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Quazar Helps to Build Character, Build Success.

This month the focus of the Quazar
Positive Behaviour Recognition Program is
OPTIMISM.

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Attribute – Optimism

Optimism and student success are directly related. Research shows that schools have an important role to play in challenging students to be optimistic in both their academic and personal lives. Students who develop and practice optimism and resiliency and believe that they are successful are more likely to succeed. Further research shows that academic optimism makes a significant contribution to student achievement, therefore, if we can help students to be optimistic, we can set them up for success. It is also widely recognized that optimism translates into positive health outcomes for children and adults alike. Building an attitude of optimism in students benefits them academically, and personally, and promotes a positive school climate for everyone.

Goals

To help your students understand what optimism means.
To help your students understand that optimism means being hopeful that you will succeed because you worked hard.
To demonstrate optimism in your classroom and help students practice optimism as individuals, in their classroom and in their school.

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Optimism-Module.pdf

Getting Involved at School

Independent Games

Schools have found success having students play Character Education online games on their computers in the library or computer labs. You can access them here. Some schools have created a bit.ly link and have it displayed near the computers for quick access to the games.

Click here to access our online game which focuses on Optimism directly.

Optimism game

Your students can help game character Olivia practice being optimistic by playing this multi-level game to collect positive phrases.

Your students can also work on crossword puzzles, mazes, word scrambles and word searches that will expand their vocabulary around Optimism. Click here to see them. (**Must login to site for access**)

Group Activities

Below are some other engaging games that you can try with your students:

Think Positive! (courtesy of Kidlutions)

The Think Positive activity book is a great way to teach your students to focus on positive thoughts vs. negative thoughts and to learn the difference between the two. Positive thinking has a direct correlation to leading a more successful life and contributes to one's overall happiness. It also has a direct impact on both emotional and physical health.

Think Positive

Supplies:

pencils/pens
30+ page activity book that help teach positive thinking skills (examples: 'Turn my Thoughts Positive', 'Positive Thinking Challenge', 'My Positive Thoughts'), available for purchase and download here

Download and print the activity workbook.
Choose what activity you want to use in your classroom. There are options for interactive activities as well as individual activities.
Ask your students to complete the selected activity in either a group or workbook fashion. As some of the pages are open-ended, you can tailor them to help your students focus on positive thinking through various emotions, including: anger, sadness, disappointment, etc.

This Optimism activity workbook will help your students further develop their growth mindset, and to consider how they deal with stressful or negative situations by looking at them from an optimistic and positive viewpoint.

Gratitude Journal (courtesy of Research Parent)

Picture Pieces The Gratitude Journal is an effective way for your students to highlight the positive things in their lives. There are questions and prompts throughout the journal to help them think about situations in a positive light. There are also questions that focus on mistakes and failure so they can work on their growth mindset. So even if there is something they can't do now, they can look at those tasks with a fresh perspective that they can't do them YET.

Supplies:

pens
pencils
long armed stapler
Gratitude Journal – available for free download here

Print the gratitude journals and hand them out to your students.
Discuss with your students about what Optimism means to them. Ask what things they are optimistic about in various aspects of their lives.
Ask them to write in their Gratitude journal each day.

This activity will help your students express and reflect on the good aspects of their lives and to appreciate their blessings. The benefit of having it written down is that more time is spent reflecting and of course there is the option to go back and be reminded of past blessings during those low moments in life.