Thursday, 30 January 2014

Growth Mindset - Talk It

This month's character trait of Optimism fits in with our Growth Mindset goal for March.

For our "Talk It" component of Growth Mindset, teachers can create positive, growth mindset-type anchor charts for student self-talk.  The following is a sample chart that you could use for reference when creating one for your own class:

Developed by Fieldcrest Elementary School teachers

Asking the students to think of things that "slow them down" when they're learning is a good way to get the discussion going.  What voices (and possibly, whose voices) say negative things that make them question their abilities?  What could we say to these voices?  How could we look at things a different way?
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28 comments:

  1. rt6 April 2014 at 12:59

    This is great! Thank you for sharing Stephanie. I would love to use this as a reference for my class. Is that ok with you? So important to build capacity in our students to benefit their mindset and mental health.

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    1. Unknown6 April 2014 at 13:37

      Absolutely! Thanks for your positive comments - it's incredible how much this has changed the learning perspective for my students. :)

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    2. IPS1 May 2016 at 10:50

      Hi Stephanie, loved your poster.I would love if you can please suggest what other 'activities' we can involve our students in, to inculcate this quality.

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  2. Anonymous9 April 2014 at 20:52

    We shared this across our district - a great resource, thanks.

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    1. Unknown9 April 2014 at 21:15

      That's great! Glad it could be useful :) what district are you with?

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  3. Unknown10 May 2014 at 17:34

    This is fantastic! I can imagine when your students are grown up. What a wonderful world full of people who are not only kind to each other but also kind to themselves. I've just stopped teaching to take care of our baby full time so I'll be using this with him first :) then later on with my students. Thank you for sharing :)

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    1. Unknown19 May 2014 at 16:34

      Thanks so much for your positive comments :) I love that you'll start the lessons at home! All the best :)

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  4. Kenzie19 May 2014 at 16:32

    This is wonderful! Can we use this picture as part of our blog post on developing a positive classroom community? We would be sure to link back!

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  5. Mrs444423 June 2014 at 11:17

    I LOVE this! Thank you so much. I would especially love a professionally-made version--Are there any plans to have one made? I'm positive you'd sell a lot of them! Thanks.

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    1. Unknown23 June 2014 at 13:06

      Thank you! I've been thinking of doing that for my classroom, but hadn't considered producing it for others - I think I'll do that this summer. I'll post the link on here once it's done!

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  6. Unknown16 July 2014 at 11:24

    Stephanie,
    I am not sure if you received my last comment. I love this and I am working on a presentation on growth mindset and I would love to use this.
    I also work with someone to create motivational posters. I would love to use this information to do that. Please contact me directly asoclof@Parentingsimply.com

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  7. Unknown18 August 2014 at 15:22

    Hi Stephanie - I think this poster is absolutely fantastic! I'm writing a post about how to encourage young children to think optimistically and would love to use this image in my post to refer to. The post goes live this Wednesday the 20th. I would like to display the image with a link back to this site. Would that be okay? Thanks so much, Sue

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    1. Unknown18 August 2014 at 23:11

      Hi Sue! That would be great - I'd be honoured to have you share this poster. We're going to make sure that this is a focus in our classrooms from the beginning of the year. Thanks for including it! :)

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  8. Bee23 August 2014 at 21:53

    Hi Stephanie!
    This is a great resource! I am excited about the huge benefit it will be for students in my math classroom this year. Could I use it?

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    1. Unknown24 August 2014 at 11:24

      Hi Bee! Absolutely, you can use this resource! Thanks for asking :) We'll be updating this blog over the upcoming school year with some new ideas, as well, so stay tuned!

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    2. Bee24 August 2014 at 22:50

      Thanks Stephanie! I certainly plan to visit this site often. Keep up the good work!

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  9. Mynn xx8 October 2014 at 11:53

    This is awesome! Thank you for sharing--definitely PINNED! :)

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  10. Unknown9 October 2014 at 19:27

    Thanks! Glad you like it!

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  11. Anonymous7 May 2015 at 09:48

    May I use your poster in the classrooms in our school? I will certianly give you credit! Thank you! Colleen Bonar

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    1. Mrs. Skelton Wright12 August 2015 at 12:44

      Hi Colleen! You can certainly use it :) It's made a huge difference with my students :)

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  12. Unknown12 August 2015 at 04:02

    Hello, I am a French teacher and I love your blog :-). Do you allow me to translate those sentences into French ? I would like to publish them on my own blog and share them with other teachers. I will mention you as the original author of course ! Many thanks in advance :-). Caroline
    www.apprendreaeduquer.fr

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    1. Mrs. Skelton Wright12 August 2015 at 12:45

      Bonjour, Caroline! Yes, you can certainly translate it into French! If you'd like to link your blog post back to this one, I'd be grateful! Thank you :)

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  13. Unknown27 August 2015 at 22:45

    Absolutely, Celia! I hope it benefits them!

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  14. Unknown19 September 2015 at 05:24

    Thank you so much. I am going to write this up for my son and daughter. My son has low confidence and my daughter has ADHD and oftens struggles with not thinking she is good enough, if this helps just a little bit I will be forever grateful 😊

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  15. Anonymous24 December 2015 at 17:23

    This is going up in my 8th grade classroom - science- ASAP! Thank you for sharing!

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  16. Ambika Warrier19 February 2016 at 10:17

    Thanks a lot Stephanie. I am going to use this with students and also share it with my friends!

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  17. tenkoranmaah17 March 2017 at 13:26

    Thank you Stephanie for this amazing resource! I will be using it in my classroom.

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