{"id":15324,"date":"2016-02-19T05:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T10:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/?p=15324"},"modified":"2016-02-18T21:29:07","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T02:29:07","slug":"focus-february-19-2016-daily-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/focus-february-19-2016-daily-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus, February 19, 2016 Daily Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15326\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15326\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15326\" src=\"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/grading-tests-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Grading Tests\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/grading-tests-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/grading-tests-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/grading-tests.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grading Tests<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sometimes we are so distracted in life that it is difficult to devote our attention to one given task and we lose our focus. As a teacher I am constantly attempting to hold my student&#8217;s attention. I need their attention so that they can focus on the target for the day. If they are not listening to me they will not know what is happening. I have organized my lesson plans into small segments. The first 10 minutes is a writing and thinking exercise in their journal. Then they lead us in a prayer, with a book, or some type of creative prayer. Next, we review what I will cover for that day. I give them notes, stories, and try to relate the ideas to their lives. Then, we have an activity usually a skit, partner work, video, or group collaboration. My agenda is set up in this fashion so that my students will be able to pay attention in my class.<\/p>\n<p>There are thousands of things vying for our attention and focus every moment. I have several tasks to complete and sometimes I just lose my focus. Right now I will shift my attention and focus back to grading tests. What helps you to focus?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What helps you to focus?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[503,375],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}