This week was focused on El Dia De Los Muertos, Organization, Time Management and Stress.
On Monday, the Mentors and I celebrated El Dia De Los Muertos and watched The Book of Life. It's a great movie that shows the traditions and beliefs through a fun story line.
Tuesday was dedicated to organizing our lives, both students and myself. I had students bring in their binders, notebooks, folders, and anything from their lockers. They sorted through all of their materials and ended up recycling a lot of old paper work. When they were finished, we started organizing all of the papers in this class and students took the initiative to split up all of the paperwork and put them in the appropriately labeled folder. They were a huge help and all were very supportive of one another and enjoyed bragging about how organized they already were.
Wednesday and Thursday was dedicated to Time Management and a chance for students to realize where they are wasting a lot of their time. This brought up good conversations of how too much homework effects their after school life; especially, if they're expected to do work/chores, babysit siblings, and cook dinner.
Friday, or as I like to call it "No Fun Friday" (joking) was all about stress and those things in life that cause it. Students came up with ideas or solutions that would help limit or eliminate some of those top stressors in their lives. We ended it on a fun note by playing animal charades to keep the atmosphere light and to show that laughing and being goofy can be a solution to avoiding stress.
Have a great weekend!
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