Stop, Observe, Wonder: Video, Reading, Questions | Social Emotional SEL SEOT 004

If your students did this one trick, they might improve.

• SEOT Step to Success 004 is to STOP, OBSERVE, and WONDER.

• NO PREP reading passage with discussion questions and answer key.

• Print the PDF, show the optional video, and discuss.

• Give students opportunities to develop Self Awareness and Self Control by setting goals.

UPDATED Jan 22, 2024: This new version is now much easier to use.

• There is a single PDF to print. Links to the Microsoft Word and Google Docs are included in the PDF.

• The student handout now includes a QR code to the YouTube video. If students are allowed to use phones, they can scan the code at the bottom of their handout to go to the video.

NOTE:

• Here's the FREE YouTube video lesson - show it IN-PERSON in class or use it for ONLINE learning

• The handout article is a tidied up transcription of the video with questions

• Please look at the preview file (besides the product cover images.) It shows you exactly what you get.

• You can edit the Microsoft Word and Google Docs files

• Includes Digital Version (Easel by TpT)
  

SEOT is a way to think about how to achieve your goals. It’s an acronym. It stands for Strategies, Effort, Optimize, and Tinker. 

STOP, OBSERVE, WONDER

SEOT Steps to Success #004

Something happens to most of us when we get older. We become afraid to take risks. 

Think about it. When you watch little kids, they run around, they fall down, they pick themselves up and they keep going.If you ever watch a kindergarten class, students are excited to be there, they want to ask questions and explore. We call this play-based learning.

But, something happens to most of us as we grow up and move through the grades. We stop raising our hands to answer questions. We become afraid to make mistakes. We pay more attention to what our classmates might think. We try to fit in. We learn that often, there’s a right way and a wrong way to answer questions on the test.

School can often be about going through the curriculum in a hurry to get through it all. We need to cover material that’s going to be on a standardized test. We’re often in a rush to memorize facts and jump through hoops to get a good mark. It’s rare that we get a chance to stop, observe and wonder about things.

SEOT is an acronym to help us reach our goals. The T stands for tinkering.

SEOT Step to Success #4 is to STOP, OBSERVE and WONDER.

Innovation requires tinkering. It means playing around, and exploring what happens. It’s about trying to improve something in a really casual way. We’re just messing around with something to see what happens. It probably won’t work, but who knows? Tinkering is about wanting to see what happens.

As you work on your goals, take a moment and make a conscious decision to stop and observe what happens. I wonder why I feel that way. I wonder how I could get a better result. I wonder what would happen if I did this. 

Think about your goal. Think about what you want out of life. And for the next minute, come up with a bunch of sentences that start with “I wonder…” I wonder if there’s a faster way that I could get these YouTube videos out. I wonder if I don’t do this, what will happen?. 

Try it now! Just wonder. You don’t need the answers, just wonder. 

Start wondering and see what happens.  

Discussion Questions

1. According to this article, what are some obstacles that stop people from achieving their goals?
2. Why do you think those obstacles stop people from achieving their goals?
3. How might this strategy help people to achieve their goals?
4. Why might this strategy not help people to achieve their goals?

TAKE ACTION: Think about a goal that you want to achieve.  Think about what you want out of life. Brainstorm as many sentences as you can that start with “I wonder…” 

THIS LESSON GOES WELL WITH...

• FREE slideshow: teach students HOW to achieve goals and work SMARTER

• The Do Something Different Challenge in Chapter 5. Creativity

OH NO! You missed out !!!

• This product was half price went it was first released.

• The price went up on Jan 27, 2021

• Some of my products are FREE or deeply discounted when they are first released. This is a special thank you to people who follow my store. 

• FOLLOW MY STORE so TpT can notify you when I publish a new product!

WORRIED ABOUT MISSING OUT ON DEALS? DO YOU WANT MY NEW PRODUCTS FOR FREE?

• Stop worrying about waiting for my products to go on sale.

• Stop stressing about missing out on early bird FREE pricing for my new products.

• GET the Educircles EVERYTHING Bundle NOW and get all my new products for free.

• (Psst, the price of the Educircles EVERYTHING Bundle goes up as I add more resources to my store. Read more.)

CHANGELOG

QR Code Update - v2024-01-12qr

• Content change: The student handout now includes a low-ink version of the icon. It also includes a QR code at the bottom which links to the video. Removed digital versions (PowerPoint / Easel handout)

• Simple Organization: Updated to the Educircles Single PDF format with one-click links to keep it simple.

For all changes, please see the START HERE PDF.

If you have any questions, just ask below or send me an email at Mike@educircles.org