1. Southern Elementary February 2016
Growth Mindset
Southern Elementary
February 2016

3. You Can Learn Anything Video
Complete Guided Notes as you watch the video.

4. You Can Learn Anything Video
Thankfully, we’re born to _____.
Each wrong answer makes your _____ a little stronger.
_____ is just another word for growing.
This is learning: knowing that you’ll get it, even if you haven’t gotten it _____!
Learn
Brain
Failing
Yet

5. Growing Your Mind video
Complete Guided Notes as you watch the video.

6. Growing Your Mind video
The brain is like a
ligament.
tendon.
muscle.
c) muscle

7. Growing Your Mind video
Intelligence
means learning comes easily.
is determined by genetics.
can be changed.
c) Can be changed

8. Growing Your Mind video
Your brain grows most when
you get a wrong answer and then review it.
answers come easily because you know the content.
you can memorize a lot of information.
a) You get a wrong answer and then review it.

9. The growth mindset video
Complete Guided Notes as you watch the video.

10. The growth mindset video
Students who are praised for their intelligence
don’t seek challenges.
score better on tests.
like to work individually.
a) don’t seek challenges.

11. The growth mindset video
Believing abilities can be developed is an example of
artificial intelligence.
growth mindset.
neural connections.
b) growth mindset.

12. The growth mindset video
Students with a growth mindset
are college bound.
get higher grades.
think they are born smart.
b) get higher grades.

13. Stick-It together
On your sticky note, answer the following questions individually:
What is growth mindset?
Why is growth mindset important in our classroom?
When all members of your group have completed their answer, stick your notes on the Stick-It Together handout.
Take turns reading your answers aloud to the group.
Working together, take your individual responses and combine the best parts to form the best possible answer. Record your group answer in the middle box of the Stick-It Together handout.

14. Flip the tarp
Record your group answer from Stick-It Together on the tarp.
Place the tarp on the floor with your answer face down.
All team members must stand on the tarp.
Your objective is to “flip” the tarp over without anyone touching the ground.

15. Fixed or growth mindset card sort
Deal out all the cards among the members.
Take turns reading and sorting the cards into two piles – Fixed Mindset and Growth Mindset.
Ask for the answer key when your group thinks they have the right answers.
Reflection: Summarize what was learned during this activity. Share your summary with a partner.
Complete reflection.

16. Famous failures video

17. Famous failures video
Discuss with your group how a growth mindset may have helped these people turn into successes.
Reflection: How could I cultivate a growth mindset in my students?
Complete reflection.

18. What does growth mindset sound like?
Read each fixed mindset statement and record what a teacher or student could say that would be a growth mindset response.
Complete reflection.

19. Reinforcing “Not yet”
The word “yet” is valuable and should be used frequently in every classroom. Whenever students say they can’t do something or are not good at something, the teacher should add, “yet.” Whenever students say they don’t like a certain subject, the teacher should say, “yet.” This simple habit conveys the idea that ability and motivation are fluid.
Reflection: What words or statements do I need to add to my teacher talk? What words or statements do I need to delete from my teacher talk?
Complete reflection.

20. Growth mindset metaphors
Creating metaphors connects new learning to what you already know. Metaphors reinforce thinking skills and conceptual understanding.
Think about the videos you watched. As a group, brainstorm a metaphor for a Growth Mindset.
Record your metaphor on your guided notes. Record you metaphor on an index card to display in the hallway.
A metaphor takes general characteristics of a specific topic and pairs it with a topic that appears to be quite different but has the same general characteristics. The comparison does not use “like” or “as.”
Complete reflection.

21. “Change a mindset, Change A LIFE” artwork
Individually, create an original artwork to represent the answer to one or more of these questions:
What is a growth mindset?
What does a growth mindset look like?
What are the benefits of a growth mindset?
What kind of change is needed to go from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset?
A title for the piece
Description/explanation of your artwork written on the index card and taped to your artwork.

22. “I AM A GOOD AND POWERFUL LEARNER.”
It’s not about students saying that you, as the educator, are a good teacher, it’s about each student saying and believing,
“I AM A GOOD AND POWERFUL LEARNER.”

23. references KASC Leading Through Learning Summer Institute Binder