Today students will spend time reflecting on first semester and setting goals for the second semester. First, we will review the expectations, policies, and procedures of the classroom in order to help refocus our classroom culture for success in the second semester! Students will then take a quiz over the syllabus review - which will count as their first grade for the semester.
Students will first watch a YouTube video which explains the concept of a growth mindset and a fixed mindset. Students will then watch two short film clips, one from the 2010 Dreamworks movie Megamind and the 2007 Disney movie Meet the Robinsons and will discuss how these films represent the growth mindset and fixed mindset.
Students will wrap-up the concept of the "fixed mindset" and "growth mindset" theory discussion by listening to a children's book called The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds, about the growth mindset. Next class, students will complete two activities based on our discussion of the fixed mindset and the growth mindset.
Click here for the YouTube Video about the Growth Mindset
Click here for the Meet the Robinsons YouTube Video