Are you looking for a lesson plan on growth mindset vs. fixed mindset, perfectionism, emotion regulation, and learning from our mistakes that is tied to literature? The picture book The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett and Gary Rubenstein helps teachers educate students on these topics as they’re exposed to a wonderful story about a girl who is frustrated when she makes mistakes.

Teachers, counselors, and other professionals can use the book and this companion resource for students who need real-world scenarios to understand why having a growth mindset is important, and it’s great for all students as well! The book is a great example of how we can use literature to help instill Social Emotional Learning skills into our students’ hearts and minds.

This resource, which focuses on the CASEL Competency of Self-Awareness, includes a lesson plan and twelve student-driven activities that focus on SEL topics.

Inside the lesson plan, you will find:

• A “Before Reading” activity and discussion questions.
• “During The Reading” discussion questions.
• “After the Reading” comprehension questions, activities, SEL-focused lessons, and critical thinking prompts.

The student-driven activities focus around:

• Close-reading comprehension questions that all focus on the SEL skills you want your students to learn and practice.
• Questions that challenge students’ thinking on a topic.
• Questions that reinforce what they might do or say if they were in the story.
• Applying what they learn in the story to their own lives.
• Working definitions of SEL skills (such as perfection).

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One of the most significant needs in our schools and in our classrooms is access to an appropriate and meaningful SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) curriculum. Students need to be able to work through the five competencies of SEL: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision Making (© CASEL 2017).

This product is a part of The SEL Bookshelf™ Curriculum Series.

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