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Use this free learning progression to guide your students as they become more self-directed. This growth-mindset-friendly progression helps your students to evaluate their academic habits, their problem-solving capabilities, and their classroom citizenship/behavior. This can be made into a classroom poster that the whole class refers to and also be used as a quick assessment of your class. Since I am a big believer in Responsive Classroom, one version of the rubric includes "CARES" (cooperation,

This simple form is a wonderful tool to help you communicate with your students’ families! It will assist families in having meaningful conversations with their children about school. Even though this written reflection is very short, it helps students to become more self-directed since they are setting goals for themselves and reflecting on choices they made that made them proud. This should take your students no longer than a few minutes to complete each week. I recommend having students fill

This small pack of happy notes is sure to boost your students’ self-confidence and keep their families happy. It is so important that we remember to celebrate all of the great choices that our students make. There is a color and a black and white version of these notes, and four are on one page. This should make copying a breeze for you. When you catch a student making a good choice or making progress in an area of struggle, jot down a sentence or two with SPECIFIC feedback so that the student k