7+Habits+in+the+Classroom

A synthesis of The 7 Habits, Every Student a Leader, and 21st Century Skills
 * < ===**Lessons**=== ||< ===**Details**=== ||
 * < === Module 1 ===

(face-to-face) :
Goals: Introduction and Reflection
 * Technology Familiarity
 * Text
 * Reflection
 * Discussion

Embedded Skills in this module: Sue media type="custom" key="13276418" || Goals: Feather Component Reflection
 * Information Literacy
 * Collaboration
 * Invention
 * Critical Thinking
 * Self Direction || The link for the video is broken, so you can watch the video via Youtube. Click on the authenticator below, choose "option 1", and use your computer login information to bypass the district filter. Let me know if you need help accessing the video.
 * 1) Become a member of the EuclidMS wiki.
 * 2) Be familiar with accessing your Google Docs. You'll need to work on a couple of documents in later lessons.
 * 3) Watch this video: Everyday Leadership
 * 4) Go to the discussion tab (it looks like a speech bubble) at the top of this page. Click on the discussion title: Everyday Leadership. Read the questions and write a reflection on the video by Monday, February 27.
 * 5) Sometime between Monday and Friday (2/27-3/2) go back to the discussion comments, read them and respond to at least one other person's ideas.
 * < === Module 2 (independent) ===

Embedded Skills in this module: Goals: 7 Habits in the classroom Begin with the End in Mind: Writing a Classroom Mission Statement
 * Information Literacy
 * Collaboration
 * Invention
 * Critical Thinking
 * Self Direction ||< Consider the Falcon Feather components that are most relevant for your grade level:* Sixth Grade: Feathers 1-4
 * Seventh Grade: Feathers 5 and 6
 * Eighth Grade: Feather 7 (beginning 2012-13)
 * 1) Investigate the components of the Feathers and familiarize yourself with the tasks that the students can choose to complete.
 * 2) Choose a task that you either already have in place in your classroom or that you can easily integrate into your practice.
 * 3) Create a communication tool for your chosen component. How will kids know they can earn completion of this task in your classroom?
 * 4) By March 19, go to the discussion tab and click on the Feather Integration title. Read the instructions and complete your reflection.
 * 5) By March 23, read another discussion contribution and comment on that person's ideas. ||
 * < === Module 3 (independent) ===

Embedded Skills in this module: Consider your classroom procedures, expectations, goals. Write a classroom Mission Statement to fit your teaching practice and to demonstrate to students (who will be working on this on Feather 7 in 8th grade) the concept of a mission statement and how to write one.
 * Collaboration
 * Invention
 * Critical Thinking
 * Self Direction ||< Review Habit 2 in your 7 Habits book: **Begin With the End in Mind.**
 * 1) Introduce the concept of a Mission Statement: The essential reason for existence. “we are going to talk about why we are here.” You might take a “walk” to the front of the building and review the school mission statement.
 * 2) How will you communicate the idea of a Mission Statement to your classes? Provide a video clip or book to develop the idea of a mission statement; for example the video “EVEREST” provide great context for a mission statement; perhaps a story or a book like “The Little Engine that Could”.
 * 3) Have a discussion about the example: What did it take for “such and such to happen”: possible answers……..a plan, working together, time, etc.
 * 4) Write a classroom Mission Statement for the 4th Quarter with one of your classes.

Share your classroom Mission Statement on the discussion forum here. Comment on another teacher's classroom Mission Statement. || Goals: 21st Century Skills fluency
 * < === Module 4 (independent) ===

Embedded Skills in this module:
 * Information Literacy
 * Collaboration
 * Invention
 * Critical Thinking
 * Self Direction ||< The 21st Century Skills are:
 * Invention
 * Collaboration
 * Self Direction
 * Critical Thinking
 * Information Literacy
 * 1) Read this article: [[file:21st Century Skills article.pdf]]
 * 2) What reactions do you have to the author's ideas? By April 2, go to the discussion tab and click on the 21st Century Skills Integration title. Read the instructions and complete your reflection.
 * 3) By April 9, read another discussion contribution and comment on that person's ideas. ||
 * === Module 5 ===

(face-to-face)
**Date: Monday, April 9, 3:00-4:00** Goals:
 * Synthesis of previous lessons
 * closing reflections on learnings and plans

Embedded Skills in this module:
 * Collaboration
 * Invention
 * Critical Thinking
 * Self Direction ||< Bring to this meeting your plan for integration of Falcon Feather components, 7 Habits ideas, and/or 21st Century Skills in your classroom. Your integration might be:
 * lesson
 * unit
 * grade book category
 * daily routine
 * Classroom Mission Statement
 * etc. ||