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Are you teaching your students about growth mindset? Your Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak is a perfect segue for teaching your students about the power of growth mindset.
Conceptually, these ideas are perfect for any level, but due to buyer requests, this literature unit was created for 1st-2nd graders in mind.
Infused with reflections, challenges (including a STEM challenge for creating slingshots using rubber bands), a mini-book about the brain, and opportunities to learn about growth mindset, your students will surely learn and have a great deal of fun!
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain Book Activities Included:
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 37 pages + Google Slides.
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Getting to the main idea of a passage can be difficult for some students. Use this digital, as I did, for morning work or homework. Print out the PDF version and work small group.
This is an excellent resource. Well created, student friendly, clear and concise! Thank you so much for sharing your talents!
This has been a great resource for our journal writing in class! The prompts are always thought provoking and even get my hesitant writers to get something on the paper. Thank you!
I absolutely loved these awards! I love all the categories. I love all the sayings that go with each category. I love how there are boy and girl awards for each category, and most of all I love how super easy it was to use! All I had to do was enter my name and date and it was added to each award automatically. Then all I had to do was fill in the names. Thanks for this resource!
I love this bundle! I have used it for the past two years and it has been so great to use it to get to know my new students. My students also enjoy doing them as they are easy activities to do.
This is an amazing resource and I have used it over and over again! Thank you for such tremendous products! It barely fits in a year without skipping a few lessons.
I loved everything in this resource. My fifth graders loved the flipbook. They reflected and practiced self-awareness, which is something we covered in SEL. I did this at the end of the year as a fun activity.
This was the best resource I have found for teaching my students strategies for figuring out unknown words. We completed one of each type of activity in a whole group setting. Then they practiced with a partner before doing their independent practice. My students were highly successful with this resource. Thank you!
This resource doesn’t take much time to prep. I made copies on color paper, cut, and laminated them so I could store them for future use. Each morning, I share an affirmation that I feel my students can relate to and I have them share their feelings or point of view on the affirmation. I post each day’s affirmation on the wall near the classroom door, and we reference past ones as needed. My goal is to have a wall of affirmations by the end of the school year.
These task cards are set-up for easy use by the students in the Google classroom. The text is engaging and with the recommendation for 3rd grade to 6th grade, all students have an opportunity to have success.
The examples on the cards were awesome. I was able to use the cards in multiple ways (bingo, flashcards, etc). This is an awesome resource.
This is everything you could need and more. The titles are awesome, and the activities are so well done. My kids loved it across both of my grades. Wow!
I used this during our Owen & Mzee unit on an emergency SUB day! The digital resource was perfect to assign via google classroom at home. I loved that my students were able to independently review multiple skills with our current text.
WOW!!!!!! Five stars is not enough!!! I could not have been more impressed with the quality of this product!!!! Do not hesitate to purchase from this seller!
I loved this resource! It was simple to use, engaging, and relevant. I loved the simplicity of each slide. The text and graphics were kid-friendly, beautifully formatted for easy reading, and best of all, there was no prep!
I’ve purchased many Growth Mindset resources over the years, and this is by far one of the best. It is thoughtfully put together, thorough, and meaningful. The students are engaged…and mindsets are shifting! Love it. Thanks!
I am very pleased with everything I purchased from your store! Thank you for creative, colorful, USEFUL resources!
My class does Daily Affirmations, and these cards create great conversation starters as well as reminders. They enhance our Growth Mindset board so beautifully and help keep me on track when I start to feel frustrated. Print, laminate a set for your wall, and have kids copy them into a journal. Such a great boost to start the day!
The task cards work wonderfully in literacy centers. They provide quick review and serve to upgrade student’s writing. Environment skill support is essential, and the anchor charts provide the scaffolding needed by many.
I love ALLLLL of your resources and this one is no exception! I use these (laminated) Yoga cards to reference when either myself or another student is leading the class in Brain Breaks in between subjects.
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Laura S –
I’m really excited to use this with my first graders. I loved the unit you made for older students and was thrilled that you were willing to make a modified unit with younger students in mind. You did a wonderful job of keeping the quality of the message and content consistent but making the type and volume of text age-appropriate. Thank you!
Ann Loftus –
We are working on growth mindsets daily, and this provides another resource. Thank you!
Ann Loftus –
We are working on growth mindsets daily, and this provides another resource. Thank you!
Alexis G –
This was a nice supplement to my introductory growth mindset unit.
