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Who Do You Notice More?

2/25/2016

 
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Look at this picture.  I love it for a variety of reasons, but the biggest reason it clearly says something in it’s simplicity.   We clearly notice the bird below first, they have set themself apart from their peers.  Let’s make this our challenge this week, let’s set ourselves apart, let’s be different, be better, be noticed for our positive choices.
Your task is to do ONE thing this week that people will notice and be proud of you for.  Do something that they don’t expect, something positive.  Write down how you set yourself apart and the results of that action.  Remember, you have all week to get this done so you don’t have to rush it.  Spend some time thinking about how you’ll make a difference.  

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Yerin
2/27/2016 02:46:30 pm

This week I spent a long time thinking if something I could do that was positively noticable to others. I ended up realizing that you don't have to think about it to make someone happy, sometimes it just comes naturally.

On Friday my mom stayed home from work because she was feeling sick. When my brother and I came home from school we rushed up stairs to make her a "Get well soon" card. When we gave it to her she looked so happy, and got even more delighted when my brother and I started to make dinner for her.

I was proud of myself because I got to make my mom smile and help her feel better when she wasn't feeling good. Although it wasn't noticed by many people (other than my mom's facebook friends) my mom appreciated that we took care of her, and took time away from using our electronics.

That's how I was noticeable and showed kindness this week.

~Yerin

Aidan Roseland-Barnes
3/1/2016 01:27:45 pm

With my air cadets there was a mess dinner on Saturday. When I sat down there where people in uniforms and people not in uniforms. I was sitting at a table with 6 people in uniforms and 2 (Including me) not wearing uniforms. 3 people beside me all with uniforms asked "Which small plate and glass is mine?" SO... I said "The small plate on the left is yours and the glass on the right is yours." They seemed impressed and said "Thanks!". But then a kid asked "Why do I have 3 forks?" And I told him "The fork on the far left is for salad and the fork on the middle is for your meal. And the fork on the top of your plate is for dessert.
P.S. It was a AMAZING meal but I won't describe it because I don't want you drooling over me.
P.S.S. If you want your name at the top hit reply to the person at the top. Thats what I do. HAHA!
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Amber ❤✌✌
2/27/2016 05:24:52 pm

I haven't done something kind, but I saw the most kind thing and I thought that this could be WAY BETTER! It is the nicest thing that any human could EVER do... EVER! It is the most unheartless thing ON EARTH... LITERALLY!
Here goes...
So I was with my dad and we were driving one day and we saw a homeless man and his dog and the man was cleaning peoples cars in exchange for money, so that he could buy food for himself yo guessed it... AND HIS DOG❤ ( How nice is he now?) He only had one blanket, and he gave it to his dog so he could stay warm.

That is what happened❤

Anabanana
2/28/2016 08:00:56 am

on the 16th of February was my little brothers birthday he was turning 9 it was really big for him cus next year he will be turning 10 and he will not be a single digit any more so I wanted to get him a big gift I spent a lot of my money cus I got him a big train set! He had one once in his life but it broke it was old any ways but he has wanted a new one it was expense but I had the money I made from doing house work and baby sitting. (and no I did not sit on a baby) but it felt good to get him something he wanted for a long time it was also a plus cus I play with it all the time. You are probably saying I am a little kid but in my mind I am i'm 5 in my mind. I am happy that I did this cus my whole family was happy that I did this with my money they side you could of gave him 20 dollars like my sister did they also side that it was a really kind thing to do I felt really good cus my family was proud of me not asking them for money and for giving my brother something that he really wanted I felt like I really was really not by my family!!!

This made me happy cus I did something kind that I was noticed for!

~Anabanana :D

Anabanana
2/28/2016 08:05:57 am

I messed up on the last sentence.

I don't think you messed up.
3/3/2016 04:00:24 am

Rayna
2/29/2016 12:38:31 pm

During the beginning of the year me and Nicole were walking past the kindergarten pen and noticed that the teacher helping them was struggling to keep them behaved. We've noticed that there was some students helping other kindergarten classes and we both decided to help that class and become kindergarten helpers.

So everyday during lunch we both go down and help them get ready to go outside and play with them. It's been quite a few months and I feel great. I noticed that ever since we both helped the teacher she seems more happy. Playing games with them such as "what time is it Mr. Wolf" is surprisingly really fun. Seeing there little faces so happy is just makes you so HAPPY! Once the bell rings and it is time to go they all race to you and hug you. It makes you feel truly AMAZING!! And just to top it off the teacher always says thank you with a big smile on her face.

I noticed that even the smallest things can make a difference. This is how I made a positive difference.

