Grades 3–5
Effort Praise or Talent Praise?
Circle effort or talent for ten compliments, then turn a talent compliment into one that praises effort and strategies.
SEL worksheet · Growth mindset
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.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–5
- Time
- About 10 minutes
- Topic
- Growth mindset
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Growth mindset, Perseverance, Positive self-talk, Learning from mistakes
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- A skill I want to get better at:
- Practice for five days. Fill in a row each day.
- How much better am I now?
- What helped me get better?
Words on this sheet
DayMinutesthe samea littlea lot
Teacher tip
Pick small skills that can improve in five days, like a card trick or a jump rope count.
How to use it
- Share a mistake you made this week and what you learned from it.
- Add “yet” to the end of kids’ “I can’t” statements all week.
- Model your own answer first. Kids open up more when the grown-up goes first.
Watch for
Praise for being “smart”. Try praising the effort or the strategy instead.
Talk about it
- Why are mistakes part of learning?
- Have you ever been in a moment like this? What happened?
Take it further
Make a class “Power of Yet” bulletin board with kids’ goals.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
More growth mindset worksheets
Grades 1–3
Steps to Learn Something New
Number six steps of Jayden learning to ride a bike, from the first wobble to riding down the street, then write about a skill you learned.
Grades 1–5
My “Yet” Web
Fill an idea web with six things you can’t do yet, at school, at home, in play and more, then pick one to practice first.
Grades 3–5
Meet Your Brain
Match five brain parts, like the amygdala and the hippocampus, to what they do, and see how your brain learns and handles big feelings.
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