Low-Prep, High-Impact Intervention Strategies for Struggling Students

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Grit, Mindset, Determination
The Key to Leading by Influence
Jim Grant
OAESA Teachers Clinic 2A
100 PM 200 PM
June 11, 2015
www.sde.com
1-603-924-1140
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Talk to the people next to you and share your
thoughts and concerns about these words as they
pertain to todays young people.
determination
EFFORT
work habits
motivation
resolve
resilience
Drive
Technology
Motivation
Entitlement
perseverance
self-control
Stress Anxiety
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21st Century Mindset And Grit
Q. Why is there so much interest
in the
concept of mindset and grit today?

• A. The evolving nature of todays society,
  generational differences, major changes in
  parenting styles, and The Post Grit Era are the
  driving forces behind the recent interest in
  mindset and grit. The demands and challenges
  facing todays children prove stressful for those
  who have not yet developed a 21st century
  mindset and acquired grit traits. They may need
  to strengthen their resiliency, perseverance, and
  resolve necessary to overcome obstacles,
  disappointments, setbacks and good failures.
  

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aka a growth mindset
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Understanding Mindset
A 21st century mindset is a collection of
attributes based on the notion people are
always growing and learning, and the
view they adopt for themselves profoundly
affects the way they lead their lives.
Their basic beliefs, values, and reference frames
are used to organize their world.
People with a 21st century mindset
believe they create their own future.
People with a fixed-mindset may believe heredity,
luck, and destiny has more to do with
creating their future than effort.

They tend to believe the future is
something that happens to them.
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aka a growth mindset
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21st Century Mindset
Children who have a 21st century mindset

__ have an optimistic
perspective.
__ are always up to
a challenge.
__ are able to identify their own strengths and
weaknesses.

__ believe they are evolving and always have
something to learn (lifelong learner).

__ stretch themselves
when learning new things.
__
have the persistence and the effort to learn
something
over a longer time period.
__ try doing
things they couldnt do before.
__ view good failures as
learning opportunities. __ are known for
their reliability and commitment.
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Good Failures
Version I
1. Failure is a normal part of everyday
life. Everyone experiences
failures throughout their lifetime.

2. Good
failures provide opportunities
to get things right.
3. Mistakes mean there are still
things to learn (Chinese proverb).

4. Failure is
preparation for life and serves to make us
stronger.

Failure is the fire that forges the steel.
Paul
Tudor Jones II, Founder
Robin
Hood Foundation
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Fact of Life
Everyone experiences setbacks, adverse
circumstances, obstacles, mistakes,
disappointments, tough times,
and good
failures.
Got Grit?
Its how you handle it that matters.
Your mindset and level of
grittiness will determine how resilient you are
and how well
you bounce back.

• Tough times never last,
  but tough people do.
  
  Dr. Robert Schuller

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Benefits of a 21st Century Mindset
A 21st century mindset benefits children by
__ reinforcing their optimism.

__ strengthening their perseverance and effort.
__ helping them thrive
during challenging times.

__ reinforcing their
belief that
they can change and grow.

__ boosting their tenacity
and effort.
__ fostering
the acquisition of grit traits.

__ stiffening their resolve when they are
faced with setbacks,
challenges, disappointments,
and good failures.
__
strengthening their resilience.
__ solidifying their
determination and effort
to be reliable and fully committed.
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Building a Commitment Mindset
Discourage students from using
the word try when they are
making a commitment.

