Extension Activities
Self-Awareness | Grades 6-8
Learning Goal 2: Demonstrates awareness of personal strengths, challenges, aspirations and cultural, linguistic, and community assets.
Go back: Core Ed.
Go back: Intervention Ed.
Benchmark 1: Self-reflect to recognize their strengths to meet a need and/or address a challenge.
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Routinely provide authentic feedback and ask questions that help students reflect on their own strengths and interests, e.g., “I can tell you’re really enjoying this story. Can you tell me what about this is making you feel so energized, motivated, happy?” or “I can tell you’re really proud of how you did on this project. Can you tell me what about this you’re most proud of?”
Benchmark 2: Analyze how their personal qualities and temperaments influence choices and successes.
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Administer a school to work survey.
Benchmark 3: Identify and enhance an individual affinity/interest group, such as an extracurricular group or after school group.
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Routinely provide authentic feedback, e.g., “You are really good at X” or “I can tell you really love X.”
Encourage students to sign up for school activities that will allow them to develop their interests, such as student council or an after school club.