Back to School Growth Mindset Printable and Digital Activities

Introduce your students to what they are capable of with their BIG BRAINS with this fun Growth Mindset activity. Students who believe they can develop their talents through persistence and hard work are more willing to try hard things and keep going even when they don’t get something right away. Cultivating a growth mindset in kids helps them learn and achieve more.

This interactive growth mindset activity for grades 2-5 includes five days of engaging lesson plans to help your students understand how the brain works! Students will learn about parts of the brain, how the brain works, fixed mindset versus growth mindset, famous failures, and developing grit. By the end of this unit, your students will see that their brains literally grow!

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Save time and money! You can also get this resource as part of our money-saving Back to School Bundle. The Bundle has everything you need for back to school activities. It also includes our Growth Mindset activity, Back to School Classroom Procedures Game Board, and Meet the Teacher Slides.

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This printable and digital growth mindset resource is the perfect activity to start the year on a positive note. This resource is low-prep and easy to use, a must for teachers at the beginning of the year. It’s also a great activity to use after Christmas break or anytime your class has a case of the “This is too hard” or “I can’t do it!” bug.

What’s inside:

• 5 days of Growth Mindset activities
  • Day 1: The Brain AKA “The Boss”
  • Day 2: Parts of the Brain
  • Day 3: Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset
  • Day 4: Mistakes and Famous Failures
  • Day 5: Developing Grit

• Printable and digital versions
• 47 teaching and interactive growth mindset Google slides with audio on each teaching slide
• A link to download a PowerPoint version of the resource
• 16 printable pages of reading passages and activities
• Detailed teacher directions
• A lesson sequence to help with planning

Check out THIS video to learn more about this Growth Mindset Activity.

How it to Use it in the Classroom:

Digital:

The digital version includes 47 different Google Slides for use with Google Classroom. This is a great option if your copy budget is limited or if you are in a 1:1 classroom. Kids love working on devices.

Students will interact with the slides by manipulating digital tools, typing in responses, and reflecting on their learning. Audio is also included on all the teaching slides. When students press on the audio button, they will have the slides read to them. This added feature is awesome for younger grades as well as your struggling readers.

There’s also a PowerPoint version for use with other LMS.

When you use the digital version, this is a no-prep activity.  Simply assign the slides through your Google classroom (or your learning management system) and kids can get to work.

Printable:
We’ve also included a printable option for you to use in class. Simply download the printable PDF and make a copy for each student in your class. I recommend making a packet for each student.

Students can write directly on the pages and complete the puzzles and games in their packets. The printable version can be used whole group, individually, or in centers.

The printable version is low prep, simply print and present.

This Growth Mindset activity is a great resource to use at the beginning of the year.

• Assign the digital version in classrooms that have 1:1 devices – post in Google classroom or another LMS
• Use the printable version in the classroom
• Use a combination of the two – use the digital teaching slides to present material and allow students to complete the activities on the printable slides
• Work on the project (digital or printable) as a class during a whole group lesson
• Use the digital version in the classroom during centers and allow the students working on technology to work on growth mindset
• Incorporate the Growth Mindset activities into your SEL lessons
• Use in conjunction with read alouds about Growth Mindset
• Place the printable activity in centers
• Use during morning work or for fast finishers

Differentiation:

• An audio feature on the digital slides reads text to students. This is great for lower grades or struggling readers.
• Growth Mindset is important for ALL students, but it can be especially important for low learners–who believe they can’t do hard things and for advanced/gifted students–who are afraid of making mistakes
• Work on these activities as a whole group to provide additional support to learners; more advanced learners can work independently or with a partner

Time to Complete:

The amount of time this activity will take will depend on whether you are doing it as a whole group or individually. It will also depend on the age of your students and whether they are having the audio read to them. We recommend devoting about thirty minutes a day to this activity over the course of a week.

❤️ ❤️Why You’ll Love It ❤️ ❤️

❤️ Low or No-Prep activity is perfect for the beginning of the year

❤️ Promote a positive attitude toward learning that will increase achievement all year long

❤️ Engaging and interactive activities set the tone for fun learning environment and make kids excited about school

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