Description
Do you have kids who easily shut down, don’t take risks or have a negative outlook?T
Maybe it is time to work with these kids on developing a growth mindset. Something that will not only help them in your classroom, but truly for their entire life.
It may seem as though some kids are just able to have a positive outlook and growth mindset, but we can also teach students how to do this as well! (and it is easier than you may think)
This Growth Mindset Mini Unit is a week-long unit that helps your students learn to work through mistakes, see how they can learn from them and challenge their thinking to be more positive.
This resource gives you everything you need to explicitly teach students how to develop a growth mindset in short, meaningful lessons your students will actually enjoy. Each day builds on the last, from teaching them what it even means to have a growth mindset, to figuring out bumps that happen, and creating new ways of thinking!
Growth Mindset Mini Unit Outline
DAY ONE: What Is a Growth Mindset?
- Social Narrative about Learning Grows with Practice incudes Google slides, color PDF, and BW take home story)
- Classroom Poster
- Sorting activity of growth and fixed mindset phrases
DAY TWO: Mistakes Help Us Learn
- Social Narrative about how mistakes can help us learn (incudes Google slides, color PDF, and BW take home story)
- Scenario cards for discussion
- Activity to show how a mistake can turn into something beautiful
- Classroom poster
DAY THREE: When Learning Feels Hard
- Social Narrative about what to do when learning feels hard (incudes Google slides, color PDF, and BW take home story)
- Sorting activity of little and big learning bumps
- Classroom poster
- Activity to create their own learning strategies book
DAY FOUR: The Power of Yet
- Activity to change fixed thoughts to growth thoughts
- Classroom poster
DAY FIVE: I Can Grow!
- Collaborative bulletin board craft highlighting their new skills
- Affirmation cards
- Reflection circle guide
- Certificates
Each day comes with a detailed lesson plan with learning targets, guiding questions, and step by step instructions.
This is a ZIP file that includes Google slides and PDFs.
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