You dont build a reputation
on what youre going to do.
Henry Ford
Lack of Commitment
Try can be a code word for NOT
really intending to do something!
Do or do notthere is no try!
Yoda
Slide 4A supports slide 4 Attribute 9.
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Teachers and parents can
How Teachers and Parents Can Help Children
Develop A 21st Century Mindset
1. start by taking an inventory of the
mindset traits of their children. (see slides
2-3). Google Dweck Mindset Test
2. help children become familiar with the
terminology of grit and mindset traits.
Each week, have them select a word from the
grit cloud poster to work on to develop their
mindset and strengthen their grit (see slide
5B).
Have
children create new grit words (see slide 5C).
3. help children understand emotional state
changes as a way to help them
develop their mindset (see slide 5D).
4. encourage children to surround
themselves with role models who have a 21st
century mindset.
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Gritty Words


zeal pluck

curiosity

motivation

drive
self-responsibility
attitude

self-aware passion
enthusiasm flexibility
authenticity resourcefulness
adaptability mettle

• effort fortitude
  
  nerve
  
  spunk
  
  spine/backbone
  
  courage
  
  self-determination
  self-confidence
  
  initiative hard
  work
  ambitious resolve
  social intelligence
  zest

tenacity

perseverance

stay-the-course

persistence

optimism self-control

resilience
open-minded
goal-focused gratitude
volition conscientious optimism
moxie
Gritty words are used interchangeably to
address both mindset and grit.
Slide 5A. supports slides 5 2.
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GRIT CLOUD
Self-confidence
Social intelligence
effort
self-control
gratitude
Self-determination
volition
autonomy
courage
ambition
resolve
HONESTY
integrity
Perseverance
optimism
Tenacity
GRIT
persistence
spine
RAITS
patience
Moxie
resilience
zest
open-minded
Vision
empathy
work ethic
zeal
willpower
PLUCK
Spunk
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Grittymologist

• effortitude gumptiative
  
  spunkion couragism
  
  self-determinatitude
  
  self-confitude
  initiatude
  workethicism gritbitious
  gritiologist social
  intelligism zestitude
  zealaverance mindsetacity

gritacity

gritteverance persistitive

optimacity gritsilience
grititude gritientious integratude
moxacity gritiontology gritmeister
gritsistence pseudogritogist
mindsetism
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Understanding Emotional State Changes
Events, factors, and circumstances that may
impact a childs
emotional state of mind
include, but are not limited to
__ the environment.
__ the weather.
__ changes of seasons (SAD).
__
light/aromas/temperature.
__ humor.
__ hydration.
__ sleep.
__ good/bad news/threats.

__ growth-producing feedback.
__ physical activity.
__ social media.
__ persons in
authority
__ music.
__ family/friends.
__
grit traits.
Thoughts
Feelings
Physiology
Everyday events cause chemical changes in the
brain that cause children to behave/attend in
different ways.
Adapted from Deeper Learning By Eric Jensen and
LeAnn Nickelsen Corwin Press
5D.
Seasonal Affective Disorder
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Teachers and parents can
How Teachers and Parents Can Help Children
Develop A 21st Century Mindset
5. encourage children to emulate the traits
of well-known persons who have a 21st century
mindset.
6. display inspirational posters to bolster
their childrens mindset.
7. show children how to set rules for
themselves to strengthen their willpower
(self-control).
8. help children select special books to
return to when they need inspiration to enhance
their mindset.
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What Is Grit?
Grit could be defined as a collection of hardy,
timeless character traits that emanate from a
21st century mindset. These universal
traits are internal resources
that enable one to persevere in the face of
setbacks, adversity, disappointments and good
failures in the pursuit of both short and
long-term goals.
Firmness of mind or spirit
unyielding courage in the face of
hardship or danger.

Merriam-Webster
Grit could be defined as perseverance and
passion for a long-term goal.
Angela Lee Duckworth
aka a growth mindset
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Traditional Character Traits
Traditional character traits usually center
around moral and community
values.
These traits include, but are not
limited to

__ courage. __
fairness. __ respect.

__
patriotism. __
empathy. __ self-discipline.

__ honesty.
__
integrity.

__ citizenship.

__ responsibility.

__ perseverance.

__ caring/kindness.

• These traits transcend ALL people and ages!

Adapted from Dr. Thomas Lickona

Character Education Network and the
Character Education Partnership

charactered.net/main/traits.asp
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Habits

• Grit Traits

Grit qualities may include, but are not limited
to
___ self-control (willpower).

