"The Drive for 5" Continues
Last week I opened my "The Drive for 5" blog series by describing the first of what I consider to be the five most important traits needed for success in school. Let's get right to today's second trait.
R- Reach for the Stars
One morning last year, my students were creating bar graphs and other types of charts and tables to display the results of our Winter Enthusiasm Survey. After working for a very short time, one child raised her hand, and I was worried that she had rushed through the activity just to get done. Instead, she told me that she wasn't happy with how the paper looked and asked if she could start over. That action exemplifies the trait featured in this post.
Successful students hold themselves to impressively high personal standards with regard to their work, effort, and behavior.
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