Grades 3–5
They Never Gave Up
Match six famous people, from Dr. Seuss to Wilma Rudolph, to the setback they kept going through.
SEL worksheet · Growth mindset
Stuck? Try a Strategy
Read six stuck moments and circle the learning strategy that helps most, like rereading or breaking a job into parts.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–4
- 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:
- Circle the letter of the strategy that would help most.
- 1. You read a word problem and have no idea what it is asking.
- 2. Your big project feels like way too much to do.
- 3. You tried the same way three times and it still does not work.
Teacher tip
Make a “When I’m stuck” poster from the strategies on the sheet.
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.
- 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
- 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 3–5
Mistake Acronyms
Match FAIL, END and NO to the growth mindset words they stand for, then make your own acronyms for TRY, YET and GROW.
Grades 1–4
Talk Back to a Fixed Thought
Four comic panels where a character says a fixed mindset thought. Write a growth mindset talk-back in each empty bubble.
Grades K–1
Trace Growth Mindset Sentences
Trace four short growth mindset sentences, like I can learn and Mistakes are okay, then draw something you are learning.
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