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
Mild, Medium or Spicy?
Pick your challenge level: try a mild, medium or spicy version of the same task.
- Grades
- 1–6
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Plan and reflect
- Kids practice
- choosing challenge, self-assessment, growth mindset
What kids do
“How much challenge can you handle today? Pick your spice!”
- Today’s task:
- Mild: I’ll try…
- Medium: I’ll try…
- Spicy: I’ll try…
- The level I picked felt:
How to run it
- Write three versions of a task, or let kids invent them.
- Kids can move up a level halfway.
- Celebrate trying spicy, even if it flops.
Talk about it
- Why did you pick that level?
- What would make medium feel mild?
- When is spicy worth it?
Take it further
Invent an extra-hot level.
Pairs well with
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