3rd Grade School Counseling Google Apps

This bundle includes the 2024-25 Student Planner, Teacher Planner, 237 Question of the Day slides, 48 Printing Practice pages and 48 Cursive Practice pages, add designed with SEL in mind. The teacher planner includes the same questions of the day and weekly positive affirmations that are included in the student planner and the daily slides. These resources are a fast and easy way for you to incorporate social-emotional learning into your classroom by getting kids talking and/or writing. Throughout the week, students will be asked questions that relate to self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. On the slides, the weekly affirmation statement each Monday includes a Youtube link to a related short video, song, or picture books read aloud. These resources are designed to be used in conjunction but can be used separately. Planners are landscape oriented, 48 pages, and covers are not included, which allows you to customize the planners for your specific school. There are 237 SEL Question of the Day slides that run from July 29th - June 27th. With this purchase, you may print planners for each classroom at one school site. For additional sites, please purchase additional licenses.

This pack includes:

• Student Planner
• Teacher Planner
• 237 Question of the Day Google slides
• 48 Printing Practice pages
• 48 Cursive Practice pages
• Weekly Affirmations & SEL components in each product

I'd love to hear how you use this resource in your classroom! Feel free to email me at iteachiwrite@yahoo.com with any questions or suggestions you may have. And don't forget to rate this product in order to earn TeachShare Credits for future purchases!

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Need social skills activities for elementary students that promote social-emotional learning and teach emotional regulation skills? Look no further; here are 130+ diverse resources designed to help you address student concerns and take your elementary school counseling program to the next level!

Download the entire Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor store! It's filled with creative, highly engaging lessons, games, and activities geared toward supporting the social-emotional learning and personal growth of your students. Have access to over 140 (and growing) diverse resources now!

This school counseling curriculum storewide bundle currently contains over 130 crafty lessons & activities that will support your student’s academic, personal, and social-emotional needs. The included social skills activities and games will help children learn emotional regulation skills, coping strategies, anger management strategies & SO MUCH MORE!

These activities are ideal for individual counseling sessions, small group counseling curriculums, classroom guidance lessons, teacher use in the classroom, and calm down corners…the list of possible uses for these resources is never-ending!

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Easily integrate growth mindset concepts in your instruction using these best-selling books by Kobi Yamada!

This Growth Mindset Literature Unit BUNDLE includes the following titles by Kobi Yamada:

• What Do You Do With an Idea?
• What Do You Do With a Problem?
• What Do You Do With a Chance?
• Trying
• Maybe
• The Candy Dish

What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada

What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada is an Independent Publisher's Book Award-winning picture book. This literature unit is appropriate for 1st-4th grade.

Note: Picture books are generally most appropriate for primary grades, but the concepts presented in 'What Do You Do With an Idea?' are appropriate for any age, so this unit is designed to reach students a bit older than the average picture book audience.

What Do You Do With an Idea focuses more on the concepts presented in the story and less on the content (although comprehension questions are included in list form and task card form).

In addition to the task cards and printables, you will also find a craftivity and growth mindset reflection page. Before purchasing, please check out the preview for What Do You Do With an Idea.

My hope is that this product will help your students discover their magnificence (with a little help from you and this amazing new picture book). Enjoy!

What Do You Do With a Problem? by Kobi Yamada

This literature unit is perfect for 1st-4th grade.

Note: Picture books are generally most appropriate for primary grades, but the concepts presented in 'What Do You Do With a Problem?' are appropriate for any age, so this unit is designed to reach students a bit older than the average picture book audience.

This literature unit focuses more on the concepts presented in the story and less on the content (although comprehension questions are included in list form and task card form).

In addition to the task cards and printables, you will also find a variety of tasks where students can practice finding opportunities in real-life problems and a growth mindset reflection page.

Instructions are also included on how to set up a "Problem Patrol" in your classroom to assist students in solving problems (or receiving suggestions on how to manage problems). Before purchasing, please check out the preview for What Do You Do With a Problem.

My hope is that this product will help your students learn how to find the gems of opportunity in problems.

