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Impulse Control, Stress Management, Self-Discipline, Self-Motivation, Goal Setting, Organizational Skills
MANAGING CONVERSATIONS
Managing Conversations- One way to embed self-management work into your classroom is to be sure you are diversifying your conversation format. To help increase student participation and focus, provide variety and varying levels of accountability, as well as diminish blurting and interruptions, use a variety of ways to include your students. Some examples are pulling sticks, whip share, cold call, kitchen table, relay, and hand raising.
Managing Conversations- Are you tired of the same students answering the questions? Are there students who refuse to volunteer when discussions are happening in class? Think about the variety of ways you can manage the conversation!
Managing Conversations- Are you tired of the same students answering the questions? Are there students who refuse to volunteer when discussions are happening in class? Think about the variety of ways you can manage the conversation!
Why is it important to change the conversation format regularly?
*It increases student participation and focus.
*It provides variety and varying levels of accountability.
*It diminishes blurting and interruptions.
Ways to consider-
Hand raising (virtual or analog) Relay
Talking piece (provide your own) Partner Share
Pulling sticks Interview Share
Cold call Phone a Friend
Zip/number share Thumbs Up
Kitchen table talk (open chat) Fist to 5
Chat window Popcorn
My new favorite- Your Next Cards! Each student receives an index card at the beginning of class. As a warm-up, have students write their name on one side and draw something on the back. When discussion is happening, hold up the cards so students can see the backs. Pull from the back of the deck to call on the next student. This way, the student who is next sees their drawing and has some warning so they can prepare themselves.
When considering Self Management, think about money management skills! It's never too early to help our students understand the goal of being financially independent. Here are a list of resources to help get started:
Financial Literacy Games for Children and Adults
PBS- Making Cents: Financial Literacy Educational Videos
NFL and VISA have teamed and created Financial Football
Consensus Activity (give each item a cost to turn into a money game)-
Needs & Wants Budgeting worksheets
FDIC- Money Smart for Middle Schoolers
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau- Youth Financial Education
Everfi- Financial Literacy for Middle School: Setting the Foundation
Yes to Graphic Organizers!
Do you want to know why using organizers are valuable? Listen/Read this edition of Cult of Pedagogy.
BRAIN BREAKS!
Both students and teachers benefit from using unstructured breaks to reduce stress. How and why, you ask? Here is the research to prove it!
Want a quick list to use with your class? Look no further! 50 Brain Breaks
Want to up your goal-setting game in your classroom?? Trying WOOPing!
WISH: Students name an important but feasible wish (or goal) they want to fulfill.OUTCOME: Students imagine, as vividly as possible, what the future will be like once they fulfill this wish.OBSTACLE: Students imagine the most critical obstacle that stands in their way of fulfilling that wish.PLAN: Students plan an effective behavior to overcome the obstacle and create a specific plan using an if-then statement. “If X happens, then I will Y.” Example- test anxiety- If I am worried about a test that is coming on Friday, then I will meet with my teacher on Tuesday.
For great, informative information on how to implement WOOP goals with your students, check out this link from Character Lab!
Self-Management Ideas-
Wellness Activities-
Student Voice in Agreements-
Schedule Making-
Rubrics/Project Checklists
Perfecting the Do-Now
According to Jeffrey Benson, author of Improve Every Lesson with SEL, using a daily Do-Now can support a wide range of SEL skills if done with intention and if it offers multiple options. He asserts these options can foster students to "make choices based on their emotional needs, their academic goals, their strengths, and their evolving sense of purpose in the world." The following are some of the categories of Do-Nows he highlights and explains in detail in his book:
Repeat an essential skill from the previous few lessons with no changes.
Repeat a task from the previous lesson with minor changes.
Extend the task from the last class into new territory.
Show the skills in a completely new way.
Foreshadow the coming lesson.
Ask, "What are you thinking about most today?"
Looking to make your Do-Nows do more? I am happy to lend you a copy of the Improve Every Lesson with SEL!
Exit Tickets
Exit Tickets
Questions to ask to promote self-management-
How did I manage this project?
What worked well with this assignment?
What didn't work well?
Where did I get stuck today? What problem solving strategies did I use to solve the problem?
What can I do better the next time I begin a project?
A Virtual Calming Room- Thanks to a group of counselors out of California for this awesome resource!!
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