Do - Activity Outline Estimated Elements of the lesson What the teacher says/does What the students do Time 2 minutes Show a picture of when you were in Students sitting at the carpet, facing the teacher Grade 1. Explain how when you were this age, you were a very quiet girl. I believe in myself. I “Sometimes, didn’t was afraid of making mistakes so I sometimes told myself that I do couldn’t something, like climb the monkey bars MENTAL SET by myself, because I was scared of (Opener/”hook”) falling. I told myself climb the ‘I can’t monkey bars. too I have now It’s hard!” learned that it is better to try than to not try at all. I have learned so much from saying that can do instead of “I it” saying do “I can’t it.” 3 minutes I want to talk with you about “Today, ways that you can say positive messages to either yourself or to others so that when you have a really hard task that you have to accomplish, you know what Introducing the Learning to say instead of saying do Intention ‘I can’t this’” (concept to be taught) I am going to read you this book first, and then after recess, we are going to think and brainstorm some phrases that we can tell ourselves to make ourselves feel better and would help us try hard
Do - Activity Outline Elements of the lesson Estimated Time What the teacher says/does What the students do MENTAL SET (Opener/”hook”) 2 minutes Show a picture of when you were in Grade 1. Explain how when you were this age, you were a very quiet girl. “Sometimes, I didn’t believe in myself. I was afraid of making mistakes so I sometimes told myself that I couldn’t do something, like climb the monkey bars by myself, because I was scared of falling. I told myself ‘I can’t climb the monkey bars. It’s too hard!” I have now learned that it is better to try than to not try at all. I have learned so much from saying that “I can do it” instead of saying “I can’t do it.” Students sitting at the carpet, facing the teacher Introducing the Learning Intention (concept to be taught) 3 minutes “Today, I want to talk with you about ways that you can say positive messages to either yourself or to others so that when you have a really hard task that you have to accomplish, you know what to say instead of saying ‘I can’t do this’” I am going to read you this book first, and then after recess, we are going to think and brainstorm some phrases that we can tell ourselves to make ourselves feel better and would help us try hard