Plan and reflect
Plan My Drawing
Before you draw: choose your idea, shapes and colors. After you draw: look back and set a goal.
Thinking sheet · Plan and reflect
Brain Dump
Empty every thought onto the page, then sort them into do now, do later and let go.
- Grades
- 2–6
- Time
- about 10 minutes
- Topic
- Plan and reflect
- Kids practice
- organizing thoughts, prioritizing, stress relief
What kids do
“Too much in your head? Dump it all here, then sort it!”
- Write or draw EVERYTHING on your mind
- Do now
- Do later
- Let it go
- After my brain dump I feel:
How to run it
- Set a timer for three minutes of dumping.
- There is no wrong thing to write.
- Good before tests or busy weeks.
Talk about it
- What was in the let-go list?
- Did sorting help?
- When could you do this again?
Take it further
Do one at home before bed.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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