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An area that I feel strongly about having both in my classroom and in my home is a set aside time for a family meeting. The layout of the plan for the family meeting with ideas of sharing topics was very helpful to me! I just started implementing a "family" (morning) meeting into my classroom this past year and the students absolutely loved it!

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I love how the resources for parents were included. I think when students learn at home and then come to school and hear the same language being used that can be soo beneficial. It is not just the teacher's responsibility, but also the parents. Many times parents might not have access as easily to the resources that teachers get so it is very important for teachers to share this information with parents as well. I loved the Manifesto project that can be completed as a family. That is not only beneficial to kids but to adults as well. I know every New Year my friends and I will get together to create a vision board. It is so important to look at that when feeling down and it can point you in the right direction.

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It's so important for all adults in a child's life to be on the same page in order to make progress and help them to be resilient and have a growth mindset. Hearing the same words and phrases at school and at home will enforce growth mindset. I think providing families with some of the resources we've been given will help parents and create that important partnership.

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These were great resources for parents. They will help parents reinforce growth mindset strategies and phrases at home. We need to work together to help our students succeed. I really liked the idea of having a family manifesto that everyone signs. "In our house, we ___." or "We believe in ____." They suggested hanging it up and revisiting it as needed.

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This module was great to include because for as much work as we do in the classroom (for any subject-not just growth mindset) it needs to be also taught in the home! Parents are kiddos first teachers and growth mindset is something that can be continuously taught as they grow up. I hope to provide my families with some resources they can possibly use at home that helps students continue to learn and develop a growth mindset.

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Teachers can provide parents and guardians with resources and information to reinforce a growth mindset at home. 

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Teachers can provide parents and guardians with resources and information to reinforce a growth mindset at home. 

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I was really happy that we acknowledged the need for growth mindset to occur not only within our four classroom walls, but in their home life as well. I would love to present these resources at our fall conferences to discuss that we are embracing the growth mindset in the classroom and I would love to have them support it at home, too. We all know that there are struggles and challenges at home as well as at school. I am sure parents and guardians would appreciate these skills and ideas just as much as I do. I personally really liked the family manifesto, because it would focus on each family's core values, kind of like how we make classroom rules/expectations with our students... I also liked the inside or outside of my control activity, because I personally find myself getting frustrated about things that are outside of my control, which gets me nowhere. So, I think by addressing those things could be beneficial for everyone!

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These seemed like great things for parents. I am not a parent currently but still see some value but as an educator just not sure how to get parents to really get and use these. It seems for us at our school that parents have the ability to log onto campus and so many things already and rarely do so I would be interested in finding or hearing about the best ways to get them really involved and invested in some of these.

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This modules resources were a far stretch for me. I am not a parent and far from it, I also teach high school students so the resources were at too basic of a level. I did enjoy listening to Carol Dwecks ted talk again. I still really like the power of yet and I think that using this in PE will be especially helpful. Students expect to be almost pro at all the skills I teach them and I can tell how frustrated they get when they aren't getting it right away. By teaching them that they haven't mastered that skill yet can build their confidence and encourage them to work hard and preserve until they reach their goal.

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As a parent, I love these resources. As a teacher, I am wondering how to best get this information to families. Maybe in the form of an electronic newsletter or a quick "Mindset Monday" message to families or our growth mindset goals or phrase for the week. This is something I could implement as a part of my growth mindset action research this next year.

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I think providing parents and guardians with resources can be very beneficial. I find that a lot of resources can be overwhelming for parents and parent often through them away (don't blame them). I liked that many of these resources are very parent friendly! I think that these resources show the importance of growth mindset. Parents and teachers are a team and we need to work together!

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Provide Parents and Guardians with Resources

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Provide Parents and Guardians with Resources

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I think of my relationship with the parents/guardians of my students as a partnership. We help support their child to help them succeed. Therefore, it makes sense to provide recourse to parents/guardians on how they can better help their child to have a growth mindset at home. I like that the "Encouraging a Growth Mindset" article had lots of quick and easy ways for parents to start using language that is growth mindset friendly. I am sure that many parents have not heard of the term "growth mindset" and would appreciate the videos, books, and phrases that were provided to them. I would like to try to be more proactive about letting my parents be more active in their child's growth mindset journey.

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These articles were amazing resources for parents/guardians to read about growth mindset. They gave some really great tips on what and what not to say to kids to instill a growth mindset from a young age! It encourages parents to teach their kiddos that it is okay to make mistakes and it is okay to be challenge and not get it right the first time. Ultimately, that is how we learn! I was also very intrigued by the poster of what someone can and cannot control. I can see this being very useful in my middle school classroom!

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I thought these articles and resources were great tools to share with parents. My sister has a 19 month old and she was very interested in any resources I could provide her so I shared some of these with her. I think it is so important to have parents on board with believing that their children can do anything. If parents are teaching growth mindset at home it will easily be reinforced in school. When I think about the behavior issues that I have in the classroom, most of them stem from work being to hard or the student not being able to do it. If students believe in themselves and a growth mindset was taught at a young age this will take care of some of the melt downs in the classroom.

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I thought these were great articles and resources to share with families.  Two that stand out that would be especially helpful would be the types of praise, and encouraging families to focus on the effort and not using traits like smart, a natural, etc.  It is so easy to say "you're so smart!" but much more meaningful to give specific feedback on the effort the child put forth.  I also loved the video of the teacher's math lesson demonstrating how she "normalizes the struggle" to help her students develop their growth mindset.  I liked how she encouraged her students to be specific about their areas of struggle and justify their thinking.  I'll definitely be using some of these resources to share with families in the future!

