Skill #3:

Persisting and Facing Challenges

(Kindergarten -5th Grade)

Students will participate in a 30 minute SEL lesson which will introduce the ideas of growth mindset and brains growing through challenging encounters. Students will practice the strategy of positive self talk through directed scenarios. Students will then participate in a 30 minute math lesson (modified per current math instruction) which will allow for an on the spot practice of positive self talk during a potentially challenging activity.

Lesson Materials can be found HERE.

Olympic Persistence

(K-2)

Students will participate in a 30 minute SEL lesson which will introduce the idea of perseverance through the lens of the Winter Olympics. This activity is appropriate even if the Olympics are not currently occurring.

Lesson Materials can be found HERE.

After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again)

(K-5)

Students will participate in a 30 minute SEL lesson which will introduce the idea of perserverence. This lesson will be anchored in a read aloud of the book After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat.

Lesson Materials can be found HERE.