One Word Wisdom

1/18/2018

I was inspired by Ms Anderson (again) when I saw the blog post she left her class last week. Their goal was to choose one word that would guide them as they took on the new year. This week, I want you to do the same. Choose one word that will guide your goals, your learning, and your experiences and write down why you’ve chosen that word.

For me the word will be FOCUS. In 2018, I am choosing to focus. I want to spend my time focussed on the things that matter most to me, my family, my students, and my well being. To achieve this goal of focus, I am going be present in each situation while I am experiencing it. I plan to give 100% to my family when I’m at home, and not spend so much time working, and when I’m at work, I’m going to focus on individual tasks and completing them in order so that I am being efficient with my time. With regards to my well being, I am going to make sure that I am exercising, and when I’m there I’m focussing on proper form, and being the best I can be.
What’s your word that you’re going to choose for your year? How do you plan on using that word to help you throughout the year?

Romina

1/18/2018 01:23:07 pm

I chose the word PERSEVERANCE because it means never giving up and that’s what I want to achieve this year. I want to keep trying even though something is hard,looking on the bright side. This word is important to me because it can be used when something is hard and Lots of things are hard for me and I can just look on bright side and everything is better. I still remember last year we had to write some examples that we used perseverance. I wrote when I was running in cross country and I knew that I was going to loose because I was so slow. I looked on the bright side and ended up in 2nd place in that race!

Alex.A

1/18/2018 01:59:39 pm

I chose the word APPLY because it means that I will apply myself to the things I want to do and do like guitar, soccer and even school! I plan on putting in effort to help me through the year because I will apply myself to everything I do and on top of that, I will work hard in the things I do too.

Alex.A

1/18/2018 02:05:32 pm

Bad copy

Alex.A

1/18/2018 02:21:12 pm

I chose the word APPLY because it means I will apply myself to the things I want to do and do like guitar, soccer and even school! In guitar I will apply myself by practising reading sheet, chord and tab music.
In soccer, I will apply myself by practising skills and drills.
Finally, I will apply myself to school by coming into the classroom with a smile on my face and a commitment to work hard.

Alex.A

1/18/2018 02:21:32 pm

Good Copy

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1/18/2018 02:54:59 pm

I chose the word try because I want to never give up and keep trying no mater what. I also chose try because I always want to try my hardest when something is difficult for me. And thats why I chose the word try.

Preston

1/18/2018 04:02:51 pm

My word is hopeful I pick this one because it will help me with math and other class.It can make me feel good about my work and that is why I pick hopeful.

Tom

1/19/2018 07:28:41 am

The word I have picked is perseverance.I chose this word because without perseverance the goal could last 29 seconds.Also because you will need it to stay on task and not get distracted.That is why I chose perseverance.

Jumaana

1/19/2018 03:16:29 pm

I chose to use Positivity for my word this year. It will help me this year by telling me to always be positive when attempting something new. I will not always be like "Boo" in class if I don't like something. I will try to be positive. It makes a big difference depending on the way you approach something. whether you are positive or negative. If you chose to approach something positively, you might actually like it. But if you chose to approach it negatively, your mind will think of it as a bad thing, when it might not be. That is the word I chose for this year. Stay Positive!

Titov.exe

1/20/2018 07:00:42 pm

The word that I chose for myself this year is patience. Patience is the ability to tolerate for a long time without starting to become frustrated or upset. I get easily frustrated when someone says or does something bad to me, and I become very emotional and start raising my voice. This is not good for anyone because it can lead to an argument. So whenever I start getting upset, I should take a breath or two and calm myself down. If that does not work I will try my best to ignore the person who is upsetting me.

Being patient is also a valuable character trait when learning new things. I feel frustrated when I mess up at the very end of a piece of music that I am learning or when I’m trying to solve a math problem and cannot figure it out at once. Patience will allow me to finish what I started. Patience will allow me to overcome any difficulties in my work or life. This is why I picked this word for 2018, and don’t forget, be patient.

