As students get older, the skills they learn in school become more difficult. Because a growth mindset helps students persevere in the face of difficulties, these growth mindset activities are perfect for your classroom. These activities include ideas such as learning about the brain and bullet ...
While I’ve been a fifth grade teacher for seven years, last year was my first at a private school—and my first experiencing a graduation ceremony of this magnitude. I much preferred the hour-long dance parties I’d had with my students in public school, which we did on the last day ...
We recently had everyone in our school trace their hands, cut them out and write things they are thankful for on the hands. We then used the hands as feathers for a turkey for a bulletin board. We are going to use the remaining hands for the leaves of a large tree. The other art ...
My parents moved to American Samoa when I was three or four years old. My dad was principal of a high school there. It was idyllic for a kid. I had a whole island for a backyard. I lived there until I was eight years old and we moved to Santa Barbara. —Eric Stoltz 5 I grew ...