Alexis G –
This was a nice supplement to my introductory growth mindset unit.
Erin White –
I just bought the book My Fantastic Elastic Brain and I can’t wait to use it, and this resource, with my students!
Adele T –
A great literacy/pos. ed resource!
Adele T –
A great literacy/pos. ed resource!
Bonnie T –
Fantastic Resource for 1st graders 🙂
Kristine Summers –
Awesome thanks!
Growing Positive Minds –
This was exactly what I was looking for to use for the beginning of the year!
Chelsie T –
Love this! Thank you!
Jane Hensley –
Full of so many wonderful ideas! Thanks!
Charlene E –
Thank you for this amazing resource for such an important book and content for all students!
Shelly H –
Great exercises and wonderful reinforcement for learning this topic. The kids really enjoy them. The bookmark is a nice yet simple and fun give away.
Catherine Glanville –
This looks perfect for my students. Thank you
Jayne W –
So great
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Traci W –
Thanks! Love it and can’t wait to use it in my classroom! Exactly what I was looking for! Great quality!
Carrie Tubbs –
Can’t wait to use
Reflections of a Teacher –
Can’t wait to teach growth mindset in my class thank you.
Loving Books Naturally –
Can’t wait to use this resource with my students this year!
Angie G –
Excited to use this with my class 🙂
Lisa M –
I have this book and look forward to using these activities this year.
Thanks!
Krissy Sullivan –
great product
Jesse Atkinson –
Love this! Can’t wait to start the year off with it!
Kelly Wagner –
Love this!
Ropers Pocket –
Thank you for the great resource!
Trisha Bauer –
LOVE THIS and cannot wait to use it in the new school year! 🙂
Mary C –
Love this book for teaching growth mindset. Thanks for the resources!
Catharine M –
Love this book…saw this resource, so wanted to try it out. Looking forward to using it in class this year.
PATSY G –
I am so excited to use this. Thank you.
Lesa S –
So excited to use this with my class!
DARCY MESSINEO –
LOVED everything about this companion pack-my students love the book and we have used many of these activities as follow up to the book!
Robyn F –
This is such a great resource to help everyone understand growth mindset.
sylvia A –
looking forward to using
monica P –
This has appealed to my wide range of tier III students!
Thank you
Samantha Smith –
So excited to use this in my classroom!
Andrea S –
Love this! My first graders loved the little books for learning how to grow their brains and make them stronger.
Sara T –
I am so excited about this resource
Danielle C –
Excited to use this with my students!
Regina White –
Thank you, One of my favorite books
Hanna F –
🙂
Kimberly F –
My students loved this book and the activities that went with it. Thank you.
Sylvia Lopez –
Awesome!!! Cant’t wait to put it to use!!!!
julia M –
This is a great unit for the beginning of the year. Getting kids to think about their abilities and having a growth mindset will set the tone for the school year.
Kelley S –
Really liked this!
NIRIA L –
Wonderful activities to support the book/growth mindset.
Second with Ferguson –
Great activities for a great book!
Ann F –
Can’t wait to implement this in the classroom.
Anne W –
Excited to use this!
Carrie M –
Great product to go with a great book!
Michelle H –
Great resource, thanks
Linda R –
Love it. The kids enjoyed making the slingshots!
Kimberly V –
Very helpful.
Kristin A –
Great activities. Simple enough for my class of ELs!
Miss Ashley E C –
A great resource to go along with the book!
Sandra M –
My first graders loved making the brain booklet. The posters are fabulous! We have them on our wall and have discussed all of them in morning meetings. Thank you for sharing with us!
Sheryl V –
Thanks…
Linda M –
Awesome Resource!!!!
Thea Summers –
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Cathy H –
My first graders loved these activities. We used them to introduce Growth Mindset on the first few days of school. The rubber band challenge was just the right difficulty level to make them work, but not to hard to make them frustrated. I could really have a great discussion with them about not giving up and using the words “I can’t do this YET.”
Groovy Grade OneTwo –
Love it! Thanks
Bernadette C –
Love these activities. Just waiting for the book to come in. Thanks!
Jamie M –
Can’t wait to use this!
Jeannie G –
Thanks! Great product!
samantha H –
great!!
samantha H –
great!!
Caroline H –
This was great for my 2nd graders! Thank you!
April R –
Just what I was looking for. Thanks!
Stephanie G –
Awesome resource!