There is also a focus on how to deal with worries that students can control and worries that students can't control (and would even be perfect for a counselor facilitating a group for students that focuses on anxiety, worries, or problem-solving skills). Please let me know if you have questions before purchasing this literature unit.

What Do You Do With a Chance? by Kobi Yamada:

This growth mindset literature unit for What Do You Do With a Chance? by Kobi Yamada is perfect for 1st-4th grade.

The activities in the literature companion focus more on the concepts presented in the story and less on the content (although there are vocabulary words and comprehension questions included in list form and task card form).

In addition to 10 vocabulary cards, 14 discussion question task cards, and various printables, you will also find a variety of tasks where students can reflect on taking risks. Taking chances (risks) is a necessary component of growth mindset instruction. Before purchasing, please check out the preview for What You Do With a Chance.

My hope is that this product will help your students understand the benefits of taking risks. They will also learn that making a mistake is an amazing opportunity to learn something new. These activities are perfect for teachers or counselors helping students develop a growth mindset and understand that taking risks or chances is okay, even if there is a possibility of failure. Please let me know if you have questions before purchasing this literature unit.

Trying by Kobi Yamada:

This growth mindset literature unit for Trying by Kobi Yamada was created for 2nd-4th grade. This new picture book works perfectly in conjunction with Maybe by Kobi Yamada, What Do You Do With an Idea?, What Do You Do With a Chance?, and What Do You Do With a Problem?.

The activities in the literature companion focus more on the concepts presented in the story and less on the content (although there are vocabulary words included).

This file includes:

• 10 discussion questions in list and task card formats.
• an answer sheet for the discussion questions
• vocabulary matching page (and answer key)
• "If I Were an Animal" worksheet
• 3 pennant banners to create a bulletin board (students can choose which one they'd like to fill out)
• writing activity (choose someone who has had a significant impact on your life)
• growth mindset connections
• Journal Entry: A Sculpture of My Life!
• sculpture activities and sculptor research pages (7 pages)
• two quotes coloring pages
• four quotes posters (smaller versions also included)
• instructions and link for Google Slides

My hope is that this product will help your students understand the value of failure and making mistakes. These activities are also perfect for teachers or counselors helping students develop a growth mindset.

Maybe by Kobi Yamada:

This growth mindset literature unit for Maybe by Kobi Yamada was created for 2nd-4th grade. This new picture book works perfectly in conjunction with Trying, What Do You Do With an Idea?, What Do You Do With a Chance?, and What Do You Do With a Problem?.

The activities in the literature companion focus more on the concepts presented in the story and less on the content (although there are vocabulary words included).

This file includes:

• 12 discussion questions in list and task card formats.
• an answer sheet for the discussion questions
• a rainbow craft (print the strips on colored paper and choose the rainbow in black and white or full-color)
• vocabulary matching page (and answer key)
• "What do you have to offer?" worksheet
• "Maybe, Just Maybe".... worksheet
• Figurative language practice: Idioms (with answer key)
• 3 pennant banners to create a bulletin board (students can choose which one they'd like to fill out)
• writing activity (choose someone who has changed the world)
• growth mindset connections
• Journal Entry: I am an inventor...
• two coloring pages with quotes
• four quotes posters (smaller versions also included)
• instructions and link for Google Slides

My hope is that this product will help your students understand their worth in the world. These activities are also perfect for teachers or counselors who are helping students develop a growth mindset.

Please let me know if you have questions prior to purchasing this literature unit.

The Candy Dish by Kobi Yamada:

This growth mindset literature unit for The Candy Dish by Kobi Yamada was created for 2nd-5th grade.

The activities in the literature companion focus more on the concepts presented in the story and less on the content (although there are vocabulary words included).

This file includes:

• 10 discussion questions in list and task card formats.
• an answer sheet for the discussion questions
• vocabulary matching printable
• figurative language practice: personification and similes
• posters and activities
• gratitude during challenging times
• gratitude puzzle
• journal prompts
• coloring quotes posters and bulletin posters about gratitude
• instructions and link for Google Slides

My hope is that this product will help your students take a closer look at the importance of gratitude. These activities are also perfect for teachers or counselors working with students to shift their mindset.

