Aim to Be Awesome, Not Perfect

In my previous post ,  I listed my goals for this summer. One of them is to plan for how I am going to help students with a growth mindset.  One of my Twitter friends, Justin , sums it up my issue nicely! I struggle with the line between supporting and enabling #msitcbc — Justin (@JustinAion) June 17, 2015 So how do I help them without just enabling them? How do I give them strategies, rather than them just giving up and waiting for me to help them? I came up with an idea - Thinking Cards . The cards will be color-coded, and in folders attached to a wall. Students will be able to grab one whenever they need it. Card #1 will be red - it is for when students have no idea where to start. Card #2 will be yellow - it is for when students have gotten started, but get stuck somewhere in the problem solving process. Card #3 will be green - it is for the student thinks they could be done, but aren't sure if they are.  An added bonus to these cards - hopefully they wil

What a break! I knew it had been a while.... but I thought I had a least written one blog post in 2015. Apparently not.  These last 5 months have been a total blur. Towards the end of the year, I was asked to be part of a secondary math cadre whose goal is to create resources and review common assessments.  The first session was started with this -  Lollipop Moments . That video, this article , our following conversation, has really inspired me.  I have always believed in the growth mindset, but haven't really known or understood how to share that with my students.  So my summer goal for myself to is read, research, and plan - so that when the new school year starts, I will be able to enable my students to have a growth mindset. So what's my plan? 1 - Read Mindsets in the Classroom . The MS Math Chat is having a Twitter book discussion on Tuesdays at 7.  Use the hashtag  # msitcbc .  I missed the last one, but I am planning on making the others. 2 - Research - I have