1. Welcome Back! First: I’m so excited to see you again!
Second: Have a seat at any desk 
Three: Feel to catch up with your peers during passing period
Four: When the bell rings, be ready to use your noggins again 

2. Agenda Icebreaker [5 minutes] Fixed v. Growth Mindset [10 minutes]
Brain Mapping [25 minutes]
2017: Year in Review [15 minutes]
Total [55 minutes]

3. Goal
Identify the benefits of a growth mindset, and reflect on your own mindset in relation to today’s information.
Reflect on the past year, and identify areas for improvement or growth.
^^^bougie way of saying we’re making resolutions

4. Fixed vs. Growth Mindset

5. How will your mindset help you succeed this new year?
Who has heard of growth vs. fixed mindset?
What do you know about it?

8. Why it’s important…
Performance of 10th graders on a nationwide achievement test

9. Visualizing Growth vs. Fixed
Having a fixed mindset is like having a black and white brain
White represents a blank slate that you are afraid of marring with mistakes
Black represents fear of failure, death of positivity, and the voice in your head that tells you “I can’t”
On the other hand, a growth mindset is like having a brain full of color…

10. Believes in the power of hard work
Blue
Embraces the struggle
Believes in the power of hard work

11. Willing to try new things
Red
Willing to try new things
Perseverant

12. Believes brain can change
Green
Doesn’t settle
Always growing
Believes brain can change

13. Undefeated by mistakes Challenges are exciting #bet
Pink
Undefeated by mistakes
Challenges are exciting
#bet

14. Finding creative solutions
Purple
Finding creative solutions
Patient with mistakes

15. Yellow
Alert/focused
Optimistic
Accepting of feedback

16. Orange
Enthusiastic
Enjoys the process
Willing to ask for help

17. Brown
Determination
Grit
Doesn’t give up

18. Brain Mapping

19. Example

20. Color
Meaning
Blue
Embraces the struggle, believes in the power of hard work
Red
Willing to try new things, perseverant
Green
Doesn’t settle, always growing, believes brain can change
Pink
Undefeated by mistakes, challenges are exciting, #bet
Purple
Enjoys finding creative solutions, patient
Yellow
Alert/Focused, optimistic, accepting of feedback
Orange
Enthusiastic, enjoys the process, willing to ask for help
Brown
Determination, grit, does not give up

21. 2018: Year in Review
Choose one of the cards from the stack at the front of the room
Return to your table, and respond to your chosen card on a sheet of paper.
MAKE SURE YOU ALSO WRITE DOWN THE QUESTION
You will have two minutes per card. The goal is to write for the entire two minutes
When the two minutes is up, you will have an opportunity to share, if you’d like, and we’ll start again