Student Survey �Vocabulary Mini-Lesson
Overview for Teachers
The purpose of these slides is to support students in practicing and understanding the language that they will see on the student survey.
Understanding
Answer Choices
Questions about your feelings
Not
A bit
In the middle
Very
Super
Example:�
“I am not at all excited to go to school today.”
Let’s practice:�
What’s something you are not at all excited to do?
Not at all excited → Not excited
Example:�
“I am a bit excited to go to school today.”
Let’s practice:�
What’s something you are a bit excited to do?
Slightly → A bit
Example:�
“I am somewhat excited to go to school today.”
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What’s something you are somewhat excited to do?
Somewhat → In the middle
Example:�
“I am very excited to go to school today.”
Let’s practice:�
What’s something you are very excited to do?
Quite → Very
Example:�
“I am extremely excited to go to school today.”
Let’s practice:�
What’s something you are extremely excited to do?
Extremely → Super
Questions about how often something happens
Does not happen
A few times
Sometimes
A lot of the time
Almost all the time
Understanding
Survey Questions
Meanings:�
Positive: good, happy :)
Negative: bad, sad :(
Energy: feeling, mood
Let’s practice:�
When do you feel positive?
Who has good energy?
What do positive and negative energy mean?
Meaning:�
Participate: take part in, be a part of
Let’s practice:�
How do you participate in class?
What does participate mean?
Meaning:�
Behavior: how someone is acting
Help, helpful: make easier
Hurt, hurtful: make harder
Let’s practice:�
What’s an example of a helpful behavior?
What does behavior mean?
Meaning:�
Expectations: how someone thinks you can do
High expectations: someone thinks you can do great
Let’s practice:�
Do you have high expectations for �yourself this year?
What does expectations mean?
Meaning:�
Focus: pay attention
Let’s practice:�
What helps you �focus in class?
What does focus mean?
Meaning:�
Encourage: help you
Support: help you
Let’s practice:�
Who encourages you �to work hard?
What do encourage and support mean?
Meaning:�
Bully, bullied: being picked on
What does bully mean?
Meaning:�
Respect, respectful: being nice
Disrespect, disrespectful: not being nice
Let’s practice:�
How are you respectful �to your teacher?
What does respect mean?
Meaning:�
Complicated: �Tricky to know what something means
What does complicated mean?
Meaning:�
Talent, talented: �having the ability to do something well
Let’s practice:�
What is something you are talented at?
What does talented mean?
Meaning:�
Topics: the new knowledge you learn during class
Let’s practice:�
What is a topic you like to learn about?
What are topics?
Meaning:�
Effort: �work put in to do something
Let’s practice:�
What is something that takes a lot of effort?
What does effort mean?
Meaning:�
Relaxed: feeling happy and comfortable because nothing is worrying you
What does it mean to be relaxed?
Meaning:�
Confident: feeling that you can do something well
What does it mean to be confident?
Meaning:�
Pressure: feeling that you must do something
What does it mean to feel pressured?
Meaning:�
Intelligence: how smart you are
What does intelligence mean?
Meaning:�
Emotions: how you feel (happy, sad, angry, tired)
What are emotions?
Meaning:�
Control: to be in charge Emotions: how you feel
What does it mean to control your emotions?
Meaning:�
Pursue: to keep trying to reach
Goal: something you want
What does it mean to pursue a goal?
Meaning:�
Distraction: something that stops you from paying attention
What are distractions?