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Enjoy Your Journey to be Your BEST…

From the President:

“Eaton Academy serves students who benefit from a more customized model of education designed to meet their personal needs.”   Those personal needs are academic, social, emotional, and physical.

In previous blogs, we introduced “B” for Befriend only those that bring out the BEST in you, “E” for Excel in your natural talents, and “S” for Set Goals and do something every day to achieve them.  Lastly, it’s time to continue your journey of being your “Potential BEST” by engaging in the following activities specifically designed to meet your personal needs: “T” for Treat others with the same level of respect you expect from others.

LASTLY:  You have completed all of the tasks and activities in the character education program BEST. The last activity is one that relates to how students interpret success vs failure.  Enjoy your journey on motivating yourself to be Your BEST!

  • Read any article to students of age appropriate nature relating to a peer’s success or failure, and ask students how it applies to Motivate Yourself to be Your BEST®. A

CONTINUED “Treat others with Respect” Activities:  Are your tasks Auditory (A), Visual (V), and/or Kinesthetic/Tactile (K/T)?

Complete these tasks.

  • List examples of good sportsmanship while playing games or sports.  K/T
  • Relate and analyze examples to real life current sports situations that exemplify good and bad sportsmanship.  Use Google, YouTube, CNN, newspapers, etc to research.   V, A, K/T
  • Write and blog using http://edublogs.org/.  This website allows students to blog within the safety and supervision of a teacher.  K/T
  • View video clip of Susan Boyle’s (singer) audition on YouTube.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8P9d0zGZl4 or choose an appropriate YouTube video that you feel depicts an act of treating someone with disrespect.  A, V
  • Ask students to identify actions, words, or body language that could be considered disrespectful and respectful throughout the three-minute “Idol” audition or other video clip.  Discuss respectful and/or disrespectful actions or words.  A

“Treat others with Respect” Activities:  Are your tasks Auditory (A), Visual (V), and/or Kinesthetic/Tactile (K/T)

Complete these tasks.

  • Write or say one nice thing to a friend.  A, K/T
  • Write or say something encouraging to a friend that would help him with a problem you know he is A, K/T
  • Monitor the tone in your voice when you are talking to others.  Watch your friend’s face for feedback.  Adjust your tone.  A,V
  • Be aware of and monitor body language.  Are you aggressive?  If so, back off!!!  Give others their personal space.  V

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T in BEST

From the President:

 

“Eaton Academy serves students who benefit from a more customized model of education designed to meet their personal needs.”   Those personal needs are academic, social, emotional and physical.

 

In previous blogs we introduced “B” for Befriend only those that bring out the BEST in you, “E” for Excel in your natural talents, and “S” for Set Goals and do something every day to achieve them.  Lastly, it’s time to continue your journey of being your “Potential BEST” by engaging in the following activities specifically designed to meet your personal needs.  “T” for Treat others with the same level of respect you expect from others.

 

Treat others with the same level of respect that you expect from others. Motivate yourself to treat others with respect and be a positive person.

Activities, strategies, interventions, and accommodations:

Auditory: A          Visual: V             Kinesthetic/Tactile: K/T

Ask yourself these questions.  Document your answers.

  • How do you talk to others?
  • What is the tone in your voice?
  • Do you say positive or negative things to them?
  • Do you use humor or sarcasm?
  • What was the last positive or negative thing you said to a friend?
  • What is body language?
  • Why is it important to watch the body language of others?

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Excel in Your Natural Talents

From the President:

“Eaton Academy serves students who benefit from a more customized model of education designed to meet their personal needs.”   Those personal needs are academic, social, emotional and physical.

Welcome back to BEST in 2017!  Before the holidays we focused on “B” for Befriend only those that bring out the BEST in you by completing several different types of activities that were auditory, visual, and kinesthetic/tactile.  They were designed to help you analyze how you excel in your natural talents and how you prefer to learn information.

Next, here are activities designed to focus on “E” for Excel in your natural talents.

Highlight in yellow if the activity/task/strategy (verb is highlighted in red) is auditory, visual, and kinesthetic/tactile.  These strategies will help you practice how to excel in your natural talents.  Document your answers in your three-ring binder.

