Ms. Loftus February Perseverance Lessons

My students enjoyed watching Lainey's video about perseverance on how you should never give up and work through those times to achieve your goal. To start this topic, we went over the meaning of perseverance and we shared how we will achieve our set goal with our partners. Then I wanted to connect this topic with Disney because I wanted the students to make a connection. I showed them a video called "Dream Big Princess- Be a Champion" where it highlighted different dreams that kids want to achieve like skateboarding, swimming, archery, or karate. The lesson of the video is directed towards to "be something" in life. It connected to the disney movies and it really showed the students that there dreams or goals can come true if they put their greatest effort in. Next I wanted to connect perseverance with sports by explaining to them that athletes set goals, train, and persevere through set backs to get to the dream of a gold medal at the olympics. I showed them a video clip of the 1992 Summer Olympics of Derek Raymond who persevered his injury during the games by continuing the race after he falls. He knew that his dream was over of receiving that medal but he wanted to finish the race and he was the true champion. These videos really showed the students the concept of perseverance because they were able to see what it takes to be a champion. For our project, we are learning about poetry for literacy and writing. We created a classroom perseverance acrostic poem where the students shared their ideas for each letter of the word. It was a great way to introduce poetry to the students and the students really understood the concept of this word. In the end, my students cannot wait to meet with you Lainey and I keep telling them that you are coming in April.