~Rayna

Javed
2/29/2016 01:20:30 pm

I remember in grade four at Sunningdale when the janitor needed help emptying the blue and green bin. So my friend and I started a club that can help him. It was actually AMAZING!!!!!!! The next two days 439 students joined in the entire school!!

The fist day was next week, and everyone was so pumped up about it.The next day,the janitor said that my friend and I are leaders for this club and was really really HAPPY!!!!!!!!!
Each and everyday we would be taking time off from our lunch brake and help. I got to help with the elevator, the huge blue bin and even lock up when I was done. It was like I had my first job!

Dominique
2/29/2016 01:58:25 pm

I remember that! Good job Javed!

How nice Javed!
3/3/2016 12:48:59 pm

Dominique
2/29/2016 01:56:54 pm

Ok, I was not sure if it was this week or another time because people are writing about another time so il do that as well...
When I was in grade 3 I was known for my long hair, It went WAY below my waist. My mom read an article about how Pantine was making wigs out of real hair for women with cancer, I noticed how lucky I was so I decided that my hair did not realy matter and I asked my mom to cut my hair! The minimum was 9 inches and my hair was about 14 inches so my mom cut 9 inches of my hair. About 1 month latter I got a letter from the presadent! He said Thank you and told me how much it would help! I was very happy to give my hair to the people in need! <3

~Dominique

Haider
2/29/2016 03:51:19 pm

When I was in Grade 5 it was kind of cold like right now. So I told my mom that i wanted to go and eat burger king and we did. While my mom was driving I saw a homeless guy with only one leg siting on a wheel chair with a blanket and a wood board saying donate money for a fake leg. When i looked at that homeless man I felt very sad so I told my mom "Let's go buy him a burger from burger king and give me a $100 dollar bill and I will pay you back from my bank account" my mom said yes. When I gave him the burger and the $100 dollar bill he said "Thank You" and then mean while when people saw me give him something they did the same thing. I felt like this was a good thing I did in my life.

Emily
2/29/2016 04:09:06 pm

I was thinking for a long time what I could do to brighten someones day and make them proud. And I was thinking all weekend what I could do and this is what I did...
Since my sister is stressed from her work and I am distracting her from her work because apparently I am SUPER loud. Which obviously I think she is overreacting. Anyways, I decided that my family and I should play a board game together. We were playing Monopoly, I hate that game SOOOOO much. But when someone is stressed we should play a game that they like. I ended up losing and getting upset because I want to win but thats not the point. At the end my parent was happy that we spend sometime together.
You could do something that small and could brighten someones day. (And make people around you proud)

~Emily

Your work is like a POTATO (that's good)
3/1/2016 03:14:17 pm

Kai
3/1/2016 01:12:07 pm

When I was at my hockey game and my team was getting ready, their was a little kid. My whole team got ready then we went to warm up. The little kid was wandering around the arena clueless. When my team was walking to the warm up area the little kid was staring at my team. He was in front of us and so was another stranger. The stranger in front of him opened the door, not holding it for the little kid. The kid was still looking at us. The door was about to hit him. I magically caught the door a quarter of a half of a centimeter and he didn't get hit. The kid didn't realize that he almost got hit so he just kept on following us. I felt good that I stopped a door from trying to kill a 5 year old.

Khushi
3/1/2016 02:23:59 pm

It took me quiet a long time to think of something to do but last Saturday was a miracle well... At least for me!

Last weekend my family and I went skating as we do every Saturday, But this time it didn't feel normal. Went we went skating I noticed that here was a girl in the change room where some of the people were putting their skates. What I noticed was a little girl around the age of 5 screaming and crying. At first I didn't think of it as anything. Until when I went in for a break about 20 minutes later the little girl was still there. I decided to help her out and ask her what's wrong. She didn't really want to talk to me but she did and she told me that she had lost her mom and her mom had forgotten her there and went skating without her. I then went to my mom and told her that I was going to help the little girl and brought the little girl to her mom.

I was really glad to help the little girl. I feel like I set myself apart from some people because there were still a couple people in the changing room and they didn't even give a POTATO to help the little child out. When I did help the little girl out I felt like I was the a confident new person when in real life I fell down while trying to take my skates off!

Helping a person isn't about getting something in return. It's all about doing it to bring happiness and good to people. Just like in Boy Meets World when Cory only gave shawn a present because he wanted something in return it didn't really work out for him. I think that the only way you are gonna succeed is if you do the good just because you want to. To end this off here is a quote by Dalai Lama "Our prime purpose in this life is to help others and of you can't help them, at least don't hurt them."!

