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.
SEL worksheet · Growth mindset
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.
- 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:
- Each character has a fixed mindset thought. Write a growth mindset talk-back in the empty bubble.
- “I’m not good at drawing.”
- “Everyone gets it
- “I made a mistake, so I quit.”
- “This is too hard for me.”
- A fixed thought I sometimes have:
Teacher tip
Ask kids to read their talk-back in a confident voice.
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.
- Let kids choose to share or keep their answers private. Both are fine.
Watch for
Praise for being “smart”. Try praising the effort or the strategy instead.
Talk about it
- Why are mistakes part of learning?
- 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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