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I believe in having a partnership with families for the success of their child/ren. We are a team together. I was very excited to see that this week was all on instilling a growth mindset at home. I do weekly peeks for parents on what we are learning in class, but I want to start a monthly newsletter with growth mindset. These resources are very helpful and something I could use to incorporate into my newsletter. Some of the resources that I really liked were the family meeting document and the in or out of my control document. I also liked in the first article about say this, not that. Our language truly affects our students and can make a big impact. I really think that parents would appreciate these resources.

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Parenting and teaching go hand in hand.  I love the resources that were given in this weeks module and really got me to think about a few things as a teacher, coach and parent most of all.  Praising the effort and hard work and the way we "sell it" is key.  I read the first article and was getting my daughter to bed tonight and thought, "what the heck".  She was drawing pictures and was laying with my wife and I told her, "Zoe, I really noticed tonight after I got home from work that you were working so hard on tracing your pictures and coloring them.  I loved how you really took your time and put so much effort into it and every picture you are drawing and coloring looks better and you are not worried about trying harder pictures.  Everyone looks great and I can't wait to get back to school and have you send some cool ones with me".  I always give her complements but never really put my master's work into play with my own kids.  The light in her eyes made me cry a little when she said, "Thanks dad, I really tried hard".  Go figure.........  This stuff is real!  It is all about how we deliver and give support that makes the biggest difference!

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This handout has been very helpful because one of my main goals is to build my students confidence and help them feel more comfortable and confident in themselves. I plan to keep this handout around so I can look back on. These tips/tricks seem so obvious but it is important to remember them and practice implementing that into my curriculum. This will be challenging for me because I feel like I am juggling so much and am still learning how I teach and my own routines that I will need to be conscious of these tips.

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I really liked the handout about teaching students how to develop a positive attitidue. It is obviously so important but something that you have to work at. So I love that we are given the tools to help foster that learning! I wouldn't necessarily use the cut outs and have students complete those tasks, that would work really well for elementary but in high school they wouldn't take it seriously. Within my lessons though, I can implement some of those tips the poster provides and my students will get to practice developing a positive attitude without even knowing it.

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I really like the idea of having consistency at school as well as home. I think it would help immensely to inform parents on what they can do to help their children have growth mindsets at home. This will ensure that they are having similar mindsets both places which will help with students motivation and support. I really like the article stating what to say and what not to say. I think this is very valuable information for both teachers and parents to help our students/children grow and succeed.

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I loved the terms given by Drs. Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein. Charismatic adults, us! People who children look up to and model their actions. We need to teach kids that challenged are good and we have a positive attitude and confidence when faced with a challenge. Also showing students how to form an island of competence. It's important that students feel that they have some type of control and are competent in some areas when experiencing challenges or failure. I will be keeping these in mind next fall!

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Wait time is something I have found to be so effective in my classroom, and something that I need to do way more of! Wait time 2 is something newer for me. I have always thought a swift response would give my students confidence after answering a question, but I realize it would be beneficial to give them more time to answer, or time for another student to chime in. In the fall I am excited to see what more wait time and what wait time 2 will do for my students and engagement.

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Hey all,
I enjoyed this module as it really hit home with what I do in my PE class.  This year, with this Master's program, I have really implemented new strategies for kids to have choice.  Once every week/every other week, we would give kids about 8 different choices for the hour to be active.  We would team up with 2-3 classes and let them choose what they wanted to be active in.  Even though it looks like a "recess" hour, it is very structured, supervised and kids love it!  They can play with their friends from other classes and explore new activities we set up for them.
The three most important concepts from the articles we read were:
1.  Address kids by name.  It is so important to talk with kids and use their name.  It builds a great community and lets them know they are part of the class and you care about who they are.
2.  Join in play.  I love playing games with my students.  They love competing against me and even more if they beat me in whatever we are playing.  It builds GREAT relationships and shows them that even though you my lose, you still win!!
3. Create a Wall of Fame. This is something I implemented this year during my AR. I wanted to build a positive relationship with my students to improve movement and motivation. I decided to take random pictures of my students during activities and print and post them in the gym. We had over 100 by the end of 2nd trimester before the shutdown. Kids would constantly stop and look at them, looking for themselves and pointing out their friends. I would randomly ask kids if they liked the pictures and I never got a NO answer. I took pictures of friends hanging out as well and would email it to them so they had a copy. It was a great way to build positive relationships with all my kids!!

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I have noticed a difference in my class using the wait time model. I teach PE and when we are going over concepts and strategies, I always get the same few kids raising their hands right away to answer. If I wait about 5-10 seconds and have silence, I get a few more kids to raise their hands. If it is the same kids, I will try to use more guiding questions to probe into the answers of those that are on the edge of getting it right. I have noticed more kids starting to raise their hands and try to answer. If it is not right, I will guide them into an appropriate answer to keep them from feeling that their answer was wrong.

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I found the article to be very interesting! There is one quote that stood out to me the most, "If a charismatic adult can help a student see an island of competence in his or her own life and recognize the success contained in it, that sense of success can then be transferred to other areas of life, leading to more success and a stronger sense of resilience." This exact scenario has happened in my classroom this year. One of my 7th graders always shut down and didn't think that she could do it. Deep down I knew she could. I was grading this students test one day and she received a C+ on it! I was so proud of her. I wrote her a note and she finally gave me a smile!!! She finally believed that she could do it!

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Over the past few years of teaching I have found that wait time is so beneficial for all students in a classroom. Students all have the ability to have time to process and think about questions. This allows the diverse group of students you have in the classroom to have a chance at answering the question because it takes longer for some students to process and connect the information that is being asked especially if it is a higher level question- I use these types of questions a lot in my social studies classroom.