NOTE: THESE FILES INCLUDE A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

These products include a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The digital portion instructions appear at the end of the packet.

Technology Requirements:

• A Google Drive account
• If sharing with students, a Drive account that is linked to student Google accounts
• Can be shared/delivered on Google Classroom
• Only need access to Google Drive--no outside links to worry about!

These files can be used with iPads, chrome books, laptops, and desktops as long as your students have access to Google Drive or Classroom on a device. The digital portion of this product is on Google Slides™.

You will find other engaging literature units here:

• LITERATURE UNITS

Kirsten Tulsian has 18 years of experience in elementary education. She has been a homeroom teacher for first grade, third grade, and fourth grade, as well as ESL. She has also been a school counselor for grades PK-6, an ESL pullout teacher for K-6, and a Reading Recovery Teacher. She received her Bachelor’s degree in elementary education and psychology from The University of Iowa and a Master’s of Education in school counseling from Sam Houston State University. She believes that students make the most progress when they are engaged in their hearts as well as their minds. Her resources offer relevant, rigorous, engaging content that nurtures the whole child.

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Growth Mindset Activities Multi-Level MEGA BUNDLE: OVER 1700 PAGES

This growth mindset multi-level bundle includes my four largest GROWTH MINDSET BUNDLES for 1st-6th grade.

If you teach multi-level classes, this is the best value (you get MORE THAN 30% OFF the original cost of the individual products when you buy this bundle).

You will find 40 PRODUCTS that are included in the following BUNDLES:

• Activities BUNDLE #1 for Upper Grades
• Activities BUNDLE #2 for Upper Grades
• Activities BUNDLE for Lower Grades
• Growth Mindset Picture Book MEGA BUNDLE

Individual product files for each BUNDLE can be found here:

GROWTH MINDSET ACTIVITIES BUNDLE #1 for Upper Grades:

• COLORING POSTERS: AFFIRMATIONS FOR INTERMEDIATE GRADES
• AFFIRMATIONS POSTERS (with cursive)
• PRIVACY FOLDER OFFICE
• FLIP BOOKS
• NOTES FROM THE TEACHER
• STICKY NOTES FROM THE TEACHER
• BOOKMARKS
• AWARDS
• PRINT AND FOLD REFLECTIONS BOOKLETS
• VOCABULARY CARDS FOR A WORD WALL OR BULLETIN BOARD

GROWTH MINDSET ACTIVITIES BUNDLE #2 for Upper Grades:

• ROLL-A-STORY CREATIVE WRITING
• WORD OF THE WEEK INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
• GROWTH MINDSET AFFIRMATION POSTERS: LLAMA THEME
• AFFIRMATIONS: RIP-N-GROW
• NOTES FOR PARENTS
• SORTING ACTIVITY
• SORTING ACTIVITY ON STICKY NOTES
• JOURNAL PROMPTS
• DAILY CLASSROOM PLEDGE

GROWTH MINDSET ACTIVITIES BUNDLE for Lower Grades:

• COLORING POSTERS: AFFIRMATIONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES
• AFFIRMATION POSTERS for PRIMARY GRADES SET #1
• AFFIRMATION POSTERS for PRIMARY GRADES SET #2
• AFFIRMATION AWARDS FOR PRIMARY GRADES
• JOURNAL PROMPTS FOR PRIMARY GRADES
• YOUR FANTASTIC ELASTIC BRAIN (LOWER GRADE VERSION)
• AFFIRMATIONS POSTERS (NO cursive)
• BRAG BRACELETS
• THE ABC’S OF GROWTH MINDSET
• GROWTH MINDSET POSTERS: MONSTER THEME

GROWTH MINDSET MEGA BOOK COMPANION BUNDLE:

• Your Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak (upper grade version)
• The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein
• We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio
• Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty
• The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
• Bubble Gum Brain by Julia Cook
• Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg
• The Dot by Peter Reynolds
• Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
• What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada
• What Do You Do With a Problem? by Kobi Yamada
• What Do You Do With a Chance? by Kobi Yamada

Please check individual links for product information. You can also scroll through the preview for more detailed images of each product. This mega bundle file contains over 1,600 pages of activities, posters, and information.

