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Growth Mindset - The magic of mistakes.

Grades: 6th Grade, 5th Grade, 4th Grade
Subjects: Social Studies, Character Building, Home Learning

Student Instructions

Session 2 – The magic of mistakes Mistakes are good if you keep trying and learn from their mistakes. https://ideas.classdojo.com/f/growth-mindset-2 Watch the vdeo as and discuss: What does the phrase ”mistakes can make you smarter” mean to you? Think of a recent mistake you made. What happened? How could you learn from it? If you were working on a project and kept making mistakes, what would you do? Play the ‘Does everyone make mistakes?’ game as a class. https://ideas.classdojo.com/i/does-everyone-make-mistakes Then, in your pairs/threes discuss and addresponse using label on the teamplates. 1. When I make a mistake I feel _____ because _____. How does it feel when you make a mistake? 2. What do you do about those feelings so that you don't get discouraged? 3. How can we support one another when we make mistakes? Check your responses, use addpage to add any more ideas and check to upload to seesaw.

Teacher Notes (not visible to students)

Session 2 – The magic of mistakes Mistakes are good if you keep trying and learn from their mistakes. Video and discussion questions: https://ideas.classdojo.com/f/growth-mindset-2 Activity idea: Play the ‘Does everyone make mistakes?’ game https://ideas.classdojo.com/i/does-everyone-make-mistakes Introduce a ‘who made a great mistake today?’ discussion to some of your lessons. This will raise the profile of making mistakes and show the pupils that we value mistakes as part of our learning journey. Use the questions below to guide a discussion. Feel free to ask the children to respond in groups using Seesaw, but this is optional. 1. When I make a mistake I feel _____ because _____. How does it feel when you make a mistake? 2. What do you do about those feelings so that you don't get discouraged? 3. How can we support one another when we make mistakes?

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