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
Use My Feedback
Feedback is a gift. Write what you were told, how it felt and the one change you’ll make next time.
- Grades
- 2–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Plan and reflect
- Kids practice
- using feedback, revision, growth mindset
What kids do
“Someone gave you feedback. What will you do with it?”
- The feedback I got:
- When I heard it, I felt:
- Before: my work
- After: what I changed
- The one change I made:
How to run it
- Use after peer review or a teacher conference.
- Pick one piece of feedback, not all of it.
- Celebrate the change, even a small one.
Talk about it
- What makes feedback easy to hear?
- Can feedback be wrong?
- How do you thank someone for feedback?
Take it further
Give a friend one kind, helpful piece of feedback.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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