Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Anything Is Possible (Perseverance)

Anything Is Possible
I've been having a hard time keeping up with this blog!  I'm finally getting around to posting some new materials that I found at the beginning of the school year.  I spent so much time looking for books and lesson plans to accompany them and had so much fun opening all of the Amazon boxes that were arriving daily at the school and then I just left it all sitting in a pile.  I have a good excuse though!  I haven't gotten around to using all of the books yet as I just recently returned to work after taking 11 weeks off for maternity leave.  I'm hoping to get back to posting lessons as it helps to keep me organized...wish me luck!  

Anyway, I love finding fun videos on YouTube to teach perseverance but I needed some books for my younger students.  I found Anything Is Possible by Giulia Belloni and Marco Trevisan and it is exactly what I was looking for.  
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Anything Is Possible is about a determined sheep and a skeptical wolf who are trying to build a flying machine.  This book could also be used to teach teamwork, persistence, and mindset. 

Connections:
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Perseverance - Freebie by Growing Firsties (Free)
Perseverance - Freebie

Character Education Skit PERSEVERANCE by the Charismatic Counselor (Free)
Character Education Skit PERSEVERANCE

Perseverance Activity by Counselor Keri (Free)  -Includes a Pre-test!
Perseverance Activity Classroom Guidance Lesson for Elementary School Counseling





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Monday, November 27, 2017

Mindset Monday-Someday

 I recently purchased the book Someday by Eileen Spinelli.  Someday is a cute story about a girl who dreams about becoming something great.  I like this story because it starts with the girl telling about her goals for the future and follows up with something that she is doing now that is related to that goal.  This would also be a good book for discussions about careers, goal setting, dreams, etc...   I plan to use the book to teach students to use a growth mindset and found several great connections:

Growth-Mindset-lesson-using-book-Someday-by-Eileen-Spinelli (FREE)


Someday, writing to accompany Eileen Spinelli's amazing book!

Teaching Elements of Fiction Using Mentor Text "Someday" + Icebreaker Activity by Amy Mezni ($3.00)
2 great activities for counseling:  making a someday book and writing down goals/dreams.
Teaching Elements of Fiction Using Mentor Text "Someday" + Icebreaker Activity

Hopes-and-Dreams by Teaching-With-Jackie ($1.20)
love this one!  It is great for matching the present action with the long-term goal
Hopes and Dreams for the Beginning of the School Year