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
Effort Check
Fill the effort meter for each part of the day and spot where you worked hardest.
- Grades
- K–4
- Time
- about 10 minutes
- Topic
- Plan and reflect
- Kids practice
- self-monitoring, effort awareness, goal setting
What kids do
“How hard did you try today? Color the meter!”
- Color up to how hard I tried. Under the bars write reading, math, writing, play and clean-up.
- Tomorrow I’ll try harder at…
How to run it
- Effort is not the same as getting it right.
- Use it at the end of the day.
- Look for patterns across a week.
Talk about it
- When is it hard to try?
- What helps you keep going?
- Which bar are you proudest of?
Take it further
Make a home version for chores.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
More thinking sheets
Plan and reflect
Climb the “Yet” Ladder
Name something you can’t do yet, then plan the small steps that get you to the top.
Plan and reflect
Be a Kind Art Critic
Look at a friend’s drawing like a museum critic: describe it, praise it, ask a question and give it a title.
Plan and reflect
Then and Now Drawing
Draw the same thing today and again in a few weeks. Compare them and spot what improved.
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