Do you have upper elementary students who struggle with embracing challenges or believing in their ability to grow? This Growth Mindset SEL Unit provides a range of engaging growth mindset activities, including positive affirmation exercises, growth mindset worksheets, and the power of yet activities to help students develop a healthy growth mindset. Students will explore the difference between a growth mindset vs. a fixed mindset, understand the power of yet, and learn to overcome setbacks with perseverance. Through reflection and interactive growth mindset lessons, this unit equips students with the tools they need to embrace challenges, develop resilience, and recognize the potential for growth in themselves and others.

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WHAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR GROWTH MINDSET SEL MORNING MEETING THEME SET (Click the preview to see more!):

✨ 20 Days of Printable and Editable Lesson Plans (includes suggested read alouds (like The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes, Your Fantastic Elastic Brain, I Can't Do That Yet, and Bubble Gum Brain), discussion questions, growth mindset activities, extension ideas, and linked online resources) - print-and-go convenience, or mix and match to meet your needs

✨ SEL Morning Meeting Google Slides (for teachers and students) – implement this SEL unit digitally or use the teacher morning meeting slides to engage students with visual prompts and discussion starters

✨ SEL Bulletin Board Materials with key vocabulary (growth mindset, fixed mindset, neuroplasticity, effort, resilience, and perseverance) and growth mindset-related inspirational quotes to help you create a visual culture of harnessing the power of yet and developing a healthy growth mindset

✨ Social Emotional Learning Journals - prompts and reflection exercises to help students deepen their understanding of growth mindset

INCLUDES:

➥ cover pages with quotations and important vocabulary

➥ growth mindset-related discussion prompts

➥ always, sometimes, rarely self-reflection and goal setting

➥ my beliefs about mindsets

➥ peer interview: overcoming challenges

➥ 5 quotation analysis journal prompts

✨ Social Emotional Learning Worksheets - growth mindset activities and worksheets to support students’ learning throughout the lessons and unit

INCLUDES:

➥ growth mindset vs fixed mindset activities

➥ identifying mindset thoughts sort

➥ words that reflect a growth mindset brainstorming map

➥ my growth mindset symbol

➥ growth mindset affirmations

➥ success vs. reality sketch

➥ "Flip that Mindset" activity for revising fixed mindset statements

➥ the power of yet brainstorming exercise

➥ growth mindset story rewrite to incorporate the power of yet

➥ analyzing situations that test our mindset

➥ responding with a growth mindset attitude

➥ how growth mindset improves our life experiences

➥ “what would you attempt to do” quotation response

➥ 5 quotation analysis journal prompts

➥ growth mindset stories compare and contrast chart

WHAT OTHER TEACHERS ARE SAYING:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐”I absolutely loved this resource and it was a wonderful addition to my growth mindset unit!! The slides were great and engaging for students and the plans were easy to follow, the slides were easy to edit, and the suggestions were really helpful.”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “We need to teach social/emotional lessons and I incorporated this into morning meetings and sometimes after snack break too. I love the extra links and all the prompts to write about, but mostly, I love that the students can self-assess and make goals. My administrator was impressed by that when they happened to walk in one time.”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I Love Love Love this! I use this in our CCU to work on our social emotional health. I'm obsessed with this resource!”

Watch your students develop a positive outlook through the power of yet, positive affirmations, and activities that highlight the difference between a growth mindset vs. a fixed mindset. Help them build the confidence to tackle setbacks and see every challenge as an opportunity for growth, both academically and personally! 🎉✨

➡️What makes my SEL Morning Meeting resources unique? They go far beyond simple morning meeting questions and greetings, packing the most punch into the very small amount of time our teacher schedules allow for morning meetings or classroom community building while targeting common themes in literature and your grade level's ELA standards. Students who experience SEL morning meetings develop a strong understanding of themes in literature because this and other ELA skills are integrated into the morning meeting routine!

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• Belonging
• Kindness
• Compassion
• Conflict Resolution and Compromise
• Perseverance
• Integrity
• Happiness
• Goal Setting
• Individuality/Be You
• Friendship
• Courage
• Intrinsic Motivation
• Managing Emotions
• Responsibility
• Growth Mindset
• Gratitude