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My biggest take away from this week was either the value of teaching our students patience and persistence when it comes to their work and what challenges them, or the idea of helping our students welcome and be excited about new challenges. I think that both of these lessons will serve our students well long past school and there should be a high value placed on them. Both of these lessons are also things that I wish I would have learned early on in life, so I want to make sure and teach them to my students.

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Throughout this module, I learned that persistence and resilience can be built through allowing students the ability to make choices during their education. Maybe this is done on how to complete a particular assignment, etc. By doing so, students take more ownership in their final product and become more resilient in the overall process of learning.

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This week I really thought about how I can implement more wait time and open ended questions in my classroom. One thing I want to implement into my classroom is the "Tiger Up" idea of pushing through and persisting. Building this persistence in students allows them to see challenges as a learning opportunity!

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I learned a lot of different things this week. I think my main takeaway is the idea of being more self-distanced from situations in my classroom, rather than self-immersed. I have to practice stepping back and seeing the bigger picture in my classroom more often and reacting or managing things more effectively.

I would also say another big takeaway for me is the idea of using the proper words to appropriately challenge my students. Setting the bar high for everyone might mean different things for different students and the level they are at, but I can't be afraid to challenge all of my students and then celebrate their efforts and energies later.

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The biggest take away frofor me this week was learning how to give my students a challenge and have them embrace that challenge.

I think a lot of it will come from giving them choice where they can take ownership of their learning.  Giving students the time to be able to struggle and then giving them tools with how to learn and move forward is really important.

The other takeaway for me in teaching and in my personal life is giving kids ways to feel confident what they are doing is important and and feeling needed.

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Wait time: It is SO important. I really need to make this a natural occurrence in my teaching. With more practice, I will make it happen.

Charismatic Adults: EVERY student needs an adult who will listen and care for them. As teachers, we can be that person for them.

Challenges: Make them exciting for students. Work on teaching students that struggling is good for them and helps their brain become stronger.

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My main take-aways this week are:

Tiger Up! Possibly starting a similar saying in my class, grade or even school-wide!

Hype up challenges to students better because they will be more willing to work through them.

Be a better "think aloud" model of resilience for my students.

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I have really resonated with "grit" language in persevering through struggle. I have now seen many examples of how teachers get their students excited about challenges and how teachers are focusing class time on recognizing and praising struggle. I want to learn more about the day-to-day use of this language and these strategies, but in the meantime, I will try and steal some of their mantras for use in my own class!

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My biggest takeaway was the reflection on self immersed vs. self-disciplined mindset when facing a challenge. Focusing on the situation without including emotions is a difficult task for me, especially at school because I give my work 110%! Focusing on distancing myself from the situation is helpful and something I hope to talk about with students!

As for characteristics,  I definitely had the most engaging thoughts about wait time and encouraging students to embrace challenge. Next year, I will be teaching a completely new grade level!  I am interested in how I will engage the students to practice these skills, given their background!

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My biggest take a way is to build confidence in my students. I feel a great pressure since I teach Kindergarten to give them that confidence at an early age.

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1. Challenge! Let students know that challenge is okay, promote challenge in your classroom, and encourage students when they are doing something challenging.

2. Modeling! It begins with us. We are who our students look up to and look after. We have the power to set the tone right, by modeling growth mindset, challenging tasks, and embracing the struggle.

3. Wait time! it is okay to let students think. Use wait time as an opportunity for think time.

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This week, I learned that student choice and time for students to struggle, talk things through with a partner, work through something independently, or go about something in a different way is something that is very important to instilling growth mindset in your classroom. Challenge is a huge part of growth mindset and students need to feel challenged in order to struggle and work through something or learn something new.

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My big take aways is teaching students persistence and how important wait time really is.

When students are taught to be persistent during difficult times or task they are learning valuable lessons in that alone. They are learning that hard work pays off and to not give up.

Wait time is so important when allowing all students to feel like they can be successful. I learned that the appropriate amount of wait time is 3 seconds. Which made me wonder if I give too much wait time, sometimes.

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I have a few things that I took from this week.
-Providing wait time for students is extremely important.
-Challenging our students is important so that they know we believe in them and that they can do hard things.
-Building student confidence is key to a productive struggle and growth mindset.

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My biggest take a way was the 25 ways to build self esteem in kids. I think about how I can do that with my own kids as well as my students. When we can build them up, they are more willing to try new things and be confident that it is okay to make mistakes.

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This week I'm walking away thinking mostly about how important it is that my students know that I believe they are capable of taking on challenges. I want them to know that I believe in them, and that they really are capable of many things. I believe that this will help them to be able to do awesome things in life because they will learn not to be afraid to try new things.

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Biggest take-aways from this week:
-Wait time! Wait time 2!  But not too much.
-Teaching kids perseverance and strategies to struggle is key to being able to take on and enjoy challenges.
-We are the models for everything

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Providing my students with the keys they need to be confident and successful should be one of my top priorities. In order for my students to enjoy the learning process, I need to provide them with the necessary tools to achieve their goals. Doing so will build relationships between the teacher and student. In turn it will motivate the students to "Tiger Up"!

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My biggest take away this week was the printables. I really liked the 25 Ideas to build confidence in kids and 15 tips to build self esteem and confidence in teens. I teach special education so I also find Wait Time to be so important for all students.

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This is the second time we have heard this school talk about "struggle time". I am reminded again this week how much I love this term. I want to make a conscience effort to use this term in my classroom. I think it is important for students to expect struggle. Referring to their work time as "struggle time" helps set that expectation. When they expect the struggle, it seems less intimidating. They are able to embrace struggle and accept the challenge.

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My biggest take-away for this week is wait time and struggle. I think wait time is so important for our students. We need to be able to include all students and in order to do that we need to take the time to allow them to process and think. I really like the "Get Back to Me" strategy so we can provide plenty of time but still hold the student accountable to share.

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I am intrigued by the embracing struggling and embrace the challenge! I look forward to instilling this in my classroom next year! I want my students to love the challenge and expect the struggle!!

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I keep coming back to the 25 ways to build self confidence in kids and looking to make an impact with my students and their self confidence. I think I am going to spend some time with that handout this summer, do some more research and then will create some go to's when I see kids struggling in this area. Not really sure what it will look like yet but it is on my brain

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My big take aways from this week is to teach persistence! We have to model wait time, not giving up, struggling for our students. We also must model perseverance. When there a struggle, don't take the easy way out. Work hard, do your best, ask for help and you will succeed!

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To teach the kiddos these character traits we as teachers must continue to model them in and out of our classroom. Persistence, determination, opportunity and resilience need to start with us.

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My biggest take away from this week was how important it is that we teach our students the power of persistance and not giving up. This should be modeled by the teacher, and encouraged by providing choice for each student.

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Resilience, challenge and keeping an open mind will propel our students to become deeper thinkers, more engaged learners and enthusiastic about school! In all of these concepts, the teacher is the one who sets the tone, is a role model for others and establishes a safe engaging environment where learning takes place and all students are given the belief that they are capable of great things!  What an impact we can make on the lives of these students!  And let's be honest, they will be the ones figuring out how to save our world, so let's get them going on the right foot!

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I learned that providing opportunity is key! Opportunity to be persistent and persevere, opportunity to embrace a challenge, opportunity to ask for help when needed.
These opportunities need to be provided by the teacher!