___ persistence.

___ tenacity.

___ resilience.

___ work ethic.

___ delayed
gratification.

___ perseverance.

___ open-mindedness.

___ optimism.

___ conscientiousness.
___
social intelligence.
___ gratitude.

___ courage.

Grit traits are internal resources that
help us
navigate lifes landscape.
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Not Yet Gritty
Not Yet Gritty
Children who have not yet acquired grit may
___ be less optimistic.

___ have a fixed mindset.
___ NOT be
putting in enough effort.
___ be inclined to give up quickly.

___ have
feelings of entitlement.

___ NOT express gratitude.

___ NOT be resilient.

___ NOT be able to delay gratification.

___
NOT have perseverance.

___ have a poor work ethic.

___ NOT persist when a task becomes difficult.
___ NOT have yet developed the quality
trait of self-regulation.
___ NOT be reliable nor
make commitments.
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Grit Factoids
1. Grit is NOT tied to a childs intelligence.
2. One of the strongest determinants of
children having grit is being born to gritty
parents.
Keep in mind that grit comes from
BOTH nature and nurture.
3. Grit, when combined with a 21st century
mindset will equip a child with the resolve
necessary to stay-the-course during
challenging times.

4. Childrens perseverance (effort over
time) tends to be an indicator of long-term
success.
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Grit Factoids
5. Children tend NOT to be gritty in all
areas, just the ones they are
interested in and passionate about. Keep
in mind students are NOT gritty
all the time.
6. Grit and perseverance is a by-product of
interest and passion NOT the other way
around.
7. It is hard to motivate children to
operate off someone elses agenda and persevere
at something unfulfilling that they are not
interested in or passionate about!
8. Children from poverty have a very
different road to travel than those who
come from abundance and have slack.
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Understanding Slack
The term slack is the space created by
abundance that allows any person access to
his/her cognitive and emotional resources.
Mullainathan and Shafir
Children from privilege have slack. They spend
little if any emotional energy worrying about
having their basic needs met.
On the other hand, children from poverty spend
considerable emotional energy being preoccupied
worrying about having their basic needs met,
i.e., food, housing, clothes, safety, family
stability, etc. These factors alone can be enough
to minimize the impact of effort and diminish the
promise of grit.
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Q. Have we inadvertently shielded many
young people from developing a solid
work ethic and acquiring the grit
necessary to overcome lifes
disappointments and setbacks and
deal with good failures?
A. Unfortunately, I am afraid so!
The Younger Generation
How did we let this happen?
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Helicopter Parents
Parents engaged in excessive parenting
may __ do
their childs homework.
__ take their childs
word against the teacher.
__ demand the teacher give their child better
grades.
__
constantly rescue their child.
__ fight their childs battles.

__ protect their children from a dangerous
world. __ direct and orchestrate their childs
games. __ arrange the
rules of the games their
children play.
__ spare their
children from having to do chores.
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Snowplow Parenting

• Well-intentioned overnurturing
  parents may
  __
  remove any hurdles in the path of their
  children.
  __ protect their children from
  setbacks. __ shield their
  children from disappointments. __
  protect their children from making mistakes.
  
  __ weaken their childrens
  perseverance. __ undermine their
  childrens resilience.
  __
  inadvertently foster an entitlement mindset in
  their children

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Snowplow parenting
Well-intentioned overnurturing
parents tend to push every
challenge and obstacle out of the
way of their kids!
Got Anxiety?
Not knowing
what to do will
trigger childrens anxiety!
The executive function is a set of mental
processes that deal with organizing, planning,
strategizing, remembering details, paying
attention, and managing time and space. Trouble
with executive function makes these
processes more difficult.
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Signature Traits of
Overindulgence And Entitlement
People with an entitlement mindset may
__ 1. expect they should be handed everything.
__ 2. feel they deserve preferential treatment.