Tonya D –
Fantastic resource!
stephen C –
A very nice resource!
Damaris B –
Great resource! Thank you!
carolyn mary –
My students LOVED these growth mindset activities. Thanks!
Allison M –
Thank you so much! This is a great resource for the beginning of the year to introduce growth mindset!
Jenay M –
The kids are able to follow the activities!
Bilingual Birdy –
Loved the book and love this!
Amanda J –
My second grade class is having a blast with this kit! We’ve read the book and now we are tackling the challenges in this kit with loads of laughs!! Thank you!
Adriana Kenning –
Love this! I did part with them and left part for my sub! I felt it was very productive and engaging!!
Catherine A –
Awesome activities! Thank you!
Angel Honts-Learn and Teach by the Beach –
Love this book! Thank you for the activities!
Rise and Thrive Co –
This was such a great extension for the book. My kids loved it!
Sarah C –
A great resource!
Shannon P –
Great resources to accompany the book!
kim A –
Thank you such great ideas.
Duncan Barber –
Good resource.
Gabriela M –
Very helpful to teach the Growth Mindset.
Mary Frances H –
My 2nd graders LOVE growth mindset and it has given many the extra confidence boost they need to take risks and accept challenges. I have really seen a shift in their attitudes towards difficult tasks and hear them repeating the rhetoric in these materials all the time. We use the bookmarks we decorated for our agendas so students are even reminded at home how important it is for homework to be done with a growth mindset in mind! Thank you for putting this wonderful resource together!
Keenya C –
Loved this!
Cathy M –
Great activities to go with the book!
Kimberly H –
Kids enjoyed the activities.
Rebecca R –
Great growth mindset lessons!
Cheri C –
Just what I was looking for, thanks;)
Megan E –
Love this resource to go along with the book! Thank you!
Kaitlin P –
Thank you so much for this great resource!!
Rena Hutchinson –
Kids enjoyed it!
kimberly K –
Thank you
Heart and Mind Learning –
Growth mindset is so important for kiddos to learn. Thank you for a great resource!
Brandy M –
Thank you for a great product.
Ericka M –
This purchase will not dissapoint. Lots of resoources to choose from and hands on activities.
carolyn B –
Thank you for sharing! Great resource for the kiddos.
Resource Resources by Miss M –
We loved these activities! Thank you!
Sara F –
Great visual resources to use with the book! Thank you! I work with kids with Dyslexia, and they are easily bogged down by too many words. Your Fantastic Elastic Brain is an invaluable resource, and the visual sheets you made, along with the bookmark, helps students take away the main ideas presented in the book.
Kim N –
Great resource
Elizabeth M –
I loved using this as I taught about the brain and how to learn. Thank you.
Erin M –
These worked well with my ELL kiddos. Thanks
Nicole L –
This worked out great with my lesson!
Brayden D –
Fantastic!
Tanya P –
Such a creative and fun way to teach a growth mindset! Amazon has a reasonable price on the hardback edition of this book (Prime is free shipping!).
Heather B –
Good variety of activities. My second graders really enjoyed them and it helped the ideas stick. Thanks!
Deborah T –
These materials expanded my current lessons on the brain. They helped my students tell me what they learned.
Allison G –
Such a cute resource!
Anna A –
This is a GREAT resource!! Thank you!
Cheryl P –
Wonderful addition to my MBE driven classroom!
Katrina B –
So awesome!
Melissa B S –
This was amazing!
Robin R –
This resource was great for my students at the beginning of the year, they loved the activities and connections to text and self that we made. My kids loved ll the activities! Thanks!
Nikolette B –
Just what I was looking for!
Miranda M –
Chris M –
Great Buy!
S for Sped –
I LOVE THIS! Can I tell you that as an ECE teacher with a background in psychology and a love for special education, this bundle was the perfect pair for this book. I learned a lot just teaching it too!
Rebecca C –
Excited to use this for the upcoming year!
Ashleigh A –
perfect, thank you
Janna M K –
I teach K-6 so bought both sets. I love the graphics and love this book and this really expanded how I can use it with my students beyond an interactive read aloud.
Doris M –
Great product!
Charlotte V –
Great activity! Thank you for creating and sharing!
Melissa A –
Great product. However, it was a little too advanced for my first graders at the beginning of the year.
Abbie G –
Looking forward to using this product! Thank you!
Tara H –
This unit is so great! Can’t wait to use it our first week of school!