Anonymous (definetly not Willan)

1/21/2018 08:47:20 am

The word I chose for this year is Challenge. I chose challenge because I want to challenge myself to work harder and challenge my self. I will do this by choosing the harder morning math question (in my opinion) and also for example the frog math, there was an easier one, and a harder one. Of course being me, I chose the easier one. That's what I'm trying not to do. That is why I'm choosing the word challenge.

Cadence?

1/21/2018 02:57:36 pm

This blog was very tricky but I’m gong to push myself to make it the best blog it can be. Speaking of pushing myself that’s my word push. I think this is a great word for me because it can mean a lot of things for example push myself to do the beep test. Few glad I got that out of me I really had to push! Anyway durring Christmas break I had my ski training and to be honest it was not my favorite. You know waking up early STRESSFUL, rushing out the door STRESSFUL,skiing 4 times a day, tiring but STRESSFUL,racing against my friends very very STRESSFUL! Clearly stressful is not my 2018 word! So ya I really had to push through the tough times and get to the the fun stuff. like being with my friends or seeing myself improve. After my last race me and my teammates did Cart wheels off the podium laughing with joy. If you don’t push you’ll miss out on the the fun stuff that really makes memory’s that you’ll remember forever and just because maybe you’re not having a very good day don’t think it doesn’t take bad days to make good ones because it does remember that, it could teach you a very good lesson. It definitely taught me one!

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1/21/2018 05:46:42 pm

This year I have chosen a word to represent what I want to work on in 2018, I have chosen Focus.I have chosen this because I really need to focus more this year and then I will get better in subjects in school and be really smart. I will try to achieve this goal by not getting distracted as much. I want to focus more on stuff I really need to get done instead of stuff that doesn’t madder and is not important.

Adogoithi

1/22/2018 05:13:26 pm

My word for 2018 is imagination.
I chose this word because when I was reading a book ( the usual ), I came across a quote from the author, and it really inspired me. It said and I quote: "any adult who decides to pick up a pen and write a book won't write it in the mindset they have right now. They'll go back and write it as if they were a child, since children hold the key to imagination."
This quote really got me thinking and it inspired me. No one wants to be boring. If you try your best to be imaginative, you guarantee something interesting to do. You can think of anything and it just comes flowing to you.
These are the reasons why I will try to be imaginative this year.

lilah

1/22/2018 05:14:10 pm

This year I choose the word that will represent 2018. THIS word is caring. I choose caring because I want to be more caring to others and put myself in others shoes. Also because if I care for others, lets hope they care for me! My goal is to spread kindness and caring around....so that it is contagious....and so that we can all 'pay it forward'....like "The Kindness Diaries" television series.

Juliet Bacon

1/23/2018 04:38:16 pm

For my word that will guide me through the year is LEARN LOTS, I chose this word because I want to be successful and succeed in school so that I can live a life that is good for a person to have and to do that I need to focus on LEARNING.

I think that I need to try and do somethings more challenging, because then I can LEARN and then if I practice even more then I would of LEARNED LOTS which is my keyword to represent 2018 and to help me be successful in the years of my life.

Sabina

1/23/2018 04:51:06 pm

learn lots is not ONE word just saying

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1/23/2018 04:48:27 pm

The word that I will chose is..... is.............is okay fine i'll say it FORGIVING! yay wohooo yassss I find that I should be more forgiving and not constantly get anoyed (i'm talking about you Wilan David)
any who, as I was saying I shall not get mad at people I geuse the reason that I do it is because sometimes people do it to me but that dose not mean that I should do it so that is my one word wrighting!

Mr.beast\Crazy frog

1/23/2018 05:20:54 pm

The word i chose is believe because when im in math class some times i think im never going to do it but then i realize i cant sit there and just give up i have to believe that i can do it. i dont always get right but add least i believed that i can do it.

David

1/24/2018 02:50:22 pm

OK so first of all (Sabina) me and willanananannana are maby sometimes annoying (SABINA). OK so carying on the word I chose is focos i will try to focas more in class and at home because in class im not vary focased (I think I alredy said that) Sometimes i sit and focas somtimes I dont so ya I will focas More.

Again sorry for spelling and gramer.

