Building Student Building Student Leadership SkillsLeadership Skills

Janis Hall, Skaggs ElementaryJanis Hall, Skaggs ElementarySandi Acheson, Sigler ElementarySandi Acheson, Sigler Elementary

Kim Murff, Bethany ElementaryKim Murff, Bethany ElementaryPlano ISDPlano ISD

Tools and Literature Lesson Ideas to Motivate and Tools and Literature Lesson Ideas to Motivate and Develop Student Leadership Skills Based on the Develop Student Leadership Skills Based on the

Philosophy of these Books:Philosophy of these Books:

Let’s Sing

Be Proactive Every DayBe Proactive Stop and ThinkEven Though it’s Hard To DoI Think you Should Try it, TooBe Proactive Every DayBe Proactive, Stop and Think.

(to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”

Leadership Tags

1 Be Proactive1 Be Proactive

Choose good attitudes in the libraryChoose good attitudes in the library Do not blame others if they find a book Do not blame others if they find a book

that you would like to havethat you would like to have Do the right thing without being askedDo the right thing without being asked

Choose to be helpfulChoose to be helpful Be responsibleBe responsible

Take good care of your booksTake good care of your books

2 Begin with the End in Mind2 Begin with the End in Mind

What is my goal?What is my goal? What kind of book do I need today?What kind of book do I need today? What do I want to learn about today?What do I want to learn about today? How can I be a good citizen?How can I be a good citizen?

3 Put First Things First3 Put First Things First

What is most important?What is most important? Use your time wiselyUse your time wisely

Focus on your task- Make good Focus on your task- Make good selectionsselections

4 Think Win -WIN4 Think Win -WIN

• Remember you will have many Remember you will have many opportunities to choose different opportunities to choose different booksbooks

• How you treat others is important nowHow you treat others is important now

5 Seek First to Understand,5 Seek First to Understand,

Then to be UnderstoodThen to be UnderstoodListenListen

Do not interrupt othersDo not interrupt others

Look other people in the eyesLook other people in the eyes

6 Synergize6 Synergize

7 Sharpen the Saw7 Sharpen the Saw

Find your VoiceFind your Voice

How can you How can you

helphelp

others others

in the library?in the library?

#1-Be Proactive#1-Be ProactiveFirst I think. I then

make a choice. EVERYTHING I do is a

CHOICE.

#1-Be Proactive#1-Be ProactiveThe Little Engine That Could – Watty Piper

#2-Begin With #2-Begin With the End in Mindthe End in Mind

First I THINK about what I want. I then

DO what will make it happen.

#2-Begin With #2-Begin With the End in Mindthe End in Mind

The Very Busy Spider - Eric Carle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHiUQb5xg7A

#3-Put First #3-Put First Things FirstThings First

I only THINK and DO what is most important.

#3-Put First #3-Put First Things FirstThings FirstThe Little Red Hen –

Byron BartonAlfred Digs – Lindsay Barret

George

#4-Think Win-Win#4-Think Win-WinWe think of a solution where no one gives up anything and everyone

wins!

#4-Think Win-Win#4-Think Win-WinLion and the Mouse –

Aesop FableWolf! - Becky Bloom

Rainbow Fish – Marcus Pfister

#5- Seek First to #5- Seek First to Understand, Then to Understand, Then to

be Understoodbe UnderstoodFirst, I listen to others so that I

may understand them, then repeat their thoughts back.

#5- Seek First to #5- Seek First to Understand, Then to Understand, Then to

be Understoodbe UnderstoodRainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale - Marcus PfisterRunaway Bunny - Margaret Wise BrownMiss Alaineus - Debra Frasier

#6-Synergize#6-SynergizeBecause we have different

strengths, we can work together to create a better idea than we could alone.

#6-Synergize#6-SynergizeCook-a-Doodle-Doo

Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel

Swimmy - Leo Lionni

#7-Sharpen the Saw#7-Sharpen the SawI will take care of my brain and body, make deposits in emotional bank accounts,

and do what I know is right.

#7-Sharpen the Saw#7-Sharpen the SawThe Snowy Day –

Ezra Jack KeatsI.Q. Gets Fit – Mary Ann

Fraser

#8-Find My Voice #8-Find My Voice and Help Othersand Help OthersI feel happier and more

confident when I reach out to others with caring and

kindness.

#8-Find My Voice #8-Find My Voice and Help Othersand Help Others

Hooway for Wodney Wat- Helen Lester

Listen to the Wind – Greg Mortenson

Which habits can you identify?Which habits can you identify?

How Full is Your BucketHow Full is Your Bucket? (for kids)? (for kids)

by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyerby Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer

Bibliography• Aesop. The Lion and the Mouse• Barton, Byron. The Little Red Hen• Bloom, Becky. Wolf!• Brown, Margaret Runaway Bunny• Carle, Eric. The Very Busy Spider• Covey, Sean. The 7 Habits of Happy Kids• Covey, Stephen. The Leader in Me• Fraser, Mary Ann. I.Q. Gets Fit• Frasier, Debra. Miss Alaineus• George, Lindsay Barrett. Alfred Digs• Keats, Ezra Jack. The Snowy Day• Lester, Helen. Hooway for Wodney Wat• Lionni, Leo. Swimmy• Mortenson, Greg. Listen to the Wind• Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia• Pfister, Marcus. Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale• Pfister, Marcus. The Rainbow Fish• Piper, Watty. The Little Engine That Could• Sierra, Judy. Born to Read• Stevens, Janet and Susan Stevens Crummel. Cook a Doodle Doo