A guide for using our resources

Children will practice and apply growth mindset skills.

Vocabulary: upset

Social and Life Skills: self-management

CCSS and Similar State Standards: RL.1.1 key details; RF.1.2 vowel sounds; RF.1.3 decode words; W.1.2 writing; RI.1.10 read and discuss first-grade texts; SL.1.2 ask and answer questions

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

• With beautiful illustrations and rhyming text, The Magical Yet will inspire kids to keep believing in themselves and never give up.

• Write the letter e on a whiteboard. Have students practice making the short /e/ sound.
• Add a letter to either side of the letter e and practice reading the word as a group. Then erase the first and/or last letter in the word to change the word. Continue reading each new word as a group, stressing the short /e/ sound in each word. Example words to use: pet, pen, hen, ten, and red.
• After reviewing a few words, have students reopen their issue and circle two words in each colored box that have the short /e/ sound. Tell students that the blue and green boxes have an extra word with the sbort /e/ sound! Can they find it?

Skill: growth mindset

Materials: Look at Us Grow! skill sheets, scissors, glue, pencil, coloring tools

• Make a classroom display showing off students’ personal goals.
• Provide each student with a Look at Us Grow! skill sheet. Have them think about something they would like to get better at. Direct students to fill out the parts of the flower with their name in the stem and what they would like to do in the leaf with the sentence starter.
• In the second leaf, students can color the word YET. Then students can draw a picture of what it will look like when they accomplish their goals in the middle of the flower.
• When writing and drawing are complete, have students color in their images and parts of the flowers—reminding students to carefully color around their words so everyone can read them.
• Last, have students cut out the parts of the flower and glue them together. Add each flower to a classroom bulletin board display so everyone can admire how your students want to grow!