The Boss's Rules
What is Decide?
A backpack, a locker, or a clean desk are all examples of a "right spot" for these kinds of things.
What are Physical Things?
What the self-directed student should do immediately after finishing a worksheet 10 minutes before the end of class.
What is check their work?
The number one paper tool for tracking due dates and appointments.
What is a planner? (or calendar)
This large bird is the main dish at almost every Thanksgiving dinner.
What is a Turkey?
This step means you begin your work right away without needing a reminder.
What is Start?
A plan, a timeline, or the steps to an assignment are all examples of a "right spot" for these.
What are ideas? (or plans/thoughts)
The self-directed action to take if you realize you are missing a pencil for the next assignment.
What is quietly asking to borrow one? (Or What is Finding Your Right Spot for supplies?
A habit of using different colored highlighters or markers to group your notes by subject or theme.
What is color coding?
The year of the first famous Thanksgiving feast shared by the Pilgrims and Native Americans.
What is 1621?
After you finish, this final step of self-direction makes sure the job is done correctly.
What is Check (your own work)?
Organizing your actual belongings, like your supplies and papers, is this kind of organization.
What is Physical Organization?
The professional action to take when you get stuck on a math problem for more than three minutes.
What is look at the example? (or What is quietly ask your neighbor or check the directions?)
The skill used to divide a large report or big project into smaller, more manageable parts.
What is breaking down the task or chunking?
The name of the Native American tribe who shared the feast with the Pilgrims in Plymouth.
Who are the Wampanoag?
The simple title we use for a person who manages their own work, time, and tasks.
What is the Boss of Your Own Work?
Organizing your time, steps, and plans on paper is this kind of organization.
What is Mental Organization?
You see a shared supply cabinet that is a huge mess. This is the self-directed action to take.
What is clean up the mess?
Before starting any assignment that takes more than one hour, a self-directed student should first create this.
What is a plan, to-do list, or checklist?
The name of the place in Massachusetts where the Pilgrims landed in 1620.
What is Plymouth Rock?
The word for deciding what needs to be done and beginning the work without waiting for a prompt.
What is Initiative?
The reason being organized means you can work faster and move from one task to the next easily.
What is Flow?
The step you take when completing a digital assignment to ensure you hit the "finished the right way" goal.
What is clicking the submit button?
Why a truly professional or self-directed person always writes things down and doesn't rely on their brain alone.
What is the memory trap, or because memory is unreliable?
This President officially declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?