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This activity packet can be used for guidance lessons, small group, read aloud activities, literature circles, sub work and more! Salt in His Shoes is a biography about Michael Jordan written by Delores and Roslyn Jordan. (His mother and sister) This book focuses on growth mindset because Michael shows that he is determined to become the best basketball player he can be, even though it is hard work. Other Salt in His Shoes Resources include: • Salt in His Shoes Creative Writing Newspaper Act

These pennants are a great way to discuss growth mindset! The students will create growth mindset pennants that identify their brains' uses! There are 10 boys and 10 girls for each of the 3 pennant styles= 60 total! Updated on June 20th, 2017!* Please Re-Download, if you have already purchased. My preview does not reflect the update, preview update coming soon! :) Can't get enough Your Fantastic Elastic Brain resources? Your Fantastic Elastic Brain Book Study & Growth Mindset Activities ___

This packet includes 10 writing prompts that will challenge your students to dig deeper and re-read parts of Charlotte's Web to gain a deeper understanding. Some of the writing prompt questions include: -Do you think that Fern heard the animals talk or did she imagine it? Give specific reasons and text evidence to support your answer. -The writing prompt includes the definition of what a dynamic character is and then it says, "Choose a dynamic character and explain how they have changed over

This activity packet can be used for guidance lessons, small group, read aloud activities, literature circles, sub work and more! Emmanuel's Dream is written by Laurie Ann Thompson and Sean Qualls. This book is about Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah. He was born with only one leg in Ghana, Africa. Despite many challenges that he faced in his life, he was able to reach all of his dreams and change the conversation and perceptions following disabled people in Africa and around the world. This packet inc

This activity packet can be used for guidance lessons, small group, read aloud activities, literature circles, sub work and more! Rosie Revere Engineer by: Andrea Beaty is an awesome story about a little girl who dreams of becoming an engineer! She creates inventions for her relatives and learns important life lessons along the way. Her Great-Great Aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) helps Rosie adopt a growth mindset and is instrumental in helping Rosie grow as a person and as an engineer! Rosie l

The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin is a story about a native-american girl that deals with major strife and cruelty. She is able to overcome her situation and lives happily ever after. This story is a Cinderella story in many ways, so two of the activities in this packet also focus on comparing and contrasting her to Cinderella. One activity asks the student to compare and contrast their stories and outcomes. The second activity asks the students to identify how they both employ a growth mindset

This novel study includes 10 pages + a title page. The language arts standards include: -Compare and contrast -Themes -Cause and Effect -Key Vocabulary -Figurative Language -Character Traits -Sequence of Events (Plot) -Summarizing the Book -What's your Opinion? -Compare and Contrast

The Most Magnificent Thing is a book about Growth Mindset written by Ashley Spires. This book follows the story of a young girl and her dog as they try and make the most magnificent thing. Our two lovable characters try to not get upset when there are minor setbacks in their plan. However; the girl and her dog get frustrated when things are not happening as they had planned. Read the story to see how the duo calm down and regroup to finally be successful with their plan! The packet includes: •

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg is a magical story about an adventure a boy takes because he believes in Santa Claus and the magic of Christmas! Packet Includes: -2 page of Comprehension Questions and Cause and Effect practice -Identifying character traits using text evidence -Identifying imagery from the book Looking for The Polar Express writing activities? The Polar Express Chronicle Creative Writing Actiivty

This novel study packet includes 10 pages of close reading practice + cover that asks the students to read and re-read to find text evidence to support their findings. A Wrinkle in Time is written by Madeleine L'Engle. Novel Study Includes: 1. Cover Page 2. Summarizing Events (somebody, wanted, but, So, then) 3. Compare and Contrast: Charles Wallace and Calvin 4. Meg's Character Traits 5. The talisman that Mrs. Whatsit gives each person, why and how it helped on their journey 6. Summary of the

