Diary of Dawson -Staff Edition
October 26, 2018 Theme: Growth Mindset
Dawson Updates:
If your SIP team takes minutes of your meetings, I would like for the document to be shared with me. I am going to update the members of SIMCO during the November meeting. I will try to attend the meeting if you provide me with the dates.
I put the hearts in your mailbox. Once the students fill out a heart, you can send it to the office. I am going to find a place to hang them up this weekend. A kindness quote will be shared every day during morning announcements, too.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Sincerely,
Melissa
Dawson Dates:
- 10/29 - Breakfast in the library @ 8:30
- 10/31 - Marks close
- 11/1 - Vision and Hearing Re-checks
- 11/1 - Melissa @ Principal Leadership Team Meeting until 10:00
- 11/1 - Dawson Math Night @ 5:30
- 11/12 - No school
- 11/13 - Staff Meeting in the Art room (agenda will out on 11/9)
- 11/13 - Picture Retakes
Growth Mindset : What Can I Say to Myself ? What Can My Students Say?
TED-Ed Lesson Plan
A Pep Talk from Kid President to You
Why You Need to Fail
Musician and author Derek Sivers explains the importance of failure--for effective learning, growth mindset, and quality through experimentation.
Activity: Take a few minutes and think about a time when you made a really bad mistake. Write down what happened: what was the mistake, why did you make it, how did you feel, what could you have done differently? Reflect a bit more and write down what you learned from making the mistake--maybe about what you were trying to accomplish or about yourself. Divide into small groups and share your experience with others.
Assignment: Be an investigative reporter and ask as many different people as you can to tell you about a bad mistake they made and what they learned from it. Write down their answers. Be sure to get their first name, age, and what they do. Type up all the answers you collect and share them with colleagues or classmates.