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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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S 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 and “E” for Excel in your natural talents.  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. “S” is for Set goals and do something every day to achieve them.

 

Set goals and do something every day to achieve them.  Motivate yourself to set goals.

Activities, strategies, interventions, and accommodations:

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

CONTINUED “Set Goals” Activities:

 

Previously you were to “ask yourself these questions.” (See below)  Now, complete these tasks and decide whether your activity is Auditory-A, Visual-V, and/or Kinesthetic/Tactile-K/T.

  • Define and discuss long term goals vs. short term goals.  K/T, A
  • Define and discuss the word failure. (See definition provided.)  K/T, A
  • List one goal that you would like to achieve that you believe will positively affect your life.  K/T
  • Do something every day toward achieving that goal-no matter how small!  K/T, A, and/or V
  • Make a plan and work the plan.  K/T
  • Write down in your planner, agenda, or hand held device what you did each day to achieve that goal in five words or less.   K/T, V

 

Ask yourself these questions. Document your answers.

  • Write down one View that goal through the next four questions.
  • Do you have any goals?
  • Do you have a written plan to achieve that goal?
  • Do you do a task daily to achieve that goal?
  • Have you shared your dream or goal with a friend?

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Continuing Your Personal BEST Journey

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 “E” for Excel in your natural talents.  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.

They were designed to help you analyze how you excel in your natural talents and how you prefer to learn information.

These are the LAST activities designed to help you excel in your natural talents.

  • Go to YouTube.com and enter Warren Buffett & Bill Gates at Columbia University.  It will bring up several choices of varying time lengths that you can watch.  Click on each clip you’d like to watch and note the various stories they tell that relate to Befriend, Excel, Set Goals, and Treat with Respect.  A/V/K/T
  • Learn from the two richest men in America as they discuss business and life in this lecture from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln’s College of Business Administration. Though they’re a generation apart in age and different in style, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett share a mutual respect for each other. With humor and insightful candor, the prosperous pals impart their wisdom about money, passion, and finding one’s place in the world.
  • Review concepts of “excel in your natural talents.”  Ask students to take note of things each man says during the interview that relates to their own natural talents and how they learned to excel in life.  A/K/T
  • Break into groups and discuss the lecture.  A
  • This activity can be done with any lecture, video, or YouTube video.  Teachers an research and determine the appropriateness of the age level and the video.

 

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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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