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
Strong At / Growing At
Draw things you’re strong at on one side and things you’re still growing at on the other.
- Grades
- K–4
- Time
- about 15 minutes
- Topic
- Plan and reflect
- Kids practice
- self-awareness, growth mindset, asking for help
What kids do
“Everyone is strong at some things and still growing at others!”
- I’m strong at…
- I’m growing at…
- Someone who could help me grow:
How to run it
- Use “growing at,” never “bad at.”
- Share one of yours first.
- Pair kids whose strengths match others’ growing spots.
Talk about it
- What used to be a growing thing?
- How did you get strong at it?
- Who could you help?
Take it further
Check it again at the end of term.
Pairs well with
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