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Kids pick up on what we are doing. Especially in my 1st grade classroom, I notice kiddos saying things that I say and saying things that I know their parents say at home. They are so moldable at this age! By saying phrases and modeling like, "We love a challenge", "This is challenging and I love it!", our students will start to say and believe the same things and growth mindset is achieved!

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Wait time is something that my cooperating teacher taught me about in student teaching. It was so awkward at first! It still feels silly when students are just staring. However, it does allow for all students to have enough time to think for themselves and make a choice if they want to share or not. I encourage participation but never want someone who doesn't want to share to be forced. Allowing them to think for themselves and giving enough time for activities shows them that by persevering, they can achieve great things!

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I think it's important to recognize and learn more about our students so that we can give them a genuine challenge. Keeping in mind the intention is not to lower the bar, but rather to set it just a bit higher, allow choice, praise effort, and celebrate success.

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The wait time article was a great reminder of wait time 1 and wait time 2. I really like the "get back to me" statement though. Sometimes I allow the students to "pass" during a share then let them know if I will be coming back to them or if they truly are allowed to pass on more sensitive subjects. It seems so silly now that I haven't had them use two different statements that can carry over into academics too. "Get back to me" is something I will be adding to my classroom.

I also think it could be interesting to print the Positive Daily Intentions for each student and have them tear off one of the statements as a goal for the day. Then once they've completed the goal they write their name and the date on the back and turn it into me and maybe we keep it in a classroom jar full of positive things for each student. Maybe each student has their own individual container. Or maybe they glue it into their mindset journal.

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We need to show our students that we care and that we are a support system for them. We need to build relationships with our students so that they feel comfortable reaching out to us when they need it. I liked reading the section on "Islands of Competence", it is important for us to help students find things they are good at. Like this article mentioned, many times students feel they are bad at EVERYTHING after failing at just a few things.It is our job to work with them and let them see they are strong in so many different areas. Again, I really appreciate the visual posters. I think using that grid would be a fun thing for teachers to incorporate into their daily teaching and try to focus on one thing each day at home and in the classroom.

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This instantly made me think about the role relationships play with our students. If we can show them that we care, are invested in them and are available to help. When they face the challenges in the classroom they will feel much more confident in taking them head on and succeeding! The reading spoke about the importance of giving praises to students and making sure that they feel comfortable and confident so they are willing and able to take on whatever comes their way!

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This is something that I really need to work on personally. In my classroom in the past I have tried all sorts of different ideas to get the students talking and sharing ideas. I have gone around the room, called out randomly, drawn Popsicle sticks. This was great for me to see and helped me understand the value of wait time. I am looking forward to posing my questions and then waiting 3-5 seconds for a response instead of asking students for the answers!

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I read the article about what time in the technology classroom. I didn't think it was much different than wait time in the regular classroom. It is just as important to give wait time to students no matter the type of classroom. However, I do appreciate how they emphasized that wait time is especially important in a technology classroom because students can depend on their technology so much to answer their questions for them. Giving wait time will allow for students to come up with the answers on their own. I also like how the article talks about a wait time 2. This kind of wait time is given after a student answers a question. I have always given a wait time after I ask a question (which sometimes can seem like an eternity), but I have never given wait time after a student responds. I will try this next time in the classroom.

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Teachers can only do so much in helping to develop a growth mindset if the same message is not being reinforced at home. That is why it is so important (and wonderful!) to share resources with families on how they can support a growth mindset in their children at home. I loved the article on what to say versus what not to say. It was a easy and concrete way to see how easy fostering a growth mindset can be, and how doing something as simple as switching the phrasing you use with your child can make a big impact. The Family Manifesto poster was great, and could definitely be tailored for use in the classroom as well! Overall, providing families with resources is a great way to continue the conversation on growth mindset, and I am sure parents would really appreciate the materials!

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Teachers and students state, "Oh I like a challenge!" or something similar. 

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Teachers and students state, "Oh I like a challenge!" or something similar. 

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I liked the article that discussed how to build resilience in the classroom. There were great reminders in the article about being a positive role model as a charismatic adult, building on student competencies, and allowing students to have choices. Students have to feel like they have a sense of control, which is where the part about student choice comes in. I also liked the ideas on how to build confidence in students; they were all reminders on how to make sure students feel valued and loved, which is something I strive to do each and every day!

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The teacher models and teaches persistence. Teachers use wait time and encourage all to be patient during thinking opportunities. Students persist in thinking exercises until complete. Students are allowed to have ample time to think and do activities. Students seek help only after giving true effort first themselves.

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The teacher models and teaches persistence. Teachers use wait time and encourage all to be patient during thinking opportunities. Students persist in thinking exercises until complete. Students are allowed to have ample time to think and do activities. Students seek help only after giving true effort first themselves.

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This was a great reminder of the value of wait-time. I think we as a society want things to happen NOW and we are constantly moving faster and faster. This was a great reminder to SLOW DOWN; which includes in the classroom. Although time is a never-ending battle of not having enough of it, we still need to allow processing time. Even as an adult, I need time to process student responses and the same is true for students. Learning takes time, so we need to allow for that imperative time to occur within our classrooms. We need to be patient with our students and ourselves. I also really liked the positive daily intentions posters. I think this could be so beneficial for students, colleagues, and myself to be intentional about having a positive outlook on each and every day.

