Begin Flex differently by welcoming students with a series of negative, complaining statements like the following:
- You know, it took me almost twice as long as usual to get here today.
The traffic was so slow that I barely made it on time. - And then people kept stopping me to ask questions!
- You guys just have no idea what I go through to get here every day. Well, I guess we should get started.
- I’m really not prepared because my dog ate my lesson plan, but it doesn’t really matter anyway. You might not even notice if I have a plan or not.
Ask students to describe how they feel about what you said. Encourage them to describe the messages sent by your body language and tone of voice, and the effect your words had on their image of you and their expectations for today’s class.
- Say . . . “See how attitude affects things? A negative attitude can ruin your day! We’re going to talk about attitude today because attitude affects everything you do and all of the people around you.”
- Let the students know that today’s lesson is all about attitude!
Now show the video :)
Now, have students listen to a series of statements and decide if it is a positive attitude or negative attitude. If they think it is positive, they will smile and give a thumbs up. If they think it is negative, it will frown and give a thumbs down.
If the answer is negative, ask students how it could have been turned into a positive attitude.
- You know, it took me almost twice as long as usual to get here today.
The traffic was so slow that I barely made it on time. - And then people kept stopping me to ask questions!
- You guys just have no idea what I go through to get here every day. Well, I guess we should get started.
- I’m really not prepared because my dog ate my lesson plan, but it doesn’t really matter anyway. You might not even notice if I have a plan or not.
Ask students to describe how they feel about what you said. Encourage them to describe the messages sent by your body language and tone of voice, and the effect your words had on their image of you and their expectations for today’s class.
- Say . . . “See how attitude affects things? A negative attitude can ruin your day! We’re going to talk about attitude today because attitude affects everything you do and all of the people around you.”
- Let the students know that today’s lesson is all about attitude!
Now show the video :)
Now, have students listen to a series of statements and decide if it is a positive attitude or negative attitude. If they think it is positive, they will smile and give a thumbs up. If they think it is negative, it will frown and give a thumbs down.
If the answer is negative, ask students how it could have been turned into a positive attitude.
- Read the following statements aloud:
- Michael's soccer game gets rained out, so he has a temper tantrum in the parking lot of the field.
- Jim was nervous for his math test, so he pretended to be sick and went home.
- The teacher says that the class field trip was canceled, so she told her classmates that they will have a fun day at school anyways.
- Kevin fell off his bike, so he brushed off his shoulders, got back on the bike and tried again.
- Ryan lost the school election. He told the person who beat him 'Congratulations!' and shook his hand.
- Meredith does not like Monday mornings, so she goes to school with a scowl on her face.
- Michael's soccer game gets rained out, so he has a temper tantrum in the parking lot of the field.