Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Blind Side 9/26 & 9/28

Mrs. Evans was out of town!
Attached is the Blind Side worksheet that we worked on while watching the movie. The movie was a good example of a lot of the different skills and topics we have discussed so far!

Worksheet

Guest Speaker 9/24

Irvin Hale who is a Parole and Probation officer came and talked to us about decision-making and the importance of making good decisions.

Emotions 9/20

Today we talked about our emotions.
We discussed the 3 difficult emotions: Anger, Guilt and Fear. We talked about ways to deal with these emotions in healthy ways.


Test 9/18

Unit 1 Test Today

Role Models 9/14

Today we talked about role models and some examples of role models.
We talked about how important it is to have good role models and to be a good role model!

Goal Setting 9/12

We talked about goal-setting and worked on 3 worksheets.
We also started our goal-setting project that is due October 2nd and worth the same amount as a test!
The PowerPoint is below.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Values 9/10

Today we talked about the importance of values in building a good character and having high self-esteem. 
We did a values survey and then filled out the values worksheet.
We discussed the 5 main values that can lead to high self-esteem. (love, trustworthiness, respect, caring, and honesty).



Personality 9/6

We talked about the importance of personality.
In class we did the Color Code Personality Test to learn more about ourselves.
For homework students needed to fill out the Personality Interview.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Quiz next class

Remember we are having a quiz on the 4 ways to build self-esteem.

Extra credit will be given if you can name the three reasons we need compliments as well!

Self Esteem and Self-Concept 9/4

Today in class we talked about self-esteem and self-concept.

We talked about 2 more ways to build our self-esteem:
Self-talk- we watched a clip about a girl giving herself positive self-talk. We talked about how what we say can really make a difference. The positive, the better.
Compliments- We did an activity where we wrote on each others back. Everyone had to compliment each member of the class. You then took your compliments and wrote them in your journal. If someone wrote "you're funny" you then wrote "I'm funny" in your journal. We also read an article about 3 reasons why we need to accept compliments. Article.

We also talked about how our interactions can influence our self-esteem. Positive interactions and negative interactions can affect us. If we have a good self-esteem to start with, the negative interactions won't make our balloon pop! (Balloon activity)

Below is the powerpoint which distinguishes the difference between self-esteem and self-concept.


Remember the 4 ways we build self-esteem:
Try new things, and don't be afraid to fail
Know your true self
Self-talk
Compliments (giving and receiving)

Self-Esteem 8/30

We talked about two aspects of self-esteem today: true-self and trying new things but not being afraid to fail.

Trying new things- We played minute to win it games and all tried something new!

True-Self- We ready the book "You are Special" and discussed ways to find our true-selves. We also discussed our "social mirror" and "true mirror".

Come talk to Mrs. Evans if you missed today.