What might cause students to have to persevere through school? What are some challenges students face everyday in school?

Why should students persevere through school?

What are two things a student could do if they come across a difficult task in school?

Who are some people in a school that students can count on for help and help students persevere?

How can someone persevere while working on different hobbies and sports?

Why should someone not give up a hobby and sport?

What makes perseverance important with hobbies and sports?

How can someone tell if they have perservered with a hobby and / or a sport?

What are life skills?

Why is it important to persevere when learning different life skills?

How can someone tell if they have persevered when working on different life skills?

Why is perseverance important with family members?

Why is perseverance important with friends?

What does perseverance help us do with different relationships?

Are there relationships we can persevere through that are not with people?

Students will retell the story of Ben and Emma's Big Hit through the lens of Ben.

Students will discuss the prompt (How can we show perseverance in school?) in groups of 3 to 4.

Students will be given one piece of paper with scenarios (challenges that happen in school, ex: Max did not like the art project he made.) and one piece of paper with matching solutions (ex: Max can take what he already has and add to his project until he likes it). Each pair will need to cut and paste the correct scenario with its proper solution.

Students will independently write a short story about someone who persevered while playing a sport or participated in a hobby. The story can be real or imagined.

In groups of 4 to 5, students will act out a skit about persevering through a sport / hobby and present it to the class when they are finished.

Students will compare and contrast two of the stories read about persevering through sports / hobbies. Students will record themselves speaking about how the perseverance was the same and how it was different using the microphones on their computers.

After reading "What Will I Do If I Can't Tie my Shoe?" written by Heidi Kilgras, students will compile a list of three things they can do if they found themselves unable to tie their shoes.

Students will engage in a class discussion about the importance of the text, "Woohoo You're Doing Great!" written by Sandra Boynton. Students will discuss the importance of positive self talk and not giving up even when difficult challenges arise.

Students will create a brochure on how to successfully practice an important life skill. Some example brochures could include: How to Tie Shoes, How to Communicate Well With Others, How to Wash My Hands, How to Problem Solve, etc. At the back of the brochure, students will remind others ways they can stay positive and push through difficulty.

Students in groups of 3 to 4 will use puppets to put on a play about working through a friendship problem (given out by the teacher) and perform for their peers.

Students will create their own comic strips based on a story about perseverance with family members. Students will be both the author of the story and the illustrator. Students must come up with a problem between two family members and decide how perseverance will help them get through the problem.

After reading "Sal Boat" written by Thyra Heder, students will create their own sailboats in groups of 5 to 6 with paper, glue, popsicle sticks, and pipe cleaners. After, students will reflect on how their group persevered while working together by creating a slideshow presentation.