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I really enjoyed these articles and resources, because I notice that students even as young as 2nd grade will start complaining about things being "too hard" or saying "I can't do it!" This was very discouraging to me and I wanted to support them in being resilient learners. A couple years ago we read a book at school about how to build a growth mindset in your classroom. One of the tips was to incorporate chants or phrases into your classroom. That was something that I thought would be easy enough to implement. From that day on, I have my students chant "I love a challenge!" and other growth mindset phrases at the start of each day. I think it helps students to remember that it is okay if things are difficult and they approach challenges with more positivity. I definitely see a difference in my students since beginning this quick activity. I also like the idea of offering up challenge activities for students as a common opportunity.

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Wait Time is an important skill to utilize in the classroom. It helps build patience in students and also helps to create more thorough answers. I have been working on making sure I leave a 3-5 second pause after I propose a question to the class. When I do this I notice that more students are willing to participate and their answers are more well-thought out. I also think it teachers children that it is okay to take some time to think before you answer. I thought it was interesting to read about how technology may impact the use of wait time. It will be interesting to see what would happen if we continue distance learning in the fall.

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I love the idea of sharing some resources the parents can use at home that are very much like what we are doing at school. The book list for reading with the kids at home is great. I would definitely share those with parents. I also really liked the list of. say this not that. Those are phrases I ty to use at school and will be working on incorporating more. The consistency between hearing the same language at school and home would be so great for the kids to hear.

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There were so many great ideas for how to help students grow and learn.  The island of competence was one that I really liked the idea of.  Those students are not often aware of all of the great things that they can do because they link all of the failures together.  I love giving them a sense of control by providing choice.  I try to do this often in my classroom especially for the students who are stuck and refuse to work.  It can be as simple as would you like to use a crayon or a marker to make your picture.  The kids love the options and the work gets done.

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"When instructors leave a period of silence between posing a question and calling on a student to respond, students are more likely to volunteer appropriate answers and less likely to say "I don't know."  The power of waiting for students with wait time is so beneficial.  They need that time to process information.  Now we live in a culture that is so used to getting information instantly the students sometime don't learn the fine art of patience.  Wait time can help with that.  I also really liked the Culture of Digital Citizenship, where they learn how to use technology safely and responsibly.  So important for my kinders just starting their learning journey.

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I really liked the first resource that gave parents/guardians talking points with their children and explained why certain phrases are better than others. It's really important that children are hearing the same message at home that they are hearing at school so if the parents/guardians can use the language that teachers are using then it is definitely beneficial for everyone!

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I don't know if other schools do this more, but my school does not provide parenting information outside of ECFE classes. It would be awesome for the school counselor or classroom teachers (in elementary) to send home some of the resources provided here. Even better, they could implement these resources deliberately in the classroom, and send home family assignments to bring parents into the dialogue. On a secondary level, having meaningful conversations at parent teacher conferences is always something I take advantage of to help parents understand their students better.

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In a research paper I wrote, I learned that the number one factor of student engagement is student teacher relationships. When I read through the resources for this characteristic, relationships were at the center of the message. Positivity, trust, and rigor are the other traits important to show and instill in your kids. One thing that comes to my mind is something I learned from a clinician. She said that your students will feel confident to take risks if they see you as their teacher/leader taking risks too. I have definitely found that to be true in my experience, although easier said than done!

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I really struggle with giving appropriate wait time for my students.  One of my facilitators is an absolute champ at giving wait time and I hope to channel that when school comes back into session.  Wait time 2 is also a new concept for me but it makes sense.
Like I said, waiting does not come naturally for me, but it is very important and something I plan to work on!

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I appreciated the Family Meeting Journal, Super Hero In and Out of My Control cut out, as well as the Family Manifesto.  All three of these resources  would be beneficial for families next year! The article from Growth Mindset about "Say this, not that" was also a great reminder of how to instill a growth like mindset in our students with the feedback we provide for them.

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I appreciated reading the calendar of how to build your students' self-esteem. As I read through the ideas on the chart I was encouraged to see many ideas that I am already doing in the classroom, but I also saw many new ideas that I can implement and use to encourage and build the self-esteem in my classroom! I always tell parents that I believe that building their child's confidence is the most important key in improving their academics. if a child believes that they can do something, they are much more likely to work their hardest to achieve their best!

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I really enjoyed reading the positive daily intentions. I liked the idea that I could cut them out and pass them out to my students to give them an idea of how to intentionally be kind and positive towards one another. I think sometimes students need a little help with knowing what new ways to showing kindness! I would like to pass these out to my students and then have them share about their experience and what they did for their specific slip of paper that they got! We could learn new ideas from each other!

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Creating a resilient mind is crucial and yet I find it hard. Providing student choices can help teach this skill. I also liked the PDF files talking about ways to provide self confidence for our students. How can I as a teacher help families work on creating higher self esteem for their kids? I feel that there is always going to be that uphill battle.

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The article on wait time was a good reminder to me. Although wait time can be extremely uncomfortable it is valuable. Wait time allows the students to hear the question, process what you are asking, and then provide a more accurate answer instead of the typical "I don't know answer". There are times when I need to pick a spot on the wall and stare at it until my students are ready to answer, otherwise I will keep giving prompts without allowing students to answer. I also really liked the files that gave students ideas to do positive things.

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I think this characteristic is crucial for growth mindset. Our students (and ourselves!) must have a resilient mindset in order to have a true growth mindset. I thought the article gave great ideas of how to support our students in developing their resilience. I thought the PDF was a great reminder of how little things that we do at home and in the classroom can have a huge impact on our student's mindset and resilience. Most importantly, we must model for our students our own growth mindset and resilient mindset.

