Do your students struggle with embracing challenges or believing in their ability to grow? This Growth Mindset SEL Unit gives you everything you need to build a classroom where students understand the power of yet, explore the difference between a growth mindset vs. a fixed mindset, and develop the resilience and perseverance needed to tackle setbacks with confidence.
NOTE: This character education unit is also found in the all themes bundle of 16 social-emotional learning units where you'll save 40%.
Through analyzing social scenarios in suggested read alouds, reflecting and journaling with growth mindset-focused prompts, and participating in positive affirmation and mindset activities, students will learn to overcome challenges, recognize their potential for growth, and develop a healthy growth mindset that serves them both academically and personally.
WHY TEACHERS LOVE THIS UNIT
- 20 Days of Ready-to-Use Lessons – Print-and-go lesson plans with suggested read-alouds, discussion questions, 21 growth mindset and resilience activities, extension ideas, and linked online resources.
- Flexible for Any Setting – Works for morning meetings, character education programs, counselor lessons, or sub plans.
- Standards-Aligned SEL – Integrates growth mindset and resilience directly into ELA skills and common themes in literature, maximizing every minute of your SEL or morning meeting time.
- Printable & Digital – Google Slides for teachers and students included.
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR GROWTH MINDSET SEL UNIT (Scroll through the preview to see more!)
✨ 20 Days of Printable & Editable Lesson Plans — includes suggested read alouds, discussion questions, growth mindset activities, extension ideas, and linked online resources
✨ Social Emotional Learning Journals — growth mindset-related discussion prompts, self-reflection and goal setting exercises, and social emotional learning worksheets to deepen students' understanding of growth mindset and the power of yet, with activities like "Flip That Mindset" for Revising Fixed Mindset Statements, Growth Mindset Story Rewrite to Incorporate the Power of Yet, Analyzing Situations That Test Our Mindset, Growth Mindset Affirmations, and more!
✨ SEL Bulletin Board Materials that include important vocabulary like growth mindset, fixed mindset, neuroplasticity, effort, resilience, and perseverance and inspirational quotations for a visual reminder of your growth mindset and power of yet lessons
✨ SEL Morning Meeting Google Slides — Teacher and student versions to implement this unit digitally or use as visual prompts and discussion starters on your interactive whiteboard
Watch your students develop a positive outlook through the power of yet, positive affirmations, and activities that highlight the difference between a growth mindset vs. a fixed mindset. Help them build the confidence to tackle setbacks and see every challenge as an opportunity for growth, both academically and personally!
WHAT TEACHERS ARE SAYING
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I absolutely loved this resource and it was a wonderful addition to my growth mindset unit!! The slides were great and engaging for students and the plans were easy to follow, the slides were easy to edit, and the suggestions were really helpful."
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "We need to teach social/emotional lessons and I incorporated this into morning meetings and sometimes after snack break too. I love the extra links and all the prompts to write about, but mostly, I love that the students can self-assess and make goals. My administrator was impressed by that when they happened to walk in one time."
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I Love Love Love this! I use this in our CCU to work on our social emotional health. I'm obsessed with this resource!"
SAVE WITH THE MEGA BUNDLE OF ALL TOPICS
If you're looking for a year-long social emotional learning curriculum that is perfect for morning meetings, classroom community building, counselor lessons, or sub plans, click here to save 40% on the all themes bundle of 16 social emotional learning units. Each unit is set up similarly with the same components for easy implementation!
SEL Morning Meeting Bundle Set 1: Perseverance, Kindness, Belonging, Empathy & Compassion, and Conflict Resolution
SEL Morning Meeting Bundle Set 2: Gratitude, Happiness, Integrity, Goal Setting, & Individuality
SEL Morning Meeting Bundle Set 3: Courage, Intrinsic Motivation, Responsibility, Friendship & Managing Emotions
YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZIPPED FILE CONTAINING:
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PDF of guided lesson plans and student activity journal; within this PDF, you'll find a link to two Google Slides:
- Teacher Presentation Google Slides
- Student Notebook Google Slides
- PDF of bulletin board materials with vocabulary and quotation posters
Copyright © Tammy Roose, Tarheelstate Teacher.
The purchase of this resource gives the buyer permission to download and copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution is also limited to single classroom use. Copying for other teachers, school-wide use, or school systems is only allowed with the purchase of additional licenses.
