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Growing Your Brain: The Power of Yet

Personal & Social Development · Self-Regulation & Resilience · ages 7-9

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Which sentence uses 'yet' the growth mindset way?
- I can't do fractions.
- I can't do fractions yet.
- I will never do fractions.
What does a growth mindset mean?
- You can get smarter with practice and effort
- You are stuck with the smarts you were born with
- You are only smart at one subject
A fixed mindset believes your abilities never change no matter how much you practice.
Circle one: True False
Look at the chart of Mia's cartwheel practice. How many more tries worked on Day 14 than on Day 1?
Answer: ______________
Sam is learning spelling. Which sentence shows growth mindset thinking?
- I'm just bad at spelling
- Spelling is impossible for me
- I'm not good at spelling yet, so I'll practice
Priya gets a low grade on a test. Which response shows growth mindset thinking?
- I got a bad grade, so I'll ask for help and try studying a new way
- This grade means my skills cannot change
- I got a bad grade, so there's no point trying
Omar could not swim. After lessons and practice, he swims well now. What does his story show?
- He got lucky
- Some people are just born knowing how to swim
- Effort and practice grew his ability
Leo says, 'I say yet, so I never have to practice.' What has Leo missed?
- He should say never instead
- Yet just opens the door; he still needs practice to actually improve
- Nothing, saying yet is enough by itself

Answer key

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I can't do fractions yet. · Adding yet shows you just haven't learned it yet, not that you never will.
You can get smarter with practice and effort · A growth mindset means believing your abilities can grow with learning and practice.
True · That's exactly what a fixed mindset means, and it's the idea a growth mindset pushes back against.
7 · Day 14 shows 8 successful tries and Day 1 shows 1. The difference is 8 minus 1, or 7.
I'm not good at spelling yet, so I'll practice · The growth mindset answer adds yet and a plan to practice, instead of giving up.
I got a bad grade, so I'll ask for help and try studying a new way · Growth mindset thinking looks for a way to improve instead of blaming fixed ability.
Effort and practice grew his ability · Omar's story describes learning through lessons and practice. It shows that his swimming skill grew.
Yet just opens the door; he still needs practice to actually improve · The word yet reminds you that change is possible, but you still need to practice to actually improve.