Jack

1/24/2018 04:15:54 pm

The word I chose is DON'T GIVE UP. I chose this word because we I'm working and my work is hard ya sometimes I give up. When I normally give up is either when it's to hard or when I get frustrated. I get frustrated when I see other people done their work so I sometimes give up or stop doing it. When It's to hard I just stop doing the work or I just don't do it and sit in my chair doing nothing. I see other people done so I get distracted and give up. FOR 2018 I'M GOING TO TRY TO NOT GIVE UP. Or just not to GIVE UP

JACK

1/24/2018 04:16:58 pm

Ops I forgot to put a period

Jacob

1/24/2018 04:57:25 pm

The word I will choose is determination because success in everything in your life depends on how determined you are. For example in hockey if you are a determined player you will usually get the puck before the other team so you will get more opportunity's to score. For another example in life you are tired from reading a book at home and you want to take a break just pull through. For the last example in school if you are working on a hard assignment if you are stuck and you are worn out just keep working hard and you will probably finish it.These are the reasons why I will try to have determination this year.

Yuan.exe

1/24/2018 05:11:59 pm

The word I choose is ANTICIPATION. I chose this word because when I do home I always leave to the end because I always procrastinate and wait till the very end. Whenever I get homework I always do the easy stuff first because the harder stuff scares me which is a key to procrastination. Because of this I always leave the harder stuff until the very end. I can fix this by doing the hard stuff first and then doing the easy stuff. That's why I will Anticipate instead of procrastinate.

BANANA :)

1/24/2018 05:20:11 pm

The word I chose was LISTEN I chose LISTEN because I think that I do not LISTEN well in class and at home.I also think that I do not LISTEN when Mr. Steltman is talking and sometimes I do not know what to do in class because I do not LISTEN.To achieve this goal I will try to put all of the things that distract me in my locker like slime,putty or squishy and for the people that distract me I will kindly ask them to stop.

DatDogoCiaran

1/24/2018 06:02:25 pm

(I'm just going to get straight into this) My word this year is OPEN MINDED. Okay, okay... I know! Open minded isn't really one word, please forgive me! I feel like this can really benefit me through this year, and I'm going to try to explain to you why!

The first reason is because I feel like it can definitely benefit me in my collaboration and that is one thing I'm trying to work on this year anyways! I feel like it can help me because sometimes I stick to my ideas in groups without including other peoples and so the word(s) open-minded can help with that!

One other way it can help me is in art! Usually I stick to this one style in art and maybe the word open minded can help me use different styles and try out other styles that I like! I think it can help me in art CLASS too because I want to try to not be so perfect, being a perfectionist, this could be hard

Those are some reasons why I think the word OPEN-MINDED can really help me this year. Through 2018 I will try to explore the word OPEN-MINDED and try to make 2018 the BEST year to come (even though that's going to be easy with Mr.Steltman as a teacher!).

Avapavasavadavallama...hi...

1/25/2018 01:41:43 pm

Now this blog post isn't my favourite, Mr.Steltman you should of chose another one! Now here is where my word comes in, its accept. Mr.Steltman probably has every word in his mind for me except accept, and if so, do you want to work on this with me Mr.Steltman?! If not you're going to have to accept my blog post. Rules are rules.
But lets get serious with this. Now there is more meanings of accept than you and I think, and there is always a way to improve on all of them!
The first one is too accept the work I have assigned and choices I have after completing a task. I know I can do that just putting a good mood on the outside and hopefully in. I will also accept that sometimes I need to be patient, like when Ms.bourne marks work. I usually bug her and ask, but I have been working on being patient with that, so thats an extra 10 points. And my last one is the normal accept, I will work with what I have, accept the partner that I'm with, and I'll accept everyone!
I know I will acheive my goal, if I put my mind to it! This is Ava signing off, byeee!

Owen

1/25/2018 03:27:39 pm

My word is Challenge I want to try to challenge myself as much as I can and always try the hardest morning math question (usually I do but i want to do it everyday) and I hope that I can challenge myself as much as I can.

claire

1/25/2018 04:36:41 pm

my word is open to say to have a open mind and OPEN to everybody even if i am working in a group with pother class mates. also i think i should be open to any answers i get no matter there right or wrong(number talk) also i think that i should be open to and questions i need to ask and then i can move on with my \tasks and stay on track.

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