BrainFit Growth Studio

2-page paper copy PLUS, access to a Google Form link, to edit (NEW)! This survey would be great to do at the beginning of the school year, and then again at the end. Student surveys can be filed away, and then pulled out to compare the progress of student attitudes toward math. It is especially effective if done before an intervention (growth mindset or Jo Boaler's "How to Learn Math for Students," online course). Inventory of questions target student feelings toward math, beliefs about intell

THIS RESOURCE IS THE BUNDLED VERSION OF ALL THE LEVELS.  It is a Google Doc with a link to a folder that includes all resources. Ever wonder how to help students who struggle with basic fact fluency? Excited about math running records, but not sure about next steps? Aware of current research, encouraging visually-rich, conceptually-based tasks, but not sure where to begin? Tired of "busy work," and want to provide students with rich opportunities to make big gains with their automaticity? What?

THIS RESOURCE IS THE BUNDLED VERSION OF ALL THE LEVELS.  It is a Google Doc with a link to a folder that includes all resources. Ever wonder how to help students who struggle with basic fact fluency? Excited about math running records, but not sure about next steps? Aware of current research, encouraging visually-rich, conceptually-based tasks, but not sure where to begin? Tired of "busy work," and want to provide students with rich opportunities to make big gains with their automaticity? What?

Classroom-tested, and research-based! NOW EDITABLE! Click on the link, for a file that gives a PDF and a Google Doc (select FILE/Make a copy). This recording sheet would work for 3-act tasks, word problems, or other problem-based math tasks. It could be used in many domains of CCSS for Math. It incorporates growth mindset research, Jo Boaler's ideas around assessment and feedback (emphasizing diagnostic over mark-based), and helping students find an appropriate challenge at the "edge of their

NOW editable (Google Doc link included in purchase, along with PDF). Use growth mindset as a powerful motivator for your students, especially those students struggling with a fixed mindset. Instead of calling extra help, "Resource," why not call it the "BrainFit Growth Studio," or the "Brain Gym"? This package includes 1. Posters (to help label and decorate your learning space) 2. Resource session/workout punchcards (double-sided) -students bring this card to each of their sessions, having it

Help students take responsibility for their own learning (and myelination)! Print off this recording/reflection sheet, write in your unit (or yearly) goals (targets, outcomes, or big ideas), and make copies for students. Periodically, throughout the unit or year, have students reflect upon their learnings. If a student has worked particularly hard during class, highlight theirs as an example of both how to fill it out, and how to "push through challenges." This could act as an outline for a

NOW EDITABLE (Google Doc Link included). Connect the theme of the "Brain Gym" to all areas of school, even labeling student hooks or desks. This resource could also be handed out to students as a community-building membership card. Grade-specific (K-5), colour (blue), and black-and-white based options available. Print, cut, add student information, and school year, and then attach to desired surface. Laminating membership cards/name labels will improve longevity.

This resource simplifies homework, by having students set goals for reading (at home and at school), and then fill in a reading graph to keep track of their minutes. Students create a simple single or double bar graph each week, tracking their reading minutes (10 minutes of at-home or school reading equals 1 square on the reading graph). At the end of the year, graph elements can be gradually deleted, as students are guided to eventually creating their own graph, using just graph paper (no sc

This growth mindset infused "Fact Fluency Folder" helps organize student learning and goals.  Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division fact fluency cards can be placed in the "Not Yet" section of this resource.  When they have "built automaticity" with a particular fact, they can transition it to the "Yes!  Automaticity Reached" side.  This folder focuses on student strengths and progress.

Use growth mindset as a powerful motivator for your students, especially those students struggling with a fixed mindset. Instead of calling extra help, "Resource," why not call it the "BrainFit Growth Studio," or the "Brain Gym"? An entire resource package is also available for purchase (including a workout punch card, and growth mindset bracelets, praising effort. More items are constantly being added to the store, so check back often! Thanks for viewing/considering a purchase!

This is a sampler of the larger resource, BrainFit Addition Fact Fluency Intervention. It is a link to a Google Folder, with the red addition level (but no other resources or levels). Download this to get a sampler of the resource.

This is a sampler of the larger resource, BrainFit Subtraction Fact Fluency Intervention. It is a link to a Google Folder, with the red addition level (but no other resources or levels). Download this to get a sampler of the resource.