Please note that this bundle DOES NOT INCLUDE my growth mindset bell ringer warm-ups! That multi-level bundle must be purchased separately. Please let me know if you have questions PRIOR to purchasing this product as I am happy to help you in any way that I can!

Growth Mindset Activities: Posters, Writing Prompts, Sorting, Parent Notes & MORE BUNDLE:

This Growth Mindset Activities Bundle includes NINE of my most recent growth mindset products for upper elementary grades! This bundle contains growth mindset roll-a-story, word of the week interactive notebook, llama-themed affirmation posters, notes for parents, sorting activities (paper and sticky notes versions), journal prompts, and a growth mindset pledge. That is a total of NINE individual products.

Please see the individual links below for more information:

• GROWTH MINDSET ROLL-A-STORY CREATIVE WRITING
• GROWTH MINDSET WORD OF THE WEEK INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK
• GROWTH MINDSET AFFIRMATION POSTERS: LLAMA THEME
• GROWTH MINDSET AFFIRMATIONS: RIP-N-GROW
• GROWTH MINDSET NOTES FOR PARENTS
• GROWTH MINDSET SORTING ACTIVITY
• GROWTH MINDSET SORTING ACTIVITY ON STICKY NOTES
• GROWTH MINDSET JOURNAL PROMPTS
• GROWTH MINDSET DAILY PLEDGE
• MONTHLY SEL JOURNAL PROMPTS: GROWTH MINDSET SEPTEMBER

Growth Mindset Roll-a-Story:

Looking for creative writing activities that are engaging and fun? These growth mindset story cubes are perfect for you! Storytelling with dice is a great way to increase student engagement while reinforcing growth mindset concepts. This roll-a-story activity is perfect for use at literacy stations, as an early finisher activity, or a creative writing assignment.

NOTE: Students must be familiar with growth mindset concepts and themes to utilize this product.

This file includes the following:

• Teacher Tips
• Student Instructions (for use at literacy stations, for example)
• A variety of planning pages with or without instructions
• Two options for story writing paper (primary and intermediate lines)
• Parts of a story posters (in full color and black-and-white on half sheets)
• 16 CUBE SKINS (4 per component)
• 4 BLANK CUBE SKINS (for students to create their own growth mindset theme, setting, action, and noun)

Growth Mindset Word of the Week Interactive Notebook:

Help your students understand growth mindset concepts with these Vocabulary Word of the Week posters and weekly reflections for interactive notebooks. If you are searching for quick, easy-to-use, interactive growth mindset activities, it's all here!

This file includes the following:

• Master list of all vocabulary included
• 42 growth mindset vocabulary posters
• 42 pages of interactive notebook pages with definitions and reflection questions
• 1 page of teacher tips
• 4 pages of information about how each word relates to growth mindset

Growth Mindset Affirmation Posters with Llama Theme:

These Llama Theme Growth Mindset Affirmation Posters are perfect for your bulletin board! Are you teaching your students about growth mindset and fixed mindset? Create a culture of success, perseverance, and motivation with these growth mindset affirmation posters, trading cards, and printables. With a list of teacher suggestions for product use, you will be able to utilize every page.

Growth Mindset Rip-n-Grow Affirmations:

These Growth Mindset Posters with Rip-n-Grow affirmations are perfect for your bulletin board! Are you teaching your students about growth mindset and fixed mindset? Create a culture of success, perseverance, and motivation with these growth mindset affirmation posters (and attached "fortunes" or rip-n-grow affirmation messages). With a list of teacher suggestions for product use, you will be able to utilize every page.

Growth Mindset Notes for Parents:

Growth Mindset Information for Parents and Caregivers: This growth mindset information for parents pack is perfect for teachers who want to help parents understand growth mindset concepts. In addition to 33 half-page notes that can be sent home throughout the year, you will find two pages of information to send home right at the beginning of the year (or the beginning of your growth mindset instruction). These pages give parents a firm foundation for understanding everything their child will learn at school.

Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset Sorting Activity (regular version AND sticky notes version included):

These sorting cards are perfect for any 2nd-grade (and UP) classroom. All sorting cards are available in full color and in black and white (as well as a set of smaller cards if teachers would like to print a set for each student). You will also find opportunities for students to reflect on their own experiences. Each fixed mindset statement is also listed on a separate sheet so that students can practice reframing statements from fixed mindset to growth mindset. Please note that if your students are not familiar with fixed mindset and growth mindset concepts, they will need some introductory instruction and information before using these sorting cards. There are 60 statements (30 growth mindset statements and 30 fixed mindset statements).

Growth Mindset Journal Prompts for Upper Grades (Digital and No-Prep Printables):

These Growth Mindset Journal Prompts are perfect for any 4th-grade (and UP) classroom. Please note that 4th-grade students may need extra explanation and discussion time to fully comprehend all the concepts and questions but are fully capable of the required reflection.

This product was created for students and teachers who are working on growth mindset in their classroom. Please note that if your students are not familiar with fixed mindset and growth mindset, they will need some introductory information prior to using these journal prompts. There are 20 different journal prompts as well as a page for teacher tips, and optional back pages (blank lines if you choose to copy front-to-back for students to have extra space to write.

Growth Mindset Daily Pledge:

Not sure how to incorporate growth mindset concepts daily? If you struggle to fit it all in, this original growth mindset pledge is a piece of your puzzle! A variety of growth mindset concepts are reinforced with this quick and easy-to-use daily pledge for your classroom. This pledge can be used during any time of year with any grade level to inspire your students to be growth mindset warriors!

One original pledge encourages students to use a growth mindset daily. It comes in FOUR DIFFERENT styles (with varying clip art and fonts).

Each style comes in FULL-COLOR and BLACK-AND-WHITE.

You can choose from the poster size poem, smaller card-sized poems, or bookmarks. Please take a look at the preview and/or thumbnails for size reference.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CONTENTS OF THIS POEM HAVE BEEN COPYRIGHTED. YOU MAY NOT REPRODUCE, RETYPE, REDISTRIBUTE, MODIFY, COPY, OR ALTER THIS PRODUCT OR ITS CONTENTS IN ANY WAY.

GROWTH MINDSET DAILY SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING PROMPTS FOR SEPTEMBER:

These daily SEL journal quick-write prompts were created for September and cover the social-emotional learning topic of GROWTH MINDSET.

This creative writing bell ringer or warm-up activity was created for students in 4th grade and above (can be used up through high school). They are designed to help students think more deeply and critically about growth mindset and fixed mindset concepts.

This file contains the following:

• Teacher tips
• 25 writing prompts with a space to write answers (1/2 page per prompt)
• The same writing prompts in a card-sized version (perhaps students have their own daily writing journals)
• A digital option in Google Slides

This SEL journal writing product is part of a YEAR-LONG writing prompts program for social-emotional learning. You can find the entire YEAR-LONG BUNDLE HERE.

Positive Affirmations and Self-Talk Sticky Notes Quotes BUNDLE for Upper Grades:

Sticky Notes Quotes, Notes, and Messages BUNDLE for upper grades!

Are you looking for unique ways to boost your student's motivation, self-esteem, and perseverance? This sticky notes messages, quotes, and affirmations BUNDLE for upper grades can be used as part of your regular classroom routine. This BUNDLE includes more than 375 messages, notes, and/or quotes on sticky notes!

Once you read the printing instructions, the sticky note messages are easy to prepare and can be used in a variety of ways.

You can:

• place them around the classroom
• surprise them by putting them on student's desks
• stick them to walls and/or mirrors throughout the school
• arm parents with them to display at home

There is also a reflection page included for students to answer questions about the sticky notes (for making connections to their own lives, literature, or other famous people).

These sticky notes are advertised for intermediate grades because there is NO clip art, EXCEPT FOR THE TEST-TAKING ENCOURAGEMENT NOTES AND THE GROWTH MINDSET NOTES FROM THE TEACHER.

ALL of the sticky notes quotes, notes, and messages in this file NOW INCLUDE: THREE OPTIONS... a printable version, a Google Slides™ version, and a digital stickers version. Please refer to the final 8 pages of each file for digital instructions and links!

INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTS INCLUDED IN THIS STICKY NOTES BUNDLE:

• GROWTH MINDSET STICKY NOTES FROM THE TEACHER
• AFFIRMATIONS FOR UPPER GRADES STICKY NOTES
• POSITIVE MESSAGES FOR UPPER GRADES STICKY NOTES
• TEST TAKING ENCOURAGEMENT FOR ALL GRADES – EMOJI-THEMED STICKY NOTES
• PERSEVERANCE QUOTES STICKY NOTES
• COMPASSION AND KINDNESS QUOTES STICKY NOTES
• SOCIAL JUSTICE QUOTES STICKY NOTES
• MOTIVATION AND SUCCESS QUOTES STICKY NOTES

Each sticky note can be printed in color or in black-and-white (the files with clip art have an option with black fonts and full-color clip art as well)!

Please note that YOU WILL NEED TO PURCHASE YOUR OWN 3"x3" sticky notes to use this product. YOU MUST READ THE PRINTING INSTRUCTIONS PRIOR TO PRINTING!

You may also be interested in these Language Arts products:

• GROWTH MINDSET ACTIVITIES
• LITERATURE UNITS
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PRODUCTS
• CHARACTER TRAITS PRODUCTS
• VOCABULARY PRODUCTS

Growth Mindset Morning Meeting Soft Start Bell Ringer Warm-Ups BUNDLE for ONE YEAR: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade

This BUNDLED growth mindset soft start activities file for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades includes everything you need for a morning meeting or daily warm-up activity for the ENTIRE YEAR!

You will find:

• 10 growth mindset soft start files (one for each month of the school year)
• printable versions in each file
• Google slides versions (minus the activities not suited for a digital)
• PowerPoint versions (not editable)

You may choose to use the PPT version as a starting point for a morning meeting discussion, or you may choose to use the printable worksheets as a bell ringer or warm-up activity.

There is also an option in Google (minus the activities that are unsuitable for a digital option). You may also choose to use a combination of these choices based on the time you have or the needs of your students.

These file were created for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade and include over 30 growth mindset topics including:

• All About the Brain
• Perseverance
• Tackling Challenges
• Growing Yourself
• Motivation
• Resilience
• Confidence
• Improvement
• Metacognition
• Self-Talk
• AND MUCH MORE

These activities are the PERFECT way to begin your day on a positive and empowering note for students. They also include foundational growth mindset concepts that will impact your students for a lifetime.

The following products are included in this BUNDLE:

• August Growth Mindset Soft Starts
• September Growth Mindset Soft Starts
• October Growth Mindset Soft Starts
• November Growth Mindset Soft Starts
• December Growth Mindset Soft Starts
• January Growth Mindset Soft Starts
• February Growth Mindset Soft Starts
• March Growth Mindset Soft Starts
• April Growth Mindset Soft Starts
• May Growth Mindset Soft Starts

Please look at the individual listings, the preview, and the thumbnails. If you still have questions, feel free to reach out to me!

Growth Mindset Picture Book Literature Unit Activities MEGA BUNDLE:

This GROWTH MINDSET MEGA BOOK BUNDLE includes the following titles:

• Your Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak (lower grade version)
• Your Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak (upper grade version)
• The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein
• We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio
• Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty
• The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
• Bubble Gum Brain by Julia Cook
• Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg
• The Dot by Peter Reynolds
• Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
• What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada
• What Do You Do With a Problem? by Kobi Yamada
• What Do You Do With a Chance? by Kobi Yamada

This mega bundle is perfect for teachers who serve students in multiple grade levels. The grade ranges cover 1st-5th grade (some units are more appropriate for lower levels and some are more appropriate for upper grades). Librarians, counselors, and special education teachers who serve all levels will find this growth mindset mega bundle particularly useful.

Your Fantastic Elastic Brain (lower grade version):

Infused with reflections, challenges (including a STEM challenge for creating slingshots using rubber bands), a mini-book about the brain, and opportunities to learn about growth mindset, your students are sure to learn and have a great deal of fun!