This bundle includes 3 products about Growth Mindset. These book reviews are on the books, The Dot and Ish by Peter H. Reynolds. These books are great to read to your students and teach them about growth mindset and how to develop grit and perseverance in life. The products are listed below: The Dot Book Review and Activity Packet Ish Book Review and Activity Packet Compare and Contrast The Dot and Ish •Growth Mindset-Creatrilogy Bundle-9 resources included •The Dot Newspaper Creative Wri

This packet is a loaded with activities and assessments that compliment your Charlotte's Web Novel Study. This packet includes: Packet Includes: 1. Book Report (Opinion writing about the characters, scenes and setting) 2. Book Marks 3. Charlotte's Web Reading log with main idea focus 4. 2 pages of Simile work using similes from the book(identify which two words are being compared and describe other imagery these simile conjures up in your mind) 5. Vocabulary Flip Book Activity- using conte

This packet comes with 5 activities that have students use their critical thinking skills and map skills to code. The activities include: 1. Writing code to a location. 2. Reading code to see each person's destination. 3. Reading a To-Do list to create a route to code and then use coding to complete actions while on the road. Can't get enough of un-plugged coding? I have other coding products too! Computer Coding with Map Skills- 3 Assessments Reading and Writing Code while using a Map Pa

Please follow my page by clicking the green arrow to hear about all my sales as they happen! :) This book study compares and contrasts two books on growth mindset by Peter H. Reynolds. These books are great books to read to your students to teach them about developing a growth mindset. Instead of just saying, "I can't do Math," a growth mindset approach instead applauds the process and hard work. A response to a down trodden student, who has sworn off Math forever, would be, "Well, you may no

This activity is great for creative writing! I remember doing a mock newspaper as a kid; I thought it was so fun to pretend like I was in that time period or in the book. Writing from the character's POV is a great way to have a mini lesson on tone and mood. This is a good opportunity to also have your students learn about "Show don't tell." They can write from the character's perspective and say a lot about the character's feelings and thoughts by what they write. This is also a nice opportunit

This activity packet can be used for guidance lessons, small group, read aloud activities, literature circles, sub work and more! Ish is written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. Growth Mindset is a positive way of thinking. When a student laments, "I just can't do that" or "I am bad at Math!," it is healthy to say to them, "Well, you just can't do that...yet, but with hard work and practice I know you can learn to work out those Math equations." This mindset applauds the process of hard

James and the Giant Peach by: Roald Dahl is a story that takes the reader on an adventure! I would recommend this book for a class read-aloud and novel study because the writing is exciting and is a quick read. This product includes: 1. James's Character Traits~ Write a character trait in the space and then underneath describe why you chose this adjective using text evidence. James is heroic because he saved the centipede who fell overboard. The centipede said, "He saved me! He swam around in t

This is a preview file for this product: Charlotte’s Web Novel Study- Chapter by Chapter with Activities! **Please follow my page by clicking the green star to receive more free resources! This resource has a page for each chapter of the novel! Each page is carefully laid out with comprehension questions from the chapter as well as an activity at the bottom of the page. I have included a detailed answer key also. *This packet can be used for upper grades. The questioning delves further in

Please click the green star to follow my store page to hear about sales and updates! Remember: Dot Day is September 15th! This product will be free until September 16th! That way, you can grab a copy for Dot Day! Share with your co-workers! Please follow and rate this product, if you would be so kind. :) Growth Mindset is a positive way of thinking. When someone laments, “Well, I’m just bad at Math!” or “I am terrible at cartwheels!”, the growth mindset approach would be to help the person

This growth mindset activity pairs with the growth mindset book and is a cute classroom decoration! Your Fantastic Elastic Brain is written by JoAnn Deak, Ph.D. This book teaches the reader about how our brains work. Also, this book teaches the reader about how to have a growth mindset. By going into the science behind how the brain works and processes new information, the reader is able to see that goals are attainable if you train your brain! Activities include: 1. Your brain controls what