__ 3. feel they deserve something they havent
worked for.
__ 4. think they should be given special
privileges.
__ 5. not connect the dots between working and
receiving something.
__ 6. have been raised by parents who
inadvertently fostered this type of mindset.
__ 7. NOT fully comprehend the impact of
unintended consequences.
__ 8. be unaware of the need to be grateful for
what they have.
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Thoughts on Gratitude
__ Being grateful puts the spotlight on the
benefactor rather than the recipient of the
kindness.
__ Being grateful recognizes
people for
what they have done for you.
__ Practicing gratitude will help counter an
entitlement mindset.
__ Being thankful for what you have,
rather than
what you dont have will help quell
excuses.
__ Practicing gratitude fosters loyalty.
__ Practicing gratitude reminds you of where
you came from.
__ Being grateful promotes prosocial behavior.
__ Expressing a sincere attitude
of gratitude can and will
increase your social capital.
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Creating Strong Gritty Children
Its not our job to toughen our children up to
face a cruel and heartless world. Its our job
to raise children who will
make the world a little less
cruel and heartless.
L.R. Knost
Inner Resources
We dont
want to create tough kids.
We want strong gritty ones who have an
inner strength they can call on during
challenging times!
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Teachers and parents can
How Teachers and Parents Can Help Children Become
Grittier
1. teach children what it means to be
gritty and to have a 21st century mindset.
2. use gritty words/phrases to encourage
and motivate children to persevere
when theyre engaged in challenging tasks.
(see slides 5A-5B).
3. have children practice using the common
vocabulary that describes grit and a
21st century mindset (see
slides 5A-5B).
4. create caring home and school
environments that are safe for children to make
mistakes as part of the natural learning
process.
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Teachers and parents can
How Teachers and Parents Can Help Children Become
Grittier
5. teach children about the benefits of
experiencing good failures.
6. generate a list of chores children can
do both at home and school.
7. read aloud books that contain stories
that have a moral and foster grit
traits that encourage good
character.
8. encourage children to engage in
self-talk as a way to develop
perseverance and increase
their stamina.
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Benefits of Good Failures
Life lessons learned from mistakes,
setbacks, and
good failures may include,
but are not limited to
__ knowing there are opportunities to make
things right.

__ understanding that do-overs mean
people care about the quality of
your work.
__ being
better prepared for life outside of the
brick and mortar school.
__
viewing mistakes as a normal part of
every day life.

__ knowing how to rescue
themselves. __
knowing how to do things differently next time.
__ being
cognizant of unintended consequences.
__ becoming
more self-confident.
__ increasing
ones inner strength to persevere.
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Child Labor?
It is reasonable to expect
young people to help with

• helping with yard work.

stacking/carrying wood.
setting the table.

• raking leaves.

• putting away groceries.

• clearing the table.

washing/drying dishes.
watering plants.
taking out the trash.
bathing the dog.

• vacuuming the floors.

making their bed.

• helping cook a meal.

sweeping the garage.

• dusting.

• folding laundry.

loading and unloading
the dishwasher.
cleaning their room.

• running errands.

Let Common Sense Prevail!
Chores must be reasonable as well as
age and individually appropriate for young people.
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Self-Talk Fosters Grittiness
I am NOT a quitter!
I will repeat, Little strokes fell great oaks.
I AM the Little Engine That Could.
I will ask a friend for help.
I will look at the problem in another way.
I will try three times before asking for help.
I will say my special inspirational
number or word (s).
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Teachers and parents can
How Teachers and Parents Can Help Children Become
Grittier
9. pair a child-in-need-of-grit with a
child who is both
inspirational and grittier.
10. help children establish long-term
goals and help them identify and
match the grit traits necessary to achieve
them.
11. have children time themselves as to how
long they can stay with a challenging task. The
goal is to increase their time-on-task each day.
Have them create a chart to record their
gains.
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Teachers and parents can
How Teachers and Parents Can Help Children Become
Grittier
12. encourage children to do the most
difficult part of an assignment first.
13. ask children to reflect on mistakes
they have made and have them share what they
did to correct them.
14. ask children to cite an instance when
they had the courage to stand
up for another child.
15. provide children with surrogate grit
when necessary.
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Understanding Surrogate Grit

• People with surrogate grit
  
  __ know the difference between
  providing surrogate grit and being an
  enabler.
  __ can
  pave the way for a child who needs
  to be grittier.
  