~Khushi 💥💨🍩🍫

Khushi
3/1/2016 02:27:04 pm

Oh and one more thing. The results were that I felt like I could accomplish anything. Also my parents were really proud of me for doing something that DOESN'T involve myself. Remember children you can learn a lot from even the smallest decisions,mistakes and accomplishments in life!

Ok Now I'm done!

~Peace out girls scout

Monica
3/2/2016 01:26:13 pm

This week I spent a lot of time thinking about what I can do to help people in a positive way but then I realized that I was thinking really big! If I could have done thing small it could have been something to make someone proud as well.

On Saturday when I went to the mall I saw a lady who was paying at the counter and had dropped her $20, I was waiting in line behind her and heard her freaking out silently, but what she didn't notice was that the money was on the floor. When I saw it I picked it up and tapped her on the shoulder and handed her the money.

She turned around and said " OH THANK YOU" I could see that she was so happy she couldn't even speak! I was glad that I helped her This was a small act of kindness but meant so much to someone.


My parents were so proud of me for doing the right thing and they were glad that I made someone smile. By doing something so small.

That is how I helped someone and made her notice me by my positive choices. The best part is that she didn't even notice me and didn't have a clue that I was gone find her belongings.


That is how I made a difference!

~Monica




Tom
3/2/2016 06:03:15 pm

After the snow storm last night every one is going to clear the snow at their front yard. When I got home I saw our new neighbor who was using a small shovel to clear the snow.
I have a bigger shovel so I give it to him, he was working much faster and he finished clear the snow, he was very happy.
I used another shovel to help my mom clear the snow, my mom was happy too.
Today I was even happier because I made two people happy!!

Aidan
3/3/2016 04:12:56 am

I still wrote in my happiness journal and It was I Monday morning and I woke up maybe 6.00 AM. My dad was very sick so I deiced to make him his decaf coffee. With his pain pills and cold and sines. So I did that for a week and I felt good for I week then he got better then my mom got sick then she was sick for a day. Then I got sick.
IT'S THE CIRCLE OF LIFE. ;)

Sydney
3/3/2016 06:44:36 am


This week I haven’t been feeling my best and one of the nice things everybody did was give me their attention even if they didn’t have the time. I notice especially my sister was being more then nice to me which made me feel loved and cared for, so I decided to return the favor. On wednesday after school Chloe went to practice her guitar for 20 minutes and I went along to help her. She was really good and have improved so much, I helped her remember the C chord and we even played some songs together. The 20 minutes flew by so fast and I was glad to be the reason of her smile. I know this wasn’t anything big such as ending world hunger or anything like that but the fact that you made someone smile feels just as good.

Salma
3/3/2016 01:23:14 pm

This week my dad had to wake up at about 2:00 in the morning because he had to get ready for a meeting in Kingston which is a 3 hour drive from Oakville. Since I knew that he would be very tired and it would take him an extra long time to get there since he was going when the snow storm was happening, I decided to wake up very early in the morning and make him breakfast, prepare some snacks for him to eat while he is driving or he could eat some once he arrives becuase he won't have time to get something to eat. I also helped my dad shovel the snow and just get ready. I felt really good after That because it was just a small thing that made him really happy!

Blake
3/3/2016 01:45:33 pm

It was very hard to find a random act of kindness that I did this week. Eventually though I did a kind thing. I'm not saying that I am not a kind person. I'm just saying I don't think about this kind of stuff that often.


Here is the random act of kindness that I did this week. It all started when my mom went skiing in Caledon. That mean't my dad was going to take me to school. Unfortunately my dad wasn't sure if he made breakfast for my brother and I or we do it ourselves. Unfortunately my brother and I were watching the Simpsons. So we didn't make breakfast for ourselves. When my Dad came downstairs at around 7:45 am he had thought we already made ourselves breakfast which we didn't. So he asked me to make waffles. After he put them in the toaster I put syrup and butter on them for my brother and we ate our breakfast. Here is a tip for you! Eat breakfast and then watch the Simpsons because when you are in the middle of the show it is very hard to stop watching and make breakfast.

Chloe
3/3/2016 01:47:48 pm

On Tuesday me and my little brother decided that we should shovel the drive way. My whole family got our snow gear on and was ready to go outside and shovel. I felt so happy because we were all together as a family. In the end it ended up as me and my brothers throwing snow at each other. When we went back inside I Decided that I was going to make hot chocolate for everyone. I felt so good doing this for everyone.

Logan
3/3/2016 02:45:38 pm

Last year it was cold winter and my mom and dad are very bissy with work. So when we had a snow day last year I woke up early because I can't sleep in. So I went outside and started to shovel the drive way before my mom could. after I did that it felt good because I was doing something for someone that was tried after a long day and wanted to sleep in and then me and sister made pancakes and BACON for are whole family. Do stuff for other feels good!!

