Favorite Lessons part 1
Happy Thursday! Thanks for visiting A Spoonful of Teaching. Last week, I mentioned talking about a few of my favorite lessons. Guess what, I’m doing it! I would love to share some of my most memorable lessons every once and awhile! So, here it goes... Lesson One: “Yet” This is a lesson I love to do at the beginning of the year. It’s the perfect introductory lesson for something I value in my classroom-- growth mindset! Promoting growth mindset is SO important in a classroom. A growth mindset is having the belief you are in control of your ability, and can learn and improve. The first thing we do to kick off our growth mindset lesson is listen to Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae. This has always been one of my favorite books-- even as a kid! This YouTube video is a beautiful animation movie of the story: https://youtu.be/vZjsLK5vwNU . If you’re not familiar with it, take the time to watch the video! After watching the animation movie of Giraffes Can’t Dance , we brainstorm ...