Mistakes That Worked Intermediate-Level Book-Based Lesson Plan
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Mistakes That Worked Intermediate-Level Book-Based Lesson Plan
This product is a digital download.
PDF and/or video link will be provided after purchase.
License is valid for one recipient (teacher, counselor, parent etc. for up to 60 students). Valid for 365 days after date of purchase.
Recommended for 3-6 Grade Levels
A collection of stories about 40 familiar inventions and how they came to be. Mark Twain was asked to name the greatest of all inventors and he responded….”Accident.” Children will be fascinated by great inventions and discoveries that were accidental, unintentional and even mistakes! It is easy to fail and abandon an idea (fixed mindset) but it’s more difficult to fail, learn from the failure Mistakes That Worked by Charlotte Foltz Jones and Illustrated by John O’Brien and recognize another use for the failure or try another direction (growth mindset). “Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.” -Bertolt Brecht, 1930
This book-based lesson plan is a great way to help illustrate that making mistakes is part of the learning process, and is an opportunity to grow. This program helps students feel safe in admitting mistakes, not knowing things, and seeing these moments not as failures but as positive lessons.
This lesson plan includes:
- 1 printable lesson PDF file, ready to download
- Key vocabulary highlights
- 2 discussion starters
- 2 writing prompt
- 3 lesson activities
Note: Book is not included.