-Logan

Jessica
3/3/2016 04:22:22 pm

One time in the winter my mom was cleaning around the house and asked my brother to shovel the drive way and he didn't want to do it so before my mom could ask my sister I said "I can shovel the drive way for you", and my mom was happy that I volunteered to shovel the drive way for her.

Nicole
3/3/2016 04:40:49 pm

We started our social studies project on our passion recently and it inspired me to do something related to it. So I went through all my clothes and found the ones that I don't need anymore or that I don't like anymore. I thought al lot about it and it's something that is tiny but then is a huge difference. Some kids would be so happy to have just a few items of clothes. And just thinking about that really makes me feel lucky to have so much.

If your passion is something small it doesn't really matter because you are still helping and making a difference. If you get mad for something tiny just think how lucky you are and that you shouldn't be mad because some kids around the world don't even have clean water to drink.

Everyone be happy and know that even the smallest things like mailing letters can make a difference in someone's life!

Lucas
3/3/2016 06:21:14 pm

I think that it is very good to do something nice for others and it might just pay of. For me when I do something nice for someone I feel very good and I feel like I am a good person after I and if you do something nice for someone I think that the person that you do something nice for will think that you are a good person too. When you do something good it benefits all the people around you and this is something that I did for someone else. :)


I was pretty hard to think of something nice to do or a random act of kindness but I figured something out when Didn't plan it.

Okay on Tuesday it started of like a normal regular Tuesday with Language first period and language second period and then I ate my snack then went outside to play in the snow!!!!! and after that it was just like a normal Tuesday with Music and french in third and fourth period and then I ate my snack ad went outside to play in the wonderful snow again. Okay this is where it happened o so after we played football the bell rang and when I was going inside I saw a little kid fall on the ground and he started to cry. This made me really sad because he is really little and he looked really sad.

I wasn't sure whether to help him because if I did help him I would be late for class and if I didn't I wouldn't be late but I decided to help him because I thought it was the right thing to do even though I might be late for class. So I helped him up and asked him if he was okay but he didn't answer because he was really shy. I guessed that he was in around grade three so I took him down the hallway and took him to MRS Fairs room and I actually got it right he was i grade three!!!!. Mrs fairs said thank-you and even the little kid said thank-you and I still didn't even know his name.

The results were that I ended up feeling good about myself and I though of myself as a good person. And also Mrs fairs was really proud of me and she even gave me a gotcha but that didn't matter that much to me because I didn't do it because I wanted a gotcha I did it because someone needed help.

Doing something nice for someone can very simple if you just help someone up or just be nice too them is so easy and it can make someones day in the blink of an eye. Helping someone isn't all about what you get and what you get out of it its about what you do and how you help and what the person you helped gets out of it.

-Lucas :) :) :)



Noah
3/3/2016 06:44:45 pm

For this weeks blog post were are supposed to do a random act of kindness for someone who is not expecting it and here is what I did for my random act of kindness.

So the story starts when the last bell rang after school after I finished getting all my winter coats and snow pants and all that stuff I went out the door to see that my nanny was not here yet so I needed a way to kill sometime.

I looked at the field when a saw a little kid who looked like he was in kindergarten and what I'm guessing is his older sister who looked like she was in grade 2 where building a snowman and it just broke.

So I decided to go over to the 2 kids and help them rebuild there snowman because they looked like they were really upset, I went over to the two kids and asked if I could help them rebuild there snowman and they said "yes" and I helped them rebuild their snowman starting with the base that took the longest because it is the biggest, then we moved on to the middle which took the second longest because it is the second biggest and finally the head which didn't take long because it is the smallest of all three parts and then we decorated it with sticks and leaves.

After we finished they were happy again and they felt good about them self and they thanked me, I noticed that now my nanny was here and was looking for me so I went over to go home.

Even the smallest thing can make a very positive impact on someones life, an example is I only made a snowman but I made a positive impact on someones life and that is what is important and that is all that matters.


-Noah

Vib
3/4/2016 04:27:45 am

This week i did something different at home.Unexpectedly I started to do chores without being told to.Then when I did this they looked at with a little shock. They noticed I stayed positive about doing the things I realy hate doing.

Vib
3/4/2016 04:33:45 am

For the past week I did chores at my house.This was a small change for my parent.So they see me as the positive boy who isn't lazy and has to be told to do everything. Because normally my parents are tired but they do everything and try to make us help but I changed now.I now do any chore that needs to be done and I made my parents think positive about me.


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