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Do you use The 7 Habits of Happy Kids (or The Leader in Me) in your school or classroom? You'll love these award certificates which are the perfect way to recognize students as they model the habits throughout the year. Each certificate includes a space for student name and includes the habit number/description, a place to write how the student modeled the habit, and a signature/date line.

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The Idea Backpack: Getting Started with The 7 Habits of Happy Kids

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The Leader in Me: The 7 Habits of Happy Kids: Student Self Reflection Survey                                                                                                                                                                                 More

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Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw: Spinning wheel Using paper plates, have the family create a Sharpen the Saw spinning wheel, writing different ways they can sharpen the saw together and use at home.  Ex. watch a movie, go for a walk, etc.

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Leader in Me Fishbone: Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

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Performed by the 5th Grade Chorus of Fuguitt Elementary School, Largo, FL. Lyrics: Here at Fuguitt, we all know The Seven Habits are the way to go! BE PROACTIVE, and do the right thing! Don't be asked - no bargaining! BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND; Make a plan so you won't get behind.

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The Leader in Me: The 7 Habits of Happy Kids - Reflection Pages.  One for each habit!

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MLT, easy as Do Re Mi:   A Music Learning Theory classroom: 7 habits songs: Habit 1: Be Proactive

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MLT, easy as Do Re Mi: A Music Learning Theory classroom: 7 habits songs: Habit 1: Be Proactive

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Practicing good citizenship flip book. "A Better Me"  Each page "At Home", "At School", and "In My Neighborhood" contains an illustration and a sentence explaining how they can be "A Better Me". Ex: I can clean up my messy room. I can help friends carry books. I can recycle my water bottles. Very neat way to teach students how they can be a good citizen in their community.

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The Berenstain Bears - Think Of Those In Need---->Sharpen the Saw

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Sharpening the Saw: Body, Mind, Heart, Soul

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Arthur's TV Free Week - Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw

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Growth mindset - a phrase that can easily be coined the education fad of 2015-2016. Although I do like to avoid most fads (bleached hair, suntanning oil, and silly bands were all lost on me), why not take the best from the proverbial education pendulum and allow it to positively impact our classrooms? Recently my 1st grade classroom has morphed into a K/1 combination classroom resulting in HUGE gaps (academically, socially, & emotionally) between my students. Today I'm sharing one of our most powerful community-building lessons we've shared since becoming a combined classroom!

Intentional Read Alouds

Intentionally chosen read alouds and texts in a classroom have tremendous power. From writing mentor texts, to texts that lend themselves to particular reading strategies, our students need models.

Giraffes Can't Dance (affiliate link) is one of my favorite read-alouds. It's a smooth read, include rhymes, and is a perfect platform for launching a conversation about differences in the classroom. The book centers around a Giraffe who can't dance like all the other jungle animals and is made fun of because of his lack of dancing skills. Gerald is the perfect character for teaching students about growth mindset!

Poor Gerald feels absolutely deflated and knows it's time for him to leave the jungle dance floor. This is the climax of the story and a perfect time to have a stellar classroom conversation about diversity, acceptance, love, and the power of "yet". I have a tendency to become involved in books, so I always tag this page with a sticky note, so I don't blow past my stopping point.

A Class Brainstorm

This was the place where our first class brainstorm took place - things we can't do YET. I started sharing with my "Yet" - "I can't whistle Yet" and recorded my idea on our class chart with my name underneath. Students had a few minutes to think and then, we took turns share their "yets" with the class. From writing words to doing a backflip, we discovered everyone has something they cannot do YET!

Then, we continued reading to discover that Gerald soon finds a dance of his own! His 'yet' has become a 'now'. All it took was practice, confidence in himself, and time!

Individual Student Responses

After reading students used this graphic organizer to illustrate and make plans for their "yet". From school to life, students chose their own 'yet' and each one was perfect. We shared them together and then, made a classroom Yet Book that sits on our library display shelf.

How you do foster 'yet' attitudes in your classroom? Do you have any favorite read alouds, activities, or sayings? I would love to hear your ideas!

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Growth Mindset: The Power of Yet - The Brown Bag Teacher

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Growth mindset - a phrase that can easily be coined the education fad of 2015-2016. Although I do like to avoid most fads (bleached hair, suntanning oil, and silly bands were all lost on me), why not take the best from the proverbial education pendulum and allow it to positively impact our classrooms? Recently my 1st grade classroom has morphed into a K/1 combination classroom resulting in HUGE gaps (academically, socially, & emotionally) between my students.

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Habit #7Sharpen the SawBased on the work of Stephen Covey

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7 habits of highly effective people Stephen Covey's Habit 7 Sharpen the Saw