Three-Step Strategy
Learning Intention and Success Criteria
Distractions and Actions
Glow and Grow
Scenarios and Application
100
What is the first step of the notice-choose-reset strategy?
Notice (or name what pulled your attention away)
100
We are learning to demonstrate this strategy to reduce distractions and maintain our focus.
Self-management
100
In the opening illustration of the lesson, what distracted the student?
A phone
100
When we did our drawing activity, Dru drew this picture to illustrate what distracts him.
Pets (or cats and dogs)
100
You're reading your math textbook when you realize you've been daydreaming about lunch. What step did you complete?
Notice
200
In step 2, you do this with one helpful action.
Choose
200
The specific focus of our recent lesson was to use this strategy.
Notice - Choose - Reset
200
One helpful action you can choose is to do this to a notification.
Silence it
200
What was Jaxon's "Grow" for his drawing?
Add a speech bubble
200
You notice your phone buzzing during silent reading. You decide to turn it face-down and put it in your backpack. What step(s) did you use?
Notice and choose
300
This is the final step where you return your attention to the task for a few minutes.
Reset
300
When your attention shifts, what is the first thing you should do?
Notice
300
What is a helpful action when a friend is distracting you.
Move away from them
300
What was Silas's "Glow" for his drawing?
The use of a four-panel grid to organize the story
300
After checking a text message, you close your phone and read the next paragraph of your science article for five minutes. What step is demonstrated here?
Reset
400
According to the lesson, you don't need perfect focus, you just need what?
A way to return when focus slips
400
When you notice that your attention is shifts, you should choose what?
A helpful next step
400
What is one reason finishing a small part of a task is more helpful than waiting until you feel ready to do the whole thing?
Answers may vary
400
In the scenario where a friend is trying to show you a video while you are trying to work, Mrs. Savannah provided a great response saying, "I noticed because I took my eyes off the worksheet. I chose to tell my friend that they can show me later and that I need to get back to work." What behavior signaled to Mrs. Savannah that she was off task?
She took her eyes off the worksheet
400
You're writing an essay when a classmate taps your shoulder to chat. You think, "I'm talking instead of writing." You politely say "I need to finish this," move your desk slightly away, and write your next sentence. Name all three steps you used.
Notice, choose, reset
500
When you reset, you should return your attention to the task for at least this long.
A few minutes
500
After choosing a helpful next step, you can reste by doing what?
Returning to the task
500
Staying on task helps you finish your work with less what?
last-minute stress
500
When responding to the scenario where a friend is showing a video while you are trying to focus, Micah said, "I'm trying to work on a worksheet and you can show me later when I'm done. I have to turn it in tomorrow." Micah demonstrated a solid foundation of understanding how to notice and choose. What would be an appropriate reset for the final step?
Return to writing the next sentence.
500
During homework, you realize you've been scrolling social media for 10 minutes instead of studying vocabulary. You close the app, put your phone in another room, and review five vocabulary words. Explain which step helps you actually build the refocusing skill.
Reset - resetting is what brings our focus back to the task at hand.