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I thought the Tiger Up video was a great way to show how to help students develop their growth mindset. I like how the teacher checked in on students' "struggle time," and talked about wanting students to expect confusion and a struggle If students expect a struggle, and see the benefit of persisting through the struggle, they are going to learn more and embrace challenges in the future, instead of avoiding them. I also thought the article about the important of wait time was very informative. Wait time was especially difficult during distance learning, and if we are doing distance learning in the fall, wait time is something I want to be much more mindful of. I loved the PDF where students can take a piece of the paper with a statement on it. What a great way to help students set their intention and mindset for the day! I will definitely be trying it with my students next year.

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I would argue that this characteristic of a growth mindset is one of the most important. Even at the kindergarten level I hear negative comments about tasks being too difficult or too challenging. That is why I began the phrase "I'm up for the challenge!" Any time a student made a comment about something being too hard, I would stop the entire class in whatever we were doing and we would all say together "I'm up for the challenge!" and they would swing their arm into a fist in front of them to show their muscles. My learners are very young, so they LOVED this, however, it obviously would not work with all aged students. This one quick and easy mindset switch activity helped build community in my classroom and the students felt like they were "in it together" when a challenging task was in front of them. I think this helped me be a charismatic adult. I loved that phrasing from the article. It was a great reminder that our students are watching our actions and listening closely to our words. They often imitate what they see, and it's so important that we are showing them a positive growth mindset in all that we do.

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I love the article on wait time in a modern technology-driven classroom. Although I teach Kindergarten and don't use very much technology, I was still able to relate to the idea that wait time is being forgotten due to the fact that all information is at our fingertips all of the time because of technology. My favorite line from the article is "there is value in thinking about a question for yourself before using technology to find the answer". I think this is great advice for not only my students, but also myself! It is so easy to look up the answer to something on my phone before actually taking the time to think and process and come up with my own answer first. I also loved the reminder about wait time 1 and 2 and the importance of both. Pausing after a students responds gives them time to complete their thought or elaborate if they wish. It also gives the other students time to process their peer's answer before the teacher responds. The printables on positivity were great and I look forward to using them!

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The article, "Supporting Student Resilience in the classroom" was a very insightful and interesting article. I thought the article provided helpful insight on how to help our students stay engaged, focused and have a resilience mindset. I found this quote to be very eye opening, "Another factor in supporting resilience in a student is the concept of personal control. As students develop an understanding of their islands of competence, they feel more in control." It just shows the importance of self control in supporting resilience!

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These articles and videos were all great reminders of the importance of wait time. Wait time is something that is super important, but also super hard for me to remember when I am teaching. I often want to keep the lesson flowing and for me that means not stopping to wait. I feel like during the waiting time, I lose students' attention and focus. However, like the article states, "When instructors leave a period of silence between posing a question and calling on a student to respond, students are more likely to volunteer appropriate answers and less likely to say "I don't know." I need to always remember to importance of wait time and how truly beneficial it is for my students and their learning.

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In my classroom this year I started something to hopefully help students embrace any challenges that came up throughout the year. If I thought something might be hard for several of the students I would say something like, "This is a bit of a challenge." Then they would repeat back, "WE LOVE A CHALLENGE!" I would go on to give them the math problem, ask the question, explain the assignment, etc. I found that the kids would get excited and were more willing to try hard things. Some students would even come up to me and say, "This was a challenge" about an assignment they had turned in or were telling me a story about what happened during their game the night before. In the articles I really liked all of the different ways to help build students confidence. If we are able to give our students the confidence to try new things the sky's the limit!

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I love the picture of the superhero kid with the space to write or draw about things they can and cannot control. I think it is a great image for all students to focus on what they can control. I also enjoyed the growth mindset for parents resource. I loved the reasoning they gave for words or phrases you should use. Overall, it was explaining that we need to keep students in the challenge zone. Sometimes our comments give them a destination.

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Reading the article about wait time confirmed how important it really is.  Students are more likely to answer if they are given time to process the question.  I feel like I did a good job of giving my students wait time, but I want to work on "wait time 2."  It's easy to move on as soon as a student answers the question, but it's equally important to give that second wait time to make sure they have completed their thought.

I also really liked the quotes and activities to maintain a positive attitude. With everything going on right now I feel like having a positive attitude is even more crucial.

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In the article, Supporting Student Resilience in the Classroom, I really connected with the part about giving a sense of control. At the end of our virtual school year, I started to give more choice and control to the students and found that my engagement did not dip. For my middle schoolers, I made a menu of activities. Each activity was worth so many points. They had to choose 20 points worth of activities. They did great and had fun creating their own assignment.

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I really like the google doc resource that has the different self esteem boosters for all. I like the one that talks about giving less advice and to listen more. I think this is so important. It is so easy to push our judgements or impressions on other people when they are "venting" to us. It's harder to stop, listen, and engage in the conversation and truly get to the root of what that person is saying. It can be frustrating when you are talking about something and the other person just says what worked for them and isn't really listening and offering support. It's so important to be a sounding board for our students during their time with us.

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I really like the resource with the cut out/tear out ways for students to stay positive. We have these at our school and students do take them off but I don't know how well they follow through on the action it says on the small sheet of paper. I find so much joy in helping other people and some of our toughest students thrive the most when they help someone else with a job. One of our toughest girl students this past year had a very tough exterior but had a heart of gold when she would go to the elementary school and help the younger children with their school work. It was so great that we had that field trip for her to use as an incentive with her throughout the year.

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"Teaching is the most rigorous form of learning". This is so true! Students who are able to teach a topic show the highest level of mastery. This builds their confidence and allows them to practice empathy and compassion when/if teaching other students. In my classroom, I have my students lead most of our calendar activities. One friend says the date, another writes it and explains what each digit means, someone else adds to whatever we are collecting that week and discusses what he/she observes, another tells us how many days we've been in school, 3 students come up to the board and write equations to match that day, etc. It is a great way to celebrate success and have peers learning from eachother.

