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💚 4th Grade · Health & SELCASEL: Self-awarenessUnit 1: Emotions & self-management

Growth mindset

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🎯 Objective: Students reframe fixed thoughts into growth thoughts.

Lesson outline

  1. Brain video or read aloud.
  2. Reframe statements.
  3. Share.
  4. Exit: one reframe.

Lesson 3 of 4 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

CASEL: Self-awareness

National Health Education Standards + CASEL SEL competencies (grade band 3–5)

🏁 Unit goals

  • Recognize triggers and use coping strategies
  • Set and work toward goals

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

Practice & resources on Thinkabara

😀 Emotions dice⚡ Capy Live class quiz

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More lessons in “Emotions & self-management”

  1. Emotional vocabulary
  2. Triggers and coping
  3. Growth mindset
  4. Setting goals

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