Post on 21-Mar-2022
Change Your Words, Change Your Mindset
We know about the power of words. Help your emergent bilingual students to feel included, celebrated, and valued by giving them empowering language to take place of those “I can’t” statements.
How To Set Up This Bulletin Board:1. Print the bulletin board cards.
2. Cut out the bulletin board cards.
3. Staple your pieces on a blank bulletin board or tape them on a door.
How To Use This Bulletin Board:4. Whole Group Instruction: Introduce the concept of growth mindset. Ask students to talk about
their language learning journey and what struggles they have had. Talk about what skills they have used to overcome obstacles and what resources and people have helped them.
5. Writing Activity: Have students write a letter to a new student struggling to learn English and encourage them to use the growth mindset language to think about their frustration in a new way so they can keep going.
6. Small Group Instruction: Focus on one set at a time and challenge the students to explain why the growth mindset phrase is more helpful in completing a goal or overcoming a challenge.
7. Teachable Moments: When you hear your emergent bilingual students use limiting language, point out a more productive phrase that they can use to get them in the right frame of mind.
Chan
geYo
urYo
ur
Wor
ds,
Chan
ge
Your
Min
dset
I don
’t k
now
th
is w
ord.
The
oth
er
kids
don
’t
unde
rsta
nd
me.
Thi
s bo
ok is
to
o ha
rd.
I sai
d th
at
wro
ng.
I’m s
orry
I d
on’t
kno
w.
I don
’t
unde
rsta
nd.
I can
’t s
ay it
in
Eng
lish.
The
y sp
eak
be