Character Education  

March - Self-Discipline

 

Anderson  
Ball  
Bartels  We used Mrs. Moore's PowerPoint and discussed the questions at the end.  It went well.

 

Benton   
B-Hill 

I read the word or phrase from the numbered items below. The students were asked to write both the word or phrases and the letter that designated whether the action is brought about by the parents (P), the teacher (T), or me (M).

 1.     overeating

 2.     speeding

 3.     spending $

 4.     stealing

 5.     hitting someone

 6.     walking out of class without permission

 7.     sleeping at work or in class

 8.     drinking too much

 9.     failing classes

 10.  running a stop sign or light

 11.  getting a referral

 12.  not getting enough sleep

 13.  found guilty of sexual harassment

 14.  gang membership

 15.  graduating

 

 
Billingsley  
Caywood 
Cherry 
Cofield  Cofield’s class used Mrs. Moore’s slide show and discussed some of their moments of “self-discipline”.  The discussion covered many areas such as: getting a new job, passing a hard test, staying in school, moving out on their own, staying out of trouble and going to college.

 
Copenhaver   
Debusk   
Dickensheet  
Dutcher  
Ferguson 
Fronterhouse 
Gammel
Garton   
Goble  
Goodwin  We played a simple game which I used in another class to work on resiliency skills. The game has very simple rules, mainly listen while another person is talking, keep sharing appropriate to classroom setting, and participate.  After playing game we reviewed rules.  Students were asked to assess how they felt they did on following the rules, tying in that each had to use self-control and self-discipline if they felt they had followed the rules.  Then I asked students who felt they had followed the rules how it felt when others didn't.  A couple people were willing to share and gave very insightful answers.  We then generalized insights to classroom disruptions and classroom behavior, and how it affects all the students present.  All in all I feel the lesson went well and was meaningful to those who participated.

 
Grady   
Gray  
Grega   
Hall   
Hay
Self discipline involves responsibility. A person with self-discipline takes responsibility for his own actions. To avoid unpleasant consequences or to accomplish a certain goal, a person often needs to exercise self restraint and/or self discipline. Self discipline may mean being quite when you want to talk. It may mean restraining from hitting your siblings when they have crossed the line. As a runner, in order to run faster, you may need to lower your weight. In order to do so, self discipline may need to be employed. From doing well in school to doing well in life, self discipline is an important ingredient for success.
 
Hodge PowerPoint

 
House We had open discussion about self discipline and how it can alter your life positively or negatively.

 
Isackson

PowerPoint...   Leading Thoughts

How can failure be a positive experience?

It builds character, you learn from it, how to correct mistakes, learn to make good of bad, to remain positive, learn to value experience, builds memory, it is a part of life, learn to deal with failure, you don’t fail if you learn to come by accomplishment from setback, learn what not to do, to work harder and strive for success, self-motivation, building character J

What is one thing that you have accomplished in your life by self-discipline that you are most proud?

Learning a back-handspring in tumbling, survive Mr. Isackson’s English class, making A’s and B’s first sememster, to control my emotions and not be lead by them, getting my learners permit to drive, my accomplishments in basketball and track, making into jazz band, making good grades in all my honors classes, learned to play bass guitar, giving a speech in front of my peers, I played legion baseball as a 6th grader, turning a Z28 Camero from the junkyard into a show car with my father.
Klein  PowerPoint

 
Krudwig  
Laws  
MacDonald We talked about what self-discipline is and that it's harder to recognize than some of the other traits.  Students all agreed that they didn't have to have self-discipline until they reached Middle School at the earliest--before that someone else told them what to do!  Another thing about self discipline is that we may have it in one aspect of our life and not in another!

 
Madras  
Mann   
Matthews  
Miller, D
Miller, H We read through the PowerPoint provided by Mrs. Moore.  We discussed why it is important to be self-disciplined.  Then, we made “self-discipline” posters.

 
Moore  PowerPoint - Thank you Mrs. Moore for sharing!

 
Newport  We played a simple game which I used in another class to work on resiliency skills. The game has very simple rules, mainly listen while another person is talking, keep sharing appropriate to classroom setting, and participate.  After playing game we reviewed rules.  Students were asked to assess how they felt they did on following the rules, tying in that each had to use self-control and self-discipline if they felt they had followed the rules.  Then I asked students who felt they had followed the rules how it felt when others didn't.  A couple people were willing to share and gave very insightful answers.  We then generalized insights to classroom disruptions and classroom behavior, and how it affects all the students present.  All in all I feel the lesson went well and was meaningful to those who participated.

 
Nibert  
Nurnberg 
Orcutt 
Rieser 
Somerville  
Steinert We went over Mrs. Moore's PowerPoint and discussed self-discipline in general, especially regarding these weeks before spring break. 

 
Stout   
Stratton
Strong

Class Discussion: 

-  “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with one step.”

-  You’ve got to work your way up.

-  To work hare; to control your emotions, actions, and impulses, and to give your best in every situation.

-  Failure can be a positive experience by mistakes.

 
Tate  PowerPoint

 
Thompson For character ed this month we went through the PowerPoint and answered the questions that were linked with it and discussed with partners how our answers differed.

 
VanStavern, S Students answered & discussed questions pertaining to what causes a person to be successful.  What some of their success were and how they would have felt had they not been disciplined enough to strive for the goal.

 
VanStavern, D  
Vigil   
Weber  
West   
Weter  
Wittmer