Melissa A –
Great product. However, it was a little too advanced for my first graders at the beginning of the year.
Krista D –
Looking forward to using this in September!
Anne G –
Super fun!
Lindsey Rakowski –
I have the version for my older/advanced kiddos so I’m super excited to use this one for my lower/younger students! We start the book soon 🙂
Amy W –
Love the book and teaching my kids about growth mindset. This resource allows me to take the book even further!
Cristina H –
Great product! Thank you!
Heather K –
Great Resoucre!
Brittany Morton –
Thank you!! My students really loved this!!
Lisa T –
Can’t wait to use this in my 2nd grade lesson this week!
Michelle Bransfield –
great to use when teaching growth mindset!
Jessica S –
Thanks.
JUDY D –
GREAT WORK
Jessica S –
LOVED by both teachers and students in 2nd grade 🙂
Kim L –
perfect! kids loved it!
The Honey Bunch –
I love this book and can’t wait to use these activities with my students. Thanks!
Jessica E –
Loved this for my class!
Mary Patricia Brown –
Can’t wait to use this in class!
Joe T –
Loved the color posters and bookmarks!
Heather D –
Excellent resource for the book! Thank you for creating it.
Nathan R –
A great resource to use with our study of our brain.
Shauna C –
Great resource. Thank you!
Ingrid Shores –
Perfect! Thanks!!!
Michelle C –
Great for young kids!
Traci M –
Awesome resource! So helpful and engaging!
Molly S –
I can’t wait to use these activities with my first graders! Thanks for creating!
Mary Ellen S –
This is one of my favorite resources! Thank you!
Ashley S –
Perfect way to start the year!
Keri R –
Thank you.
Ashley W –
This was a great resource for the first few weeks of school to really get students to understand and apply growth mindset.
tina uhland –
nice
Abby Boruff –
Love this book extension!
Larissa R –
Great activities for exploring growth mindset!
Britney S –
Love how comprehensive this is! Thank you for creating it!
Salina R –
Great resource! Excited to use some of these activities with my students.
MaryAnne S –
This is a great resource to teacher first graders about a growth mindset.
Teresa F –
My students loved this book and truly enjoyed doing these activities. Thank you.
Erin Weaver –
We used this at literacy night and the families loved it.
Lindsie H –
Students loved learning about how their brains work
Lisa D –
As with the upper grades version it is easy to prep. Love that growth mindset challenges are built into the lessons and discussed during the debriefs.
A Mindset for Cupcakes –
Great extension to a fantastic mindset book! My learners LOVED exploring their brain It’s exciting to hear them connecting this learning to their experiences in school.
Kristen V –
Awesome resource! Thanks!
Natalie R –
Helpful for lesson ideas.
sonya F –
The growth mindset activities are very engaging and informative.
Jackie R –
This was a wonderful resource for Growth Mindset activities. Thank you.
Stephanie Young –
Great resource for teaching Growth Mindset.
Amber W –
Such a great resource
melanie W –
great loved it
melanie W –
great loved it
Amanda D –
Helped create some meaningful conversations!
Camo Teacher –
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The Town Counselor –
Fun options for growth mindset lessons!
Cristina C –
Great to supplement discussions. The bookmarks were a hit!
Jordan W –
I love this book and enjoy teaching students about their brain to help with their growth mindset. I found all the activities very engaging.
Elainna F –
What a thorough resource! So many activities to choose from.
Kimi H –
cute resource to go along with the book
Traci J –
Great Resource! Thanks!
Christina M –
My students loved this!
Mona C –
Good resource!
Emily W –
I have used this product for two years and love it! I will be using it for the next school year too.
Emily W –
I have used this product for two years and love it! I will be using it for the next school year too.
kelly M –
love it!
Alyssa L –
So excited for this!
TeachingProblemSolvers –
Can’t wait to use this with my students!
Ashley B –
Worked very well with the book.
Jillian R –
Students love learning about the brain
Lisa C –
Thanks so much for this unit!
Loyce E –
Very helpful!
M S –
I liked using this as a resource to teach about Growth Mindset. I also have adapted it to use with my 4th graders.
Ellen K –
My class enjoyed these activities.
Art Invention Lab –
Really enjoyed the direct connection to our reading of the Fantastic Elastic Brain.
Caroline L –
Great addition to my Mindset activities!
Jennifer H –
loved it!
Maria M –
Love the fun activities! Great resource!
