This week, I asked the students what paper towel, post it notes, chocolate chip cookies, Coca Cola ad Cinderella's glass slipper had in common. The students kept guessing as we read a short story from Lively Lessons for Classroom Sessions by Rosanne Sheritz Sartori about a student who became very upset anytime he made a mistake. Some of our students were able to relate to this student's experience. We spent some time talking about our own self talk when we discover we have made a mistake and ways that we could change our self talk to help us persevere and not become as discouraged.
I shared with the students that all of the items I mentioned at the beginning of the lesson were originally mistakes. We read some very interesting stories about how these items were invented from the book Mistakes that Worked by Charlotte Foltz Jones.
Finally, each student received a unique "mistake" mark made with black marker on a piece of paper. The students added details to these mistakes to turn them into artwork as shown below.
I shared with the students that all of the items I mentioned at the beginning of the lesson were originally mistakes. We read some very interesting stories about how these items were invented from the book Mistakes that Worked by Charlotte Foltz Jones.
Finally, each student received a unique "mistake" mark made with black marker on a piece of paper. The students added details to these mistakes to turn them into artwork as shown below.