May Focus:

Risk-Taker

What does it mean to be a Risk-taker as an IB Learner?

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“We approach uncertainty with forethought and determination; we work independently and cooperatively to explore new ideas and innovative strategies. We are resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges and change.”

-International Baccalaureate

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Table Talk

These are some questions/discussion topics to help develop the IB Learner Profile attribute, Risk-taker.

• What does being a risk-taker mean to you?
• What are some ways you have been a risk-taker?
• What are some new foods that you would like to explore? New experiences?
• If you find something difficult what are some strategies you can use to accomplish it?
• If there is a fear of failure, how can we conquer that fear?

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Read Alouds:

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“The Thing that Lou Couldn't Do”

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“Who Moved My Cheese”

Questions:

• How as Lou a risk-taker? What struggles did she face?
• What risk did Sniff & Scurry take? Why?
• Why did Hem and Haw stay at the cheese station instead of leaving? Why do you thin this?
• Think of a time that you have thought like Hem and Haw! Sniff and Scurry! How did you feel? What made you think those ways?

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Action Ideas

• Talk about what it means to be a risk-taker.
• Create a list of new experiences that your student would like to take. Then go and do them! You can do the same with a family list.
• Try new foods, especially those fruits and vegetables!
• Reflect and talk about what it was like to try something new.
• If someone makes a mistake, discuss how these mistakes make us grow.

COURAGEOUS

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RISK-TAKERS

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