  __ know how to open the proverbial
  door for their child.
  
  __ act as a cheerleader for their child.
  __
  champion the success of their child.
  
  __ model their grit as a good
  example for their child.
  
  __ are able to transfer their grit to others.
  
  __ know that grit traits are shareable.
  
  __ emphasize the value of
  effort.

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Teachers and parents can
How Teachers and Parents Can Help Children Become
Grittier
16. encourage children to read and discuss
stories about people who are/were gritty.
17. have children practice gratitude and
redemption everyday so it becomes part of
who they are.

Have them keep a gratitude journal.
18. have children inventory the people who
are in their
grit corner.
19. require children to take time
off-the-grid for
self-reflection and deep thinking.
Parents should be made aware of the
addictive nature of technology.
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What Everyone Needs to Know About Being Hooked
on Tronics!
Concerns about too much screen time include, but
are not limited to
1. reduced face-to-face time.
2. diminished social skills.
3. being addicted to video games.
4. being sleep deprived.
5. reduced family time.
1947
2011
6. having a sedentary lifestyle.
7. being exposed to adult content.
8. having a lack of solitude.
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Teachers and parents can
How Teachers and Parents Can Help Children Become
Grittier
20. encourage children to develop a strong
social network of close reliable relatives
and five true friends.
21. help their children acquire a good work
ethic by modeling hard work and
requiring them to do chores.
22. have children identify and discuss a
teacher (s) who helped them develop and
strengthen their grit traits.
23. have children practice delayed-gratificati
on by having them save for something over a
long period of time.
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Teachers and parents can
How Teachers and Parents Can Help Children Become
Grittier
24. encourage children to be adaptable and
flexible and ready for change.
25. show children the necessary steps
to become more open-minded
to new
ideas and differing viewpoints.
26. encourage children to work with their
circumstances.
27. explain to their children what pseudo
grit looks like.
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How Teachers and Parents Can Help Children Become
Grittier
Teach children to work
with
their circumstances.

Do what you can
with what
you have...
where you are.
Teddy Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
Gritty children work with what they have, NOT
what they dont have!
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Pseudo Grit
Persons with pseudo grit may
___ be overly concerned about what people
think. ___ be more of a show
horse vs. a work horse.
___ have a
boastful side.

___ have false courage.

___ make excuses.

___ have surface
enthusiasm and passion.


___ be all
talk with little action.

___ be scarce during
challenging times.

___ have an inflated view of
themselves.
___ substitute motion for
action. ___ be quick to
point out how the strong man stumbles
(Google Man In The Arena
by President Teddy Roosevelt).
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Kids With The Wrong Kind of Grit
Children with pseudo grit may

___ be overly concerned about what other
kids think.

___ be overly concerned about always being right
and is NEVER wrong!
___
be a know-it-all.
___ come across as
a bully.
___ have an arrogant side and be
a bit boastful.

___ exhibit false courage.

___ be quick to make excuses for
any short- comings or personal failings.

___ have
surface enthusiasm and false passion.



___ tend to be all talk with little action.



___ have an
inflated view of themselves.
___
be quick to point out the failures of other kids.
___ be bossy, pushy, and/or
overbearing.
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Teachers and parents can
How Teachers and Parents Can Help Children Become
Grittier
28. teach children about the power that
comes from
practicing humility.
29. teach children what it means to be
courageous.
30. ask children to identify something
theyre talented at and explain how they think
they became good at
it.
31. use a cloud template to help children
trace their grit genealogy.
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Grit Genealogy

