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
What Helps Me Focus
Find what helps you concentrate and what pulls you away, then draw your best work spot.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 15 minutes
- Topic
- Plan and reflect
- Kids practice
- self-awareness, attention, planning
What kids do
“Your brain is a spotlight. What keeps it shining on your work?”
- Helps me focus
- Pulls me away
- My best work spot
- One thing I’ll try this week:
How to run it
- There’s no one right answer: some kids focus better with sound.
- Try one tip for a week and check in.
- Share with families for homework time.
Talk about it
- What pulls you away most?
- How do you know when you’re focused?
- How can we make the classroom easier to focus in?
Take it further
Time yourself drawing in two different spots and compare.
Pairs well with
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