Today our second graders stepped up to the challenge of stretching their brains. We went back to the basics and focused on having a growth mindset and persisting when faced with challenges. We watched the saga of MoJo and his journey to understand his brain. With each segment, students accomplished a brain stretching challenge of their own.
First we did some brain research and each student was able to bring a new fact to share with the group. Using the book, My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks by Hanoch Pivens, we talked about similes and wrote our own to compare our brains to various objects. The students used various objects and a lot of creativity to make self-portraits and describe themselves as learners using comparisons to the objects they chose.
We also tried our hand at some pentamino puzzles, Rush Hour, and Set as well as some teasers from our brain stretcher packet. I was impressed with the student's ideas for rewriting some common phrases that keep us from taking advantage of growing our brain.
It's good enough -----> I can do better!
I made a mistake ------> Now I know how NOT to do it!
I don't understand------> I can ask for help when things are hard.
I'm not good at this----> I can keep trying and get better.
I give up-----> I'll try it again!
This is too hard! --------> This is challenging!
Is it lunch yet? --------> I need some more energy for all my hard work.
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