Description
The Girl Who Never Makes Mistakes Activities:
Are you teaching your students about growth mindset and fixed mindset? These activities for The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein are PERFECT FOR YOU!
These worksheets and lessons provide fun instruction on the role of failure and/or making mistakes in growth mindset and fixed mindset perspectives.
Conceptually, these ideas work for any level, but this literature unit was created with 2nd-6th graders in mind (2nd graders may need extra support with some activities).
You will find the following activities in this literature unit for The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes:
- Discussion questions in 1/2 sheet task card form as well as list form (13 questions over 2 pages)
- Discussion questions answer sheet
- Compare and Contrast
- Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset (using mistakes as a framework)
- Too Much Pressure (students reflect on the pressure they might feel)
- What Can You Learn From Mistakes?
- Got Mistakes? (brainstorming different types of mistakes students have made)
- Perseverance (a look at famous people who have failed and/or made multiple mistakes along the way)
- A Week of Purposeful Mistakes…
- When You Feel Worried (steps for helping)
- Five full-color posters with quotes about mistakes
- Five corresponding black-and-white quote posters
PLEASE NOTE: Since the questions and activities are opinion- and experience-based, there are NO answer keys.
NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!
This product includes a digital option (as well as the no-prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.
This PDF file includes 39 pages + Google Slides








Mary’s Marvelous Things –
Loved this resources! Pairs perfectly with the book!
Sylvia Sewade –
Great resource to use with the Girl Who Never Made Mistakes mentor text.
Taylor Sullivan –
This was a great resource I used with my 4th grade students!
Hailey D. –
Used this in my occasional teacher binder and it has been helpful on a few occasions!
mskcpotter –
This will be perfect for my 5th grade homeschool class.
Delaina R. –
An easy and fun to use resource. Perfect for the beginning of the year.
Jennifer J –
This resource was a great addition to my 4th-grade classroom! It was engaging, easy to use, and aligned well with what we were learning. My students enjoyed the activities, and it helped reinforce key concepts in a meaningful way. I appreciate the clear instructions and well-organized materials.
Kirsten Tulsian –
Thank you so much for your thoughtful feedback and 5-star review, Jennifer!
I’m so happy to hear it was valuable for you and your students.
Much gratitude,
Kirsten
Energized to Educate –
This is a perfect resource for the beginning of the year!
Kirsten Tulsian –
Thank you so much for your thoughtful 5-star feedback!
I truly appreciate you for taking the time to share your thoughts and review of this resource!
Much gratitude,
Kirsten
Katie Eichten –
Great resource for back to school and learning about mistakes
Kate P. –
This book is one of my favorites to talk to my clients as a part of emotional regulation and this resource pairs so nicely. I love the questions that go along with the story. Sometimes I will place them in the pages according to the storyline and we pause to discuss the question when we get to that part. I like that it also includes a mix of drawing, writing, and discussion.
Danita W. –
This was a very engaging resource to have on hand when teaching growth mindset at the beginning of the year.
Diana Estrada –
This was an excellent resource for an SEL lesson on showing kids it’s okay to make mistakes. I connected this lesson on having a growth mindset.
Common Core Gals –
We enjoyed reading and discussing this book. Great back to school activities.
Frannie C. –
What a great resource after reading the mentor text aloud…provides great class discussion to push their thinking and writing. What a cute story that shares the theme what we are not perfect!
Abby T. –
My students really enjoyed this story and the activities in this packet.
Alyssa Brooke D. –
Awesome resource that I used with my 3rd and 4th grade students at the beginning of the year.
Caitlin I. –
This was a great resource to use in class with my students.
Rebecca G. –
Great activity to pair with this book and such an important lesson
Kickin it in Special Education –
This was a great resource for my small group special education students.