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I loved the video about the school in North Carolina where the teacher had her students create a video of themselves teaching the lesson they just had. "Teaching is the most rigorous form of learning." This is so true! What a great opportunity and process they have developed for the students. If students are able to teach a concept we know they have mastered it!

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I always strive to make meaningful connections with the parents/families of my students because I believe that when parents feel involved in their child's school life, rate of student success increases. I am so glad these resources are available to us, I have been waiting for these! When helping our students develop a growth mindset, I think it's incredibly important that progress towards this mindset doesn't stop when the students walk out of the school building every day...it should continue to be supported at home too. So I a very glad to see these resources and am looking forward to using them with parents/families in the future! This will all definitely help everyone make the shift from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset!

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These resources were exactly what I was looking for! One of my goals for next year is to build more home/school connections around growth mindset. These resources will be helpful tools for families to use and begin to embrace and use the growth mindset language. Personally, I liked the family meeting outline. We spend a lot of time talking about these topics as a family throughout our week, but it would be great to make it a scheduled and intentional activity.

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I really liked the poster about the different ways to respond to negative self -talk. This is something I can incorporate both at home and at school. Children of all ages and even adults engage in negative self talk. It's great to have ways to acknowledge what they are saying, but help them work through it. One that stood out to me was "to acknowledge the feelings, not the words."

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This video was the biggest take-away for me. Having students go through the process of reteaching a concept that was just taught to them in a way that is hands on and incorporates technology seems so engaging. I feel that this type of activity would really engage my students and promote deep learning and understanding. I like the quote from the video "Teaching is the most rigorous form of learning". If our students are able to teach their peers a concept and teach it well, then we know they have mastered a concept.

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I think it is very important to take the time to plan good lessons. I know the first link discussed the importance of looking at the big picture to keep things motivating. In the YouTube video I LOVED the idea of the students recreating their own lessons off of the lessons that the teacher taught. It was neat to see them break up the whiteboard into different sections showing their view on the different lessons taught. Because students are teaching lessons they are more careful about what they include in their own lessons. I also like how the students use the lessons as a review by them being shown to the class.

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I love the idea of celebrating student work and giving them purpose. When my students know that their work is going to be displayed or when they understand the purpose behind it then they are more motivated. I like the idea of getting involved in the community to create purpose behind student work. I think that could be really motivating. So far I have only done things around the school and the kids are motivated by that so much. I have a "Wow Work" board in myclassroom and the students get to pick each month what work they would like to be displayed on that. We have also created things around the school like a community tree with each students hand decorated.Lastly, in my first-grade classroom we have made motivational posters for our fourth-grade buddies for their state testing.

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I like how the first had the comments about having solid lesson plans. In PE, we have to "punt" a lot and there are days we lose the gym and our unit plans and lesson plans have to be adjusted on the fly. I feel we have a really great department especially when someone loses the pool for an issue or it is raining outside and we need to have 3 classes of 40+ kids in a gym or two. We developed a few years back a "back-up plan" for when these issues happen and the kids really are liking having a "Choice Day". We set up 5-7 different activities in 3 gyms and let kids choose what they want to participate in and we are seeing even more engagement because of the choices we give them. This also is collaboration within our department and school. Without it, it would be crazy. Being flexible and knowing when to "Punt" when a lesson is not going well for one class but awesome for another is all about the flexibility of teaching. I like the part about reteaching what you learned as sometimes it sounds and looks so good in our lesson plans but it fails. Allowing kids to interpret what we taught and reteach it will give us as teachers a better outlook while we look outside the box for better ways to "get the knowledge" to our students.

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Celebrating LEARNING is important in classrooms. As teachers, it sometimes feels like us hanging up work or putting a star on a paper is enough. We need to shift our feedback to be specific and positive! Teach students to be positive about their work--acknowledge feelings when students have negative self talk but brainstorm ways they can look for the good.

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I appreciated the strategies and tools provided because I feel as though resilience is something that not only helps students in school but also helps them be successful out in the world. The Self Esteem PDF was such a beautiful reminder to encourage self worth within our students. Encouraging them to try and develop new skills as they work to meet their goals is something I strive for each day. Students should be challenged but know that they are supported and surrounded by adults that care about them and who want to see the excel.

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I appreciated how the traits of wait time and positive affirmations came together with the resources provided. Although wait time can be a bit challenging it is so important!! I know I appreciate being able to gather my thoughts before having to provide an answer and students are no different. Often I try to provide students with the opportunity to write down their answers or discuss with a friend before asking them to share- this also seems to help build confidence in my students. The other take away for me was found in the last PDF article. I loved the positive "Today I Will" statements. I appreciated the tare off tabs as I feel they provide a check list system for students and help hold them accountable. This is something that I think could work well in my classroom!

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I like the first article when it talked about having your assessments meaningful and know that they will be celebrated.  This allows the kids to create and want to revise and do their very best knowing that more than just the teacher is going to be looking at it.  This shows growth mindset as well as kids learn it is not bad to have to go back and revise to make it better.  I use my students names when I give them praise as it makes it more personal and builds a positive climate.  I like the Positive Self-Talk poster and activity.  It might be harder to do in a PE setting, but when I teach Health class, it could fit in well in our Mental Health unit.  I also connected with the parenting 90 second rule when I get frustrated.  I feel I use it pretty well in class and try to not jump off the deep end too soon.

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I really like the video When Students Become Teachers. I have students use Seesaw to make tutorial videos to explain their thinking but I really it's interesting to have students evaluating others work! I know that before these things can happen in a classroom students need to be taught how to evaluate and give proper feedback. That is a goal I have for my classroom.

