ORE Counselor Newsletter
April 20-24, 2020
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Character Trait of the Week - Resilience
Resilience is the ability to bounce back from stress, adversity, failure, challenges, or even trauma.
This short video is an example of resilience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKpBJjsZ7EE
Character Book of the Week
CLICK THIS LINK TO HEAR THE BOOK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIo5nwNjYSU
The Girl who Never Made Mistakes
Book by Gary Rubinstein and Mark Pett
Before watching the video, discuss these questions.
1. What is a mistake?
2. How do you feel when you make a mistake?
3. What mistakes have you made today? Consider sharing a mistake that you made today so students can feel safe to share their mistakes.
4. Do you know anyone who has never made a mistake? Would it be easy to never make a mistake?
5. When could it be good to make a mistake? Encourage kids to talk about times that maybe they learned something from their mistakes or laughed after a mistake.
After the video, discuss the following questions.
1. What happens each day when Beatrice leaves her home? Why?
2. What happened when Beatrice almost made her first mistake on the cooking team?
3. How did Beatrice react when Millie made a mistake and dropped a piece of rhubarb?
4. What did Beatrice do after she almost made a mistake?
5. Beatrice felt her stomach jumping around inside her before the talent show. What does that mean? Have you ever felt like that?
6. What mistake did Beatrice make in the talent show?
7. How did the audience react to Beatrice’s mistake during the talent show?
8. Why did Beatrice sleep better than she ever had the night after the talent show?
9. Why were there no fans outside her house at the end of the story?
10. What did Beatrice do after she realized that she wasn’t the girl who never made a mistake?
11. Is Beatrice resilient?