My class began this journey by playing a true/false game to learn facts about our mentor. The students were so excited to guess what our mentor will be like. After the game, I introduced Matt to the students. I have never seen them so excited. They were amazed seeing Matt in newspaper articles. The next week every day a student would ask about Matt. I loved seeing my group already intrigued with the program.
I introduced what long/short terms goals mean. I showed a few books to the students about goal setting, such as Salt in His Shoes and Inches and Miles. I wanted the students to see these books so they can see examples of how kids just like them make goals and work to achieve it. From there, we watched Matt's video. I thought the students were excited to see Matt in the locker room. However, seeing Matt in a setting they could relate to really got their attention. I think it made Matt seem more real to them.
The next goal setting activity we did was create 4 short term goals and 1 long term goal on a hand print. The students really but thought into these goals. I encouraged them to have at least 1 goal they can begin to work on that same day in the classroom. It was amazing to see things they wanted to improve upon. From there, we worked on what we needed to do to accomplish these goals. I assigned each student a buddy. This buddy is going to help and encourage the student work toward their goal!
I am very excited to continue on this journey with my students. We received our t-shirts today. The students are eager to take a picture to show Matt their shirts tomorrow!
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