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I like the different ideas to celebrate success in the classroom. One thing I have in my classroom is a painted rock that has the word YOU written on it. It is our "YOU ROCK!" At the beginning of the year I introduce it by placing it on a student's desk and saying "YOU ROCK!" The rock continues to get passed around and awarded to the next student by me or the student currently possessing the rock. When placed on the next desk we celebrate with "YOU ROCK!"

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Partnering with families can be one of the keys to helping students develop that growth mindset. I can't help but think that these resources would have benefited one of my students this year who has an extremely fixed mindset. I struggled throughout the year as to what I could do to help him. We even saw the fixed mindset during distance learning. His parents saw it first hand too. Now I have some resources to help families in the future. This would also be a great resource for our special ed teachers to have and possibly use.

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I loved the chart that showed all the ways to build confidence in our students. At the beginning of the year I told my students "a secret". Remember, I teach first graders! I told them that I had the best first graders in the building. They couldn't tell anyone the secret, they just had to show everyone. It was interesting to do this since two of my students had a twin in another class. Then in January we started stating daily mantras. We started with 4 and then started adding more. Then school closed! If we can build their confidence, then they can accomplish anything. They need to believe in themselves!

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At the beginning of the year, I do this elaborate lesson on perseverance with my first graders. A gift wrapped in beautiful paper arrives in the classroom. I make a big deal about opening the present without ripping the paper. We talk about perseverance at great length once I have successfully opened the present. Throughout the year we talk about that present and what we learned. We need to teach our students how to persevere when things are challenging. The wait time is something we have talked about before. It's good to remember the wait time might be uncomfortable but it benefits the students so they have time to process the question and formulate their answer.

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One of the articles mentioned classroom culture. This is very important especially when it comes to student engagement and participation. I have always enjoyed creating lessons but one thing I have always been willing to do is learn from the students. They spoke about this in the video and the importance of teachers being learners as well and that is absolutely true! I remember multiple times when I was teaching something and it was not going how I wanted, I simply apologized and moved away from that lesson for the time being until I could come up with a better lesson plan to fit the needs of my students. The last thing I gained was the importance of students having the opportunity to self teach or reteach themselves when or if there are questions.

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I really found a few things beneficial throughout the readings. The first one was about the ways to deal with frustrations as a parent. A lot of these really apply to teachers as well and it would be a great resource to have and share with parents of our district to help them understand things a little more and maybe not jump to getting angry. Another thing I really liked and is not a secret is celebrating personal growth. This does not mean you have to wait and only celebrate the big accomplishments but we should be celebrating and giving praise to our students throughout the year for any and all accomplishments they achieve.

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I really found a lot of great activities to celebrate learning and success. I feel I could incorporate the Student Award Presentations, Classroom Cheers, and the "Your Shining Moment" activity. Celebrating learning is more than a party at the end of the year and putting work on the wall. The ELEducation article talked about how celebrating learning compels students to reflect, articulate, and ask and answer questions about learning. It is important to celebrate learning and success in the classroom for so many reasons.

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Teachers and students show that when others succeed, they find learning and inspiration in their success. 

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Teachers and students show that when others succeed, they find learning and inspiration in their success. 

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I really liked the flipped teacher lessons. I loved the idea of the student becoming the teacher and explaining the math strategy through the videos they were creating. I think that by having the students explain in their own words how to complete the math problem, they are able to not only help others, but themselves as well. If they're able to explain the math problem to others, it would be clear to me as their teacher that they understand that concept. I also believe this is a way to get students highly engaged in their learning!

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I like that Mrs. Hunt was inspiring her students to show their learning by teaching their fellow classmates. Being able to teach another individual requires a deep understanding of the content, so this activity not only helped the students to fully understand multiplication, but it also was helping their fellow classmates. The students took a lot of pride in their work, which also boosts their confidence and their understanding. I think that this was a great example of how to engage students in their learning.

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I think celebration and praise is a great way to keep students excited and proud of their work as students. As teachers, we should be working to celebrate even the little things that students accomplish. In the article, "Celebrate Success in the Classroom" there were some good examples of ways to make celebrations a common occurrence in the classroom. Some things I currently do, are cheers or chants similar to the ones mentioned in the articles after each student presents a project they created or something they wrote. It takes a lot of courage to get in front of your class and speak so we like to cheer for our classmates when they share! Another way we celebrate growth as a class, is by celebrating questions that 80% or more of the class got correct on their reading tests each week. We celebrate that the class had been working really hard on those questions and almost every student answered it correctly. There were some other great ideas of ways to celebrate growth that I would like to try as well!

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Teaching students how to build resilience is arguably one of the toughest parts of being a teacher. It's those "I can't" or "I don't want to" statements that really get to me. I think back to the power of "yet" and how important that mindset is to teach kids. I really appreciate the graphic organizer that explains 25 ways to build confidence in kids. I think I will print this out and use it a lot next year. Building that confidence in kids is one of the first steps to strengthening their resilience when they face obstacles, so I think it's really important to keep all of this in mind.

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Teaching our students to persevere when they face obstacles is so important, but saying to them "keep going" isn't enough sometimes. We need to equip our students with strategies to help them continue to push through challenges and develop that growth mindset. I like the resources provided and think that these approaches will be beneficial for students. The other part of this characteristic that I found important was "wait time." We've touched on this topic before, but providing students with adequate wait time (I always count to 8) helps them formulate a response they feel proud of and lets them know that you care about their voice as part of the classroom community.

