No, not like a gymnast…I mean flexible in your thinking? This past week we learned about ‘Flexibility‘.  We learned that when we have a problem, we can’t keep trying to solve it in the same way–we need to be ‘flexible‘.

Flexibility is Trying different ways to find a solution.

Our inspiration is Ormie the Pig.  He wants a cookie so badly–and will do just about anything to get one…We laughed so hard we had to watch the video again!!

What would you do to get a cookie?  Watch the video, and see how it ends….another problem to solve…Poor Ormie!  We came up with some pretty creative (although a bit scary!) solutions to this problem…butter, a bat, a drill, a hammer….YIKES!

Your assignment this week:  watch the video together and talk about other possible solutions to his new problem…

Today we watched a video about a cat who never gives up!  His name is Maru and he is from Japan.  He wanted to learn how to swing on a swing.  So he tried and tried until he could do it!  Maru showed us how important persistence can be when learning something new.

We each thought about a time we had shown persistence as well–and recorded it for our Portfolios.

Our ideas included: riding a bike, learning to talk, learning to walk, setting the table, learning math…

This “Growth Mindset” is an important component of our ‘Positive Personal and Cultural Identify’ Core Competency’.

“I will continue to develop new abilities and strengths to help me meet new challenges.”

Your Assignment this week:  Can you find a story on Bookflix that has a character who shows persistence?

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Happy Reading!