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A lesson plan on the character trait of perseverance for students. It includes questions to ask, examples of people who have shown perseverance, suggested books and activities, and quotes to inspire students. The activities include 'Icy Perseverance', 'Sink or Swim?', 'All Shook Up!', 'Reach for the Stars', 'Act It Out!', 'Hands of Perseverance', 'Try, Try, Try Again!!', and 'I Think I Can, I Think I Can...'. The goal is to help students understand the importance of perseverance and to encourage them to keep trying when faced with challenges.
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following questions and call on different students for answers. Listed below each question are examples of responses you are looking for. You may need to rephrase students’ answers or guide them along.
Book: Read and discuss a story that teaches a lesson on perseverance. (Book suggestions attached)
your activity at any time during your lesson.
Icy Perseverance (Suggested for grades 2 – 5) Materials : an ice cube for each student with a penny frozen inside Begin your lesson by giving each student an ice cube. Explain that the first person to get the penny out of their ice without putting it in their mouth or hitting it with another object is the winner. You may want to continue your lesson until you have a winner. Afterwards discuss:
Sink or Swim? (Suggested for grades K- 3) Materials : Clear glass bowl with water, modeling clay (Not Play-Doh) Roll clay into four balls, three of them small and one a little larger (like small and big marbles). Drop each small one into the water and watch them sink. Tell the students that each ball represents a person that feels discouraged or frustrated by life's difficulties. We all feel like that at times. Just like the clay balls, you may want to give up and
the larger clay ball and start reshaping it to form the shape of a simple canoe. Talk about how this person is not going to give up when faced with a problem. They are choosing to have a positive attitude and show perseverance. Discuss how it's possible to work through the challenges and achieve your goal by "reshaping" your attitude. Put the "boat" in the water and watch it float. Now take each small ball and put them inside the "boat". Ask the students what can happen when a person has a positive attitude and decides to persevere. They not only achieve their goal,
All Shook Up! (Suggested for grades K-2) Materials : Three or four plastic jars with tight lids, a plastic bowl, three or four pints of whipping cream, honey, plastic knives, and sliced bread Pour a pint of whipping cream into each container and place the lids on securely. Pass the jars among the students giving each student several moments to shake the jar before passing it on. Remind them not to give up -- with perseverance they will have delicious butter. While the students are shaking the jars you may want to read a story. After a few minutes of shaking, stop the students and ask them what would happen if they gave up now. Explain that quitting keeps great things from happening. If we lose patience and give up, nothing good will develop. It should take about 10 minutes for the cream to separate into a lump of butter in each jar. Carefully remove the butter and place it in a large plastic bowl. Drizzle honey over the butter. Invite the kids to spread the delicious treat on a piece of bread. Perseverance is a "sweet" character trait to generously spread throughout our lives!
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