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
My Choice Board
Fill a board with nine ways to practice a skill, pick three in a row and plan when you’ll do them.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 15 minutes
- Topic
- Plan and reflect
- Kids practice
- choice and ownership, planning, self-direction
What kids do
“You choose! Fill the board, then pick three in a row.”
- The skill I’m practicing:
- Nine ways to practice (write or draw one in each)
- My three picks and when
- I picked these because…
How to run it
- Brainstorm practice ideas first: draw it, teach it, build it, sing it.
- Three in a row can go across, down or corner to corner.
- Check off each one as it’s done.
Talk about it
- Which choice was the most fun?
- Which one helped you learn the most?
- Why does choosing help?
Take it further
Swap boards with a partner and try one of their ideas.
Pairs well with
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