Jennifer S –
Great resource.
Kevin S –
Great, for growth mindset.
Laura B –
I love the range of these activities. My students loved doing the brain/elastic band comparison!
Rebecca T –
Great resource for the story.
KerryAnn A –
Great
Stefanie H –
Great product!!!
KELLY W –
Love using this to teach growth mindset
Sweet Life In Second –
Love this! Whenever and however I can tie in learning about our brains/growth mindset, I’m all for it. This resource has great things to do just that!
Martha A –
A great way to kick off the school year! Thanks!
Taylor Brown –
Thanks
kmacaulay –
This was a good resource for grade 1 at the beginning of the year.
Megan C –
Thank you!
The Creative Owl –
The kids loved this! Thank you!
Brandy P –
Great companion for the book!
Adventures With Ms Chinchilla –
Great for growth mindset
Sharon L S –
I introduced this at the beginning of the year and still have it displayed. The students refer to it often.
Alison W –
Great in small groups!
Gretchen B –
I really wanted to incorporate a growth mindset in my classroom, and these activities were a great way to do that!
MICHAELA B –
Great way to open up the culture of Growth mindset, and Stem challenges.
Sarah E Masters –
Loved!
Amanda S –
This was a great addition to my classroom instruction.
Dawn P –
My students loved this activity.
Sarah D –
I use this resource with this book every year as an introduction to growth mindset. It is so helpful!
Devan K –
Thank you
Cristina N –
It was perfect for my students to complete during distance learning. It was easy for them to understand and easy for me to upload to google classroom! Thank you!
Teresa G –
Great resource for my growth mindset unit.
Amanda B –
Very helpful resource – thank you!!!
Meghan B –
This was great for our quarterly STEAM Day activities! We were able to incorporate Growth Mindset as well as STEAM. My kids loved building a slingshot/cannon. We spent a lot of time designing, building, testing and redesigning!
Vickie W –
Just what I needed to begin growth mindset with my students to make that transition from remote learning to in-school learning. Thank yo!
Stacey W –
My students absolutely loved learning about the fantastic elastic brain! Thank you!
Nicole D –
We love learning about having a growth mindset! This activity was a great way to engage 2nd graders!
Michelle M –
Thank you for a great resource to work on testing their brain.
Leah R –
Exactly what we were looking for, thank you!
Jennifer C –
This was a great resource to help teach growth and fixed mindset to my remote learners
Lisa P –
Yes, I use it all the time to encourage my students learning!
Audra Mason Kimpel –
I loved this lesson and so did my students. Thanks!
Felicia R –
Great resource. Thank you!
Stephanie E –
I love the start the year wtih this activity and read aloud.
Caroline M –
One of my favorite resources for teaching growth mindset!
melyssa S –
Thank you for fantastic yet simple resource
Natalie H –
My kids LOVED learning about their brains and this resource was amazing!
Tashima N –
Very helpful resource for our mindfulness unit.
Loretta V –
This is a great resource. I use it at the beginning of the school year, and revisit after breaks or when we need a reminder.
Lakshna S –
Loved it
Sara W –
Great!
Nicole Reiner –
Very engaging!
April P –
These lessons were great to go along with the book. They made the book more accessible for the students and kept them engaged in learning about growth mindset.
Tammy P –
my students loved this resource. It seemed to fit almost all of them in some way.
Marie K –
These activities were perfect for my students with learning disabilities.
Estella F –
I have read this book in the past. It is one of my favorite books to read at the beginning of the school year. I am most excited to do the STEM activity with my class.
Tracy L –
My students used this resource for growth mindset.
Angela S –
This resource is the perfect companion to the Fantastic Elastic Brain! My kiddos were so engaged!
Elizabeth Cufari –
very helpful resource that was great for growth mindset
Melissa G –
Fabulous resource, Thank you!
Michelle Y –
Great resource!
Rachel H –
Great resource to add to my teaching toolbox. Thanks so much!
Kaitlyn H –
Kids loved it! Easy to use
Suzie W –
I used this with my gifted students. They loved the book and the activities. Thanks.
Renee N –
thanks!
Lacretia H –
A well crafted resource that is easily implemented.
Kim K –
Fun resource!
Anna H –
Great extension options for this book. I love having extra SEL based resources at the ready.
Priscila T –
Great small group resource. This is a no prep item and saved me a ton of time.
Amanda M –
This is a fantastic supplement to our study about our brains.