Leader in Me Habits Posters for Classrooms
Use these free posters for your Leader in Me classroom.
This is another free resource for teachers and homeschool families from The Curriculum Corner.
About These Posters
I will be laminating a set of these posters and displaying them in my room.
I had a set of similar posters last year. Throughout the year, I found myself added more ideas and examples on each poster. When creating these, I wanted them to become a resource that students can go to in order to fully understand each habit.
Each poster contains:
- the habit name
- an important word related to the habit and the definition
- examples of what it looks like to follow the habit
- what you are able to do if you are practicing the habit
- a question or statement related to the habit
Using These Posters
I often find myself reading aloud biographies or having students read articles to learn about people throughout history or scientists. After reading, we spend time identifying the habits displayed by each person.
At the beginning of the year, these are typically conversations we have. I ask students to provide evidence once they identify a habit. They must say more than this person was proactive. I have them identify a specific action we read about. A response might sound something like this:
Jim Lovell was proactive when he chose his attitude and mood. Instead of getting angry and blaming others when they faced a challenge in space, he worked with his team to take initiative and find a way to solve their problems.
Once students are familiar with the expectation, we move to students writing about the connections they see with the habits. I like that this links the habits with reading comprehension. Students must provide evidence. Another great piece of this is that AI often cannot assist them in their responses. When they ask for a habit a person displayed, they are given an answer. Once they must provide text evidence, they really do need to think on their own.
A favorite response is synergize because almost all biographies show at least one instance of this habit. I like to challenge my students by telling them they must identify a different habit. I tell them that if they choose synergize, they must have amazing evidence that contains more information than “they worked together”.
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This is another free resource for teachers and homeschool families from The Curriculum Corner. You may copy for your personal use. You may not sell or modify and then sell any of these resources.