Be persistent!

Overview: Persistence is the continuous effort to do or achieve something even when faced with obstacles.

Assembly Read Aloud: The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

The girl has a wonderful idea! She is going to make the most MAGNIFICENT thing! She knows just how it will look. She knows just how it will work. All she has to do is make it, and she makes things all the time. Easy-peasy!? But making her magnificent thing is anything but easy, and the girl tries and fails, repeatedly. Eventually, the girl gets really, really mad. She is so mad, in fact, that she quits. But after her dog convinces her to take a walk, she comes back to her project with renewed enthusiasm and manages to get it just right.

A Visitor For Bear by Bonny Becker	Leo the Lightening Bug by Eric Drachman	Try and Stick With It by Cheri J. Meiners
Flight School by Lita Judge	Long Shot: Never to Small to Dream Big by Paul Chris	Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems

Stuck by Oliver Jeffers

The Very Busy Spider written and illustrated by Eric Carle

I Knew You Could! A Book For All The Stops In Your Life by Craig Dorfman

Below is a fun little animation that illustrates persistence!

Activities:
Jigsaw Puzzles or Games: Students work together in small groups to complete puzzles of various difficulty and/or table-top games.