The grade 7's continue to engage in conversation about the importance of Growth Mindset in the classroom. Despite challenges that arise in our daily routine, it is important to remind students and each other of strategies to persevere through difficulty. When they can change their mindset they can change their path of success. Check out our video on YouTube. I am impressed with the one shot drama activity. Well done folks!!! Many students struggle with Math. For some reason this subject more than others, challenges and confounds students more than any other. As a teacher I have seen students give up, melt down and state they flat out "HATE MATH!". I have tried to expose the underlying truth of this classroom epidemic by explaining to students the reality of "MATH MONSTERS". These nasty little creatures position themselves on the shoulders of students. They whisper negative killer statements such as "your dumb, give up, this is too hard". Over time students begin to believe these awful things and lose their confidence and competency in math concepts. I believe that by exposing these negative beliefs through the use of Growth Mindset strategies, students can begin to persevere through challenges and demonstrate a renewed confidence in their abilities. BYE MONSTERS!!!! Copeland class 2016 filmed a short GrowthMindset video on the subject, take a look! Have you ever been so frustrated with something in your life that you just gave up? I think we can all relate to difficult challenges that make us think it would be best to take take the easy way out. Students listen to story and identify the crayon complains. Discuss the various "emotions the crayons are personifying in the story, for example Peach who is embarrassed. How would you solve the problem? What would you say or do to encourage them to continue through their struggle? In the next few weeks we will be talking about GROWTH MINDSET. CAINES ARCADE Caines Arcade is a video about a young boy who spent a whole summer developing and creating his own arcade business. His tenacity, persistence and dedication is quite moving. The video is a great example of a growth mindset. While watching try to identify all the obstacles/challenges that Caine faced while making his arcade. Record how he overcame that specific challenge by using examples from the video as proof. AUSTIN'S BUTTERFLY This video is a great example of working through a problem and trying your best. Encouraging a student by saying "Good start!" instead of "Good job!" supports a growth mindset to revise and improve work. PINTEREST
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