Ask yourself these questions?  Document your answers.

  • What are your natural talents?
  • How has one of your natural talents motivated you to make a choice in your life?
  • Was that a positive experience in your life?

Complete these tasks.

  • List five of your talents.  K/T
  • Prioritize verbally or on paper in order of enjoyment-1 being your favorite and the one that gives you the most joy.  A and  K/T
  • Draw a scene or picture or take a picture of you doing that talent.  K/T

 

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More on Becoming Your Personal Best

From the President:

“Eaton Academy serves students who benefit from a more customized model of education designed to meet their personal needs.”   Those personal needs are academic, social, emotional, and physical.

In previous blogs, we  introduced “B” for Befriend only those that bring out the BEST in you.  Now it’s time to continue your journey of being your “Potential BEST” by engaging in the following activities specifically designed to meet your personal needs.

CONTINUED “Befriend” Activities:

  1. Use your Facebook or Twitter account to interpret, analyze, differentiate, assess, and/or examine comments made by others.  Determine whether they are positive or negative comments.  Document your answers in your three-ring binder.  V and K/T
    • How do they make you feel?
    • How could specific comments be reworded to be more constructive?
  2. Discuss ways to handle yourself if a ‘friend’ says or does something that is hurtful to you.  A
  3. List and explain at least three ways to bring out the best in your friends.  A and K/T
  4. List and explain at least three ways to make sure you are “befriending” the people who bring out the best in you.  A and K/T
  5. Search YouTube and find examples of people in your age range making good choices about making friends.  Show examples of people making poor choices about making friends.

V and K/T

The goal is to use activities that encourage you to think about how you make friends.  Create your own activities that are not listed.  Decide whether they are an auditory, visual or kinesthetic/tactile activity.  It will help you learn what type of learning activity you prefer and how you naturally learn and absorb information.

LAST “Befriend” Activity

  1. Create a “BEST” board that you can add to for a period of time.  V and K/T
  2. Take or display pictures of yourself with positive friends and role models.  V and K/T
  3. Write and display a short story of friendship.  V and K/T
  4. Draw and display scenes of friendship.  V and K/T
  5. Videotape a group interaction and analyze the verbal and non-verbal interactions.  Note positive and negative comments.  V, A, and K/T

 

Next week, we will provide  “Excel” activities.

 

 

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The Journey to Being Your Potential BEST…

From the President:

“Eaton Academy serves students who benefit from a more customized model of education designed to meet their personal needs.”   Those personal needs are academic, social, emotional, and physical.

In last week’s blog, “B” for Befriend, only those that bring out the BEST in you was introduced.  You were to ask yourself these questions.

  • Do your friends inspire you or make you feel good about yourself?
  • Do the activities you engage in with your friends lead you to make good or  bad choices?
  • Have those choices affected your life positively or negatively?
  • Are your friends “there for you” when you most need them?

Now it’s time to start your journey to being your “Potential BEST” by engaging in the following activities specifically designed to meet your personal needs.

This week, you are to complete these activities.

Highlight in yellow if the activity/task/strategy (verb is highlighted in red) is auditory, visual, or kinesthetic/tactile.  These strategies will help you practice how to befriend those that bring out the BEST in you.  Document your answers in your 3 ring binder.

Complete these tasks.  Motivate yourself to choose good friends.

Individual tasks/activities

  1. Choose one friend and note something he/she did or said that helped you through a difficult time in your life.   (K/T)
  2. Choose one friend and note something he/she did or said that hurt you or made you feel bad about yourself.   K/T
  3. Choose one trait or quality that you admire and would like to emulate.  K/T
  4. Create a “T” chart that lists these items.  Compare and contrast.  K/T

Small group tasks/activities

  1. Role-play some of these actions that describe your feelings.   A and K/T
  2. Break into small groups and discuss these situations.     A and K/T

The goal is to use activities that encourage you to think about how you make friends.  Create your own activities that are not listed.  Decide whether they are an auditory, visual or kinesthetic/tactile activity.  It will help you learn what type of learning activity you prefer and how you naturally learn and absorb information.

Next week, we will provide more “Befriend” activities.

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