Getting Started

1.Take out Homework 17.

2.Take out your Social Studies notebook and fill in your Table of Contents with the following information:

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Students will define habits and how to develop small but good ones by creating a good habit to work on

for the week.

Success Criteria

I can define a habit.

I can create a good habit that I am going to work on this week.

A Habit!!

Vocabulary

Habit - Something you do without thinking

Virtue - Good habit

Vice - Poor habit

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What Are Habits?

A habit is something you do without thinking. We establish many important habits early in life. For example, crawling, walking, and speaking. Later we develop others, such as the way we treat others or do our work.

Habits can be divided into two types, virtues or vices.

Small But Good Habits

Wash your hands during the day.

Greet people with a smile.

Never pass on an unpleasant story about someone.

Hold the door for others.

Ask your parents, “Is there anything I can do?”

Small But Good Habits

Wash your hands during the day.

When I am done eating, I will wash my hands.

Greet people with a smile.

When I say good morning, I will smile.

Hold the door for others.

When I am in school, I will hold the door for others.

Ask your parents, “Is there anything I can do?”

When I see my Mom setting the table, I will do it for her.

Small But Good Habits

In groups, brainstorm and create a list, of at least three other small but good habits.

For example

I want to drink more water.

Choose one small but good habit you are going to work on this week. Write down the habit. Use a two part sentence to state how you will practice this habit.

When I wake up in the morning, I will drink a glass of water.

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Success Criteria

I can define a habit.

I can create a good habit that I am going to work on this week.