Friday, April 12/ 19, 2013.

LIFE LEARNING CHOICES:

LEARNING STRATEGIES
Agenda
What is Personal Management?
Positive Self-Talk
Skill Types What am I good at and what do I
need to improve?
WHOA! Decision Making Strategy
Strategies for overcoming challenges
Learning Objectives:
Students will consider:
What areas in my life do I need to manage? (Is it
money, time management, anger, stress, or
other?)
What personal positive self-talk can I apply to help
me be successful in my life/schooling?
What skills do I have and what skills do I need to
improve upon for future success?
How can I make effective decisions for current
and future issues and challenges?
How he/she can overcome challenges affecting
his/her goals?
The Instant Book:
1. Fold the paper
according to the
pictorial diagram.
2. Place the title:
Learning
Strategies on the
cover page.
3. Write your name
and date in the
lower right hand
corner.
4. Decorate or add a
border to your cover
page.
Personal Management:

Write the title Personal Management at the
top of your first page.
Personal Management:
What does Personal Management mean?

Think-Pair-Share
Personal Management:
What does Personal Management mean?

Managing areas in your own life that cause
you to be off balance.
Requires attention to become better at
something.
A recognized aspiration that you want to
achieve.
Personal Management:
Essentially Personal Management means:

Applying personal responsibility and self-
direction in organizing and managing ones
own resources of time, energy, money and
personal property.
These resources are managed by exercising
goal-setting skills.
In your booklet write the
following:
Two kinds of situations I manage successfully
are:

1.____________________________________

2.____________________________________

Example: I eat breakfast every morning, so I
have energy for the day.
Next, write the following:
Two kinds of situations I would like to manage
better are:

1.____________________________________

2.____________________________________

Example: I forget to bring my books to class.
Draw the following diagram
twice:

Student activity master #34 R6.1 Name
Date



Two kinds of situations I manage successfully are: Two kinds of situations I would like to manage better are:
1. 1.
2. 2.

Use the following flowchart to outline the type of situation you would like to manage better. A sample is done for you.


Situation I feel What I do now Outcomes




















My younger brother takes
things from my bedroom.

frustrated
and angry
I yell.
Instead I could
Remain calm, talk with my brother so
he understands he must ask
permission to borrow things.
arguing and bad
feelings
Im still friendly with
my brother, he realizes
he can borrow from me
but he must ask first

What I do now

Instead I could

Choose your reaction
Situation: Result: Outcomes:
An Example:

Student activity master #34 R6.1 Name
Date



Two kinds of situations I manage successfully are: Two kinds of situations I would like to manage better are:
1. 1.
2. 2.

Use the following flowchart to outline the type of situation you would like to manage better. A sample is done for you.


Situation I feel What I do now Outcomes




















My younger brother takes
things from my bedroom.

frustrated
and angry
I yell.
Instead I could
Remain calm, talk with my brother so
he understands he must ask
permission to borrow things.
arguing and bad
feelings
Im still friendly with
my brother, he realizes
he can borrow from me
but he must ask first

What I do now

Instead I could

Choose your reaction
Situation: Result: Outcomes:
I have bad
study
habits
I did
poorly on
my Math
test
I studied for a quiz
the night before.
Study one week prior to
the test.
I dont get
stressed out
as much
and I learn
my math
better. I also
have time to
ask for help
if I need it.
I get
stressed
out.
Goal-Setting
Write Goal-Setting at the top of your second
page.
Goal-Setting
SMART Goal-Setting:
Positive Self-Talk
Write Positive Self-Talk at the top of page
three.

Write one or two positive messages you tell
yourself or have been told by another person.

Share with your elbow partner. Choose one
positive message and write this out on poster
paper; Post it on the wall/board/bulletin board.
Miss Gradys own Positive Self-
Talk:
You Can DO This!
Be committed, to do what it takes, to have
what you want
Get R Done!
My best is the best that I can be
Improvise, Adapt and Overcome
A Positive Mindset Strategy:
By Shawn Achor (TEDxBloomington) - "The
Happiness Advantage: Linking Positive Brains to
Performance YouTube Video (12:28 min.)

Do theses 5 Steps in 21 days:
1. Gratitude List three
2. Journaling
3. Exercise
4. Meditation
5. Random Acts of Kindness
Personal Skills
Write Personal Skills at the top of page four.

What are skills?
Why are they important?
Personal Skills
A skill is something you have learned and it is
the ability to do something well.
Examples: writing, painting, listening, cooking
Knowing our skill types will help to guide us in
our future decisions about the careers that we
choose to pursue.
What are your personal skill strengths?
Personal Skills
Identify and List your Personal Skills:

Personal Skills
Personal Skills contd
Personal Skills contd
Personal Skills contd
Personal Skills
Write three skills you are lacking in.

Next to each of these skills, write why it would
be important to develop.
WHOA! Decision Making
Strategy
Write this title on your next page.
WHOA! Decision Making
Strategy
A Scenario:

WHOA! Decision Making
Strategy
What are some possible reasons that you think
this person made the choice that he/she did?
What are the pressures and emotions that
might be felt?

Think-Pair-Share

On a post-it-note: Write 2 possible reasons
(Place on the board when complete)

WHOA! Decision Making
Strategy
WHOA! Decision Making
Strategy
WHOA! Scenarios:
Influences on Decision Making
On a new page, draw the following diagram:
Influences on Decision Making
Health and Life Skills Guide to Implementation (K9) Student activity masters /C.39
Alberta Learning, Alberta, Canada 2002
Student activity master #38 L6.3

Name: Date:

Influences on decision making

































Questions you need to ask to help you make this decision.








Decision to be made






Family Peers
Cultural beliefs Values
Decision Making:
Overcoming Challenges
Have you experienced challenges or obstacles
in pursuing your goals?

Roller-Coaster analogy

How do we overcome challenges?
Overcoming Challenges
Overcoming Challenges Concept
Map:
Choose a goal that you have.
Create a concept map of the challenges or
obstacles that you might face with your goal
What strategies will help you overcome the
challenges?
You may work in pairs or threes, but you need
to record your own map in your booklet.
Tips for Overcoming Challenges to
Reaching Your Goals:
By Karl Ruegg
http://www.evancarmichael.com/Business-Coach/116/Tips-for-Overcoming-Challenges-to-
Reaching-Your-Goals.html1.
Take a step back.
2. Search for the silver lining.
3. Look for a new path.
4. Stay flexible.
5. Seek solutions and take action.
6. Allow yourself to make mistakes.
7. Ask for help.
8. Avoid blaming yourself or others.
9. Adopt a positive attitude.

Miss Gradys solution to overcoming
challenges:

Improvise, Adapt &
Overcome
Closure - Enduring
Understandings:
Students will understand that:
He/she can apply strategies to develop personal
management in different areas of his/her life.
The way we think about ourselves often determines the
outcome; Having a positive mind set helps to encourage and
support ourselves for success.
Skills and development of skills are important to future
success.
Critical reflection of our choices/decisions will help to impact a
more positive outcome in our lives.
Challenges will affect his/her goals, but they can be
overcome through critical thinking and re-working of plans to
achieve end goals/aspirations.