Jim Grant
Grit Apprentice
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Teachers and parents can
How Teachers and Parents Can Help Children Become
Grittier
32. pay children a compliment when they
catch them being gritty.
33. have children tell about friends who they
admire for their resilience as a result of them
going through challenging circumstances.
34. have children share their thoughts about
what they admire most about an
ethical sports figure.
35. teach children about the motivational
power of idioms.
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Teachers and parents can help children
How Teachers and Parents Can Help Children Become
Grittier
36. who may need a little guidance in
finding a path to
success pair with a seeing eye kid.
37. identify the grit traits of someone they
know who seems to have been born on third base.
Have them discuss why they think this person
is successful.
38. find an online article or newspaper
story about someone who was able to
overcome adversity and setbacks
due to their grit and read and discuss
it with their children.
39. identify a task or activity that they did
not like to do but persevered
because it was
the right thing to do.
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Teachers and parents can
How Teachers and Parents Can Help Children Become
Grittier
40. encourage children to help out with a
local community
charity or worthy cause.
41. have children identify and discuss a
favorite inspirational movie that has
strengthened their grit.
42. have children repeat lines from a special
song that moved their spirit and
inspired them to keep going forward.
43. encourage children to strengthen their
commitment to be gritty by helping
them create a personal grit creed.
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Teachers and parents can
How Teachers and Parents Can Help Children Become
Grittier
44. by sharing parables/stories/fables/ole
tales and bible stories that have
stayed with them and influenced their
character.
45. help children identify the
tracks
they are leaving behind.

46. show children how to
make/produce/build something with their
hands (using hand tools).
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Teachers and Parents can have children
How Teachers and Parents Can Help Children Become
Grittier
47. learn about the Finnish word SISU.
Adopt a SISU
symbol.
48. create a six-word memoir
using gritty terms to describe
themselves
(see slides 5A 5B).

49. identify any lost and/or diminished
grit traits that need to be reclaimed.
50. learn the meaning of

If youre riding a horse and it dies, get
off!
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The Word That Explains Finland

• Sisu The word that explains Finland. Sisu is
  strength of will, determination, and perseverance
  in the face of adversity. It is bravado,
  tenacity, bravery, ferocity, and the ability to
  keep on fighting after most people would quit
  and to fight with the will to win.
  
  Adapted from
  Time Magazine
  January 8, 1940

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Professional Reading
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Gardener Publishing.
Gladwell, Malcolm. (2008). Outliers The Story of
Success. New York Little Brown.
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Prepare My Students For The Real World? Virginia
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Pappano, Laura. (2013). Grit and
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Grit-Building
Childrens Books Publications
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SITTING BULL, THE LIFE OF A LAKOTA SIOUX CHIEF
Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. New York, NY 2005.

Kamkwamba, William Mealer,
Byran THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND Dial Books
for Young Readers, New York, NY 2012 Krauss,
Ruth, THE CARROT SEED, Harper Festival,
HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY.
1993. McCully, Emily Arnold, MIRETTE ON THE HIGH
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Dunlap, New York, NY. 1976.
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Patricia PINK AND SAY Philomel Books Penquin
Young Readers Group, New York, NY 1994. Raven,
Margot Theis, MERCEDES AND THE CHOCOLATE PILOT,
Sleeping Bear Press, Ann Arbor, MI
2002. Reynolds, Aaron BACK OF THE BUS Penquin
Books New York, NY 2010. Shone, Rob, ROSA
PARKS, THE LIFE OF A CIVIL RIGHTS HEROINE, Rosen
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Phillip Thomas CATHY WILLIAMS, FROM SLAVE TO
FEMALE BUFFALO SOLDIER, Stockpole Books,
Mechanicsburg PA. 2002. Welvaert, Scott, R. THE
DONNER PARTY Capstone Press
Mankata, MN 2006. Winter, Jeanette THE
LIBRARIAN OF BASRA Harcourt Childrens Books
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