Grades 1–5
Practice Makes Progress
Pick one skill, practice it for five days and log what you did, then rate how much you improved. Practice makes progress.
SEL worksheet · Growth mindset
Growth Mindset Secret Code
Use the number code to uncover three growth mindset messages, then write a secret code message of your own for a friend.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–5
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Growth mindset
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Growth mindset, Perseverance, Positive self-talk, Learning from mistakes
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- In this code, A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 and so on up to Z = 26. Write the letter that goes with each number.
- Crack the code. Write a letter on each line.
- Write your own growth mindset message in the number code for a friend to crack.
Teacher tip
Have kids swap their own coded messages with a partner.
How to use it
- Celebrate a “mistake of the day” where the class learns from an error.
- Connect it to a real hard task, like a tricky math page.
- Read scenarios aloud for younger kids and let them answer with a drawing.
Watch for
Praise for being “smart”. Try praising the effort or the strategy instead.
Talk about it
- What do you say to yourself when something is hard?
- How might someone else see it differently?
Take it further
Keep a learning journal where kids note one thing that was hard and how they kept going.
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