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Planning lessons is actually one of my most favorite aspects about teaching. I'm aways looking for new, innovative ideas and trying to make my lessons engaging and exciting for my students. But as any teacher knows, even the best plans don't always work out. I love how the first article said that "no matter how much you plan, you'll never be 100% prepared." But that's also what makes teaching exciting if you have the right mindset. We never truly know the heights that students will take a lesson to. I am super impressed with Ms. Hunt's method for teaching math. In my classroom, reteaching content in their own way is something I encourage my students to do so I can gain an accurate sense of how well they've mastered a standard, but she has taken that to a whole new level! I absolutely love her ideas and plan to use some next year. It looks super powerful in developing student understanding and it also allows students to take charge of their own learning. Awesome stuff!

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I mean, it's no secret that all students should be celebrated when personal growth is made. If that isn't obvious to every single educator, then you're probably in the wrong profession. It is our duty to seek out the progress being made by ALL students, not just the high-achievers. The graphic provides some great tips in responding to students in different ways that shows them that we as teachers see their value and appreciate them as learners, no matter what level of progress is being made. I always make it a point in my day to congratulate each student about something. It might be academically, socially, personally, or emotionally. We are champions for so many kids over the course of our careers and making sure we keep this in mind is crucial to their overall success.

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Teachers and students recognize and/or celebrate personal growth.

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I loved the celebrating success ideas. I have done three claps for students to celebrate their sharing or progress they've made. I have also done the cheer where you say, "Can I get a..?" and the students all say, "whoop whoop!" I liked the new ideas to start implementing into my classroom for a wider variety of chants. The second article that really resonated with me was the one about producing high quality work. I try to instill positive work habits for my students, which includes producing high quality work. I frequently tell my students quality over quantity and so that article really reiterated the importance of valuing that. In order for their work to be quality, it often needs revisions and edits, which shows students also that their first draft of something isn't always going to be their best work; which is related to having a growth mindset.

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The first article mentions that it all starts with classroom culture and from there students can be more engaged with lessons. I think it's important to work with other teachers and collaborate to come up with the most engaging lesson that you can. I really liked Mrs. Hunts classroom and how the students were the teachers and they had to reteach the information. This is really helpful to make sure the students know the content. It is a great formative check!

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I really liked the positive self talk poster. I think it can super helpful and useful for teachers to use in the classroom or refer to when different situations come up so we know how to talk to students about positivity when they have negative self talk. I also really liked how the Celebrations of Learning article explains that students will produce high quality work when there are celebrations! This motivates students!

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I was really inspired by Mrs. Hunt's reteaching method. We have always been told that students have mastered skills that they can successfully teach themselves, but it seems difficult to figure out how you can implement these creative lessons. Mrs. Hunt has a easy to set up and maintain process that is very effective at giving students these opportunities. This is something I would love to share with my colleagues.

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The two videos were wonderful! I especially loved the second video, where the third grade teacher had her students "reteach and record" a lesson. The students became the teachers! I thought this was a very unique way to assess student learning, and the students were able to watch their peers' videos and provide feedback through a rubric. They watched their own video too and were able to see areas of struggle and success. I would love to try something similar to this in my classroom! The other video offered great insight into peer feedback as well. The teacher had groups set up to engage in collaborative conversations about their homework. The teacher welcomes disagreements and has the students learn from each other. I liked that the teacher had students acknowledge the parts of the problem that confused them or made it difficult. Overall, these resources inspired me to continue looking for ways to engage students in learning, and allow them to learn from each other. We are social beings after all, and working together to solve problems is a skill to carry through all of life.

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I liked how one of the articles talked about the connection between motivation and celebrations. Celebrating student learning can help motivate students to produce high quality work. This reminds me of a session I attended at Teach. Learn. Lead about giving students an audience to their work. The speaker discovered through her action research that providing her Kindergarten students an audience to their writing increased their motivation to write. The resource that contained the different cheer ideas was great! This made me realize that I need to improve my cheer game in the classroom! I always stick to the same couple, but there are so many fun ideas to celebrate students that quick, easy, and fun for all. I will definitely be adding to my cheer toolbox this upcoming school year! Lastly, I loved the printable on parenting with a grateful heart. The same advice can be applied to the teacher/student relationship, and it's a great reminder on how a simple mindset change can make a world of a difference: "I get to" vs "I have to".

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I loved the teaching strategies demonstrated in the two videos. I thought the peer assessment was a great way for students to show and discuss their learning process. By doing so, students are able to build community and share their ideas. I thought it sent a great message about growth mindset when the teacher addressed the disagreement between two students as a "chance to learn." I also loved the idea of the students recording themselves reteaching the lesson to show what they know. What a great way for students to show their learning and also, a great resource for parents!

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I loved the idea of having the kids listen to the lesson being taught and then think about it to plan and reteach it to others.  What a powerful assessment tool to figure out what concepts the students grasp and what concepts they still need help with.  I also love that they go one step further to watch their fellow students.  I would love to try this idea and think it could even work if we do have some sort of distance learning.

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I thought there were a lot of great resources here to use.  I liked when they were talking about celebrating successes even if they were small celebrations.  I really try to do a celebration after kids answer questions and they love them and it also give the student who answered the question the confidence to answer more questions.  I also really like the 5 ways to deal with frustrations as a parent.  This could be a great resource to give parents at parent teacher conferences and also just for me as a parent to have!

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Planning engaging lessons really spoke to me. For the past couple of years, I have "planned" with a couple of other teachers. When I say "planned together" we would fill out our lesson plans with what we would be covering. We didn't go into depth with the lessons to create or generate higher level or open ended questions. I am looking forward to being back on the Kindergarten team again so that I can plan with my colleague across the hall. We work really well together and would have a lot of fun planning engaging lessons together.
As I go into next year, thinking about how to engage my students on a higher and deeper level will be something I add to my lesson plans.