Take initiative, if you don't, who will? 

Questions for Classroom Discussion:

What is initiative?

What are some specific ways you can show initiative in our classroom? In your home? In your schoolwork? In your sport or hobby?

How could showing initiative change the world?

Great Classroom Read-Aloud Books:

"Miss Rumphius," by Barbara Cooney

"The Gardener," by Sarah Stewart

"The Paper Bag," Princess by Robert Munsch

"Rosie Revere, Engineer," by Andrea Beaty

"Above the Rim," by Jen Bryant 

"Playing to Win: How Althea Gibson Broke Barriers and Changed Tennis Forever," by Karen Deans

Activities for the Classroom:

https://www.skillsusa-register.org/crc/content/PS_SelfMotivated_ShowingInitiative.pdf