Your Fantastic Elastic Brain activities included:

• Brainstorming ways to use elastics
• Comparing and contrasting using a Venn diagram
• Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset
• A rubber band challenge
• Coloring parts of the Brain
• Fantastic Elastic Brain bookmarks (in full color and black and white)
• My Brain Mini-book
• Slingshot STEM challenge
• Growth Mindset Posters (5 posters in full color and in black and white)

The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes:

Are you teaching your students about growth mindset? The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein is a perfect picture book for teachers who want to provide fun instruction on the role of failure and/or making mistakes in growth mindset and fixed mindset perspectives.

Conceptually, these ideas are perfect for any level, but this literature unit was created with 2nd-6th graders in mind (2nd graders may need extra support with some of the activities).

You will find the following activities in this literature unit for The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes:

• Discussion questions in 1/2 sheet task card form as well as list form (13 questions over 2 pages)
• Discussion questions answer sheet
• Compare and Contrast
• Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset (using mistakes as a framework)
• Too Much Pressure (students reflect on pressure they might feel)
• What Can You Learn From Mistakes?
• Got Mistakes? (brainstorming different types of mistakes students have made)
• Perseverance (a look at famous people who have failed and/or made multiple mistakes along the way)
• A Week of Purposeful Mistakes...
• When You Feel Worried (steps for helping)
• 5 full-color posters with quotes about mistakes
• 5 corresponding black and white quotes posters

PLEASE NOTE: Since the questions and activities are opinion and experience based, there are NO answer keys.

Your Fantastic Elastic Brain:

Are you teaching your students about growth mindset? Your Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak is a perfect segue for teaching your students the power of growth mindset. Conceptually, these ideas are perfect for any level, but this literature unit was created for 3rd-6th graders in mind.

I recommend starting the school year (or your growth mindset instruction) with material that teaches students about the brain. This provides students with a solid foundation for build subsequent growth mindset instruction.

Infused with reflections, challenges (including a STEM challenge for creating slingshots using rubber bands), and opportunities to identify and clarify growth mindset vs fixed mindset, your students are sure to learn and have a great deal of fun!

Your Fantastic Elastic Brain activities included:

• Brainstorming ways to use elastics
• Comparing and contrasting using a Venn diagram
• Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset
• Prompts for student reflections
• A rubber band challenge
• Identifying parts of the brain and their purpose
• Fantastic Elastic Brain bookmarks (in full color and black and white)
• Slingshot STEM challenge
• Growth Mindset Posters (5 posters in full color and in black and white)
• Answer Keys where deemed appropriate

Beautiful Oops:

Are you teaching your students about growth mindset? Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg is a perfect picture book for teachers who want to provide fun instruction on the role of making mistakes in growth mindset and fixed mindset perspectives.

Conceptually, these ideas are perfect for any level, but this literature unit was created with 2nd-6th graders in mind (2nd graders may need extra support with some of the activities).

You will find the following activities in this literature unit for Beautiful Oops:

• Teacher Tips
• Your Oops
• A Glass Half Full
• Growth Mindset: Beautiful Oops
• What's the Use?
• Self-compassion
• Creations with Oops
• Brainstorming with Figures
• Sharing My Best Oops Moment
• I Meant to do That!
• Additional Activities

PLEASE NOTE: Since the questions and activities are opinion and experience based, there are NO answer keys.

The Dot:

This literature unit for The Dot by Peter Reynolds now includes a digital distance learning option in Google Slides™. Please refer to the final 7 pages of the product file for the link and instructions.

Are you looking for growth mindset activities or want to celebrate International Dot Day? The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds is a perfect picture book for teachers who want to provide fun instruction on the role of taking risks in growth mindset and fixed mindset perspectives.

This literature unit is the perfect companion for use with your students any time of year but it is particularly for International Dot Day!

Conceptually, these ideas are perfect for any level, but this literature unit was created with 2nd-6th graders in mind.

You will find the following activities in this literature unit for Beautiful Oops:

• Teacher Tips
• The Dot Discussion Task Cards
• The Dot Questions List
• Sample Answers (for the discussion questions)
• Daring Dots (things you would do if you didn't have fear)
• Make a Mark (create an image in a swirly frame)
• Growth Mindset: The Dot (writing activity related to growth mindset)
• What's the Dot? (draw an image around dots)
• What Is It? (draw images and incorporate preprinted doodles)
• What Can You Make? (draw a picture using at least 10 dots)
• Three journal prompts (with optional back side)
• Three quotes posters in full color and black-and-white
• Additional Activities

What Do You Do With an Idea?:

What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada is a new, Independent Publisher's Book Award winning picture book. This literature unit is appropriate for 1st-4th grade. Note: Picture books are generally most appropriate for primary grades, but the concepts presented in 'What Do You Do With an Idea?' are appropriate for any age, so this unit is designed to reach students a bit older than the average picture book audience.

What Do You Do With an Idea focuses more on the concepts presented in the story and less on the content (although there are comprehension questions included in list form as well as task card form). In addition to the task cards and printables, you will also find a craftivity and growth mindset reflection page. Please check out the preview for What Do You Do With an Idea prior to purchasing.

My hope is that this product will help your students discover their own magnificence (with a little help from you and this amazing new picture book). Enjoy!

What Do You Do With a Problem?:

What Do You Do With a Problem? by Kobi Yamada is a new picture book that works perfectly in conjunction with What Do You Do With an Idea?. This literature unit is appropriate for 1st-4th grade. Note: Picture books are generally most appropriate for primary grades, but the concepts presented in 'What Do You Do With a Problem?' are appropriate for any age, so this unit is designed to reach students a bit older than the average picture book audience.

What Do You Do With a Problem focuses more on the concepts presented in the story and less on the content (although there are comprehension questions included in list form as well as task card form). In addition to the task cards and printables, you will also find a variety of tasks where students can practice finding opportunities in real life problems as well as a growth mindset reflection page. Instructions are also included on how to set up a "Problem Patrol" in your classroom to assist students in solving problems (or receiving suggestions on how to manage problems). Please check out the preview for What Do You Do With a Problem prior to purchasing.

My hope is that this product will help your students learn how to find the gems of opportunity in problems. There is also a focus on how to deal with worries that students can control and worries that students can't control (and would even be perfect for a counselor who is facilitating a group for students that focuses on anxiety, worries, or problem-solving skills). Please let me know if you have questions prior to purchasing this literature unit.

What Do You Do With a Chance?:

This growth mindset literature unit for What Do You Do With a Chance? by Kobi Yamada is a perfect for 1st-4th grade. This new picture book works perfectly in conjunction with What Do You Do With an Idea? and What Do You Do With a Problem?. The activities in the literature companion focus more on the concepts presented in the story and less on the content (although there are vocabulary words and comprehension questions included in list form as well as task card form).

In addition to 10 vocabulary cards, 14 discussion question task cards, and various printables, you will also find a variety of tasks where students can reflect on taking risks. Taking chances (risks) is a necessary component of growth mindset instruction. Please check out the preview for What Do You Do With a Chance prior to purchasing.

My hope is that this product will help your students understand the benefits of taking risks. They will also learn that making a mistake is an amazing opportunity to learn something new. These activities are perfect for teachers or counselors who are helping students develop a growth mindset and understand that it's okay to take risks, or chances, even if there is a possibility of failure. Please let me know if you have questions prior to purchasing this literature unit.

This literature unit for The Most Magnificent Things makes it easy to teach your students about growth mindset! You will find a variety of activities that promote creativity, perseverance, and resilience. You will find activities related to the following topics:

• two pages of discussion questions (13 questions total)
• discussion questions on task cards (4 questions per page)
• characters, setting, plot
• first, next, then, and last
• who, what, when, where, why, and how
• sequencing (with an answer key)
• character traits (3 pages)
• ABC order (with an answer key)
• writing prompt about using trial and error
• perseverance printable
• vocabulary (with an answer key)
• parts of speech (nouns, verbs, and adjectives)
• writing prompt about favorite part of story
• STEM Challenge includes one instructional page for the teacher and three printable pages for PLANNING, CREATING, and REFLECTING

NOTE: THESE FILES INCLUDE A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

These products include a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

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