoflearningnewmathskills.
overcome (v.)Definition: tosuccessfullydealwithafeelingorproblemthatpreventsapersonfromachievingagoalContext:Shirarehearsedherspeechinfrontofherparentsinordertoovercomeherfearofpublicspeaking.
perseverance (n.)Definition: overcomingchallenges;thedeterminationtokeeptryingtoachieveagoalinspiteofdifficultiesContext:Octaviusdemonstratedperseverancebypracticinghisbalancingskillsuntilhecouldridehisbikewithoutfalling.
Teacher Notes
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Character and Life Skills: Perseverance Activity: Game Board Grade Level: 3-5
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Character and Life Skills: Perseverance Activity: Game Board Shapes Grade Level: 3-5 Directions
Cutouttheshapestocreateyourowngameboard.
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A Time to Persevere Game Card
Character and Life Skills: Perseverance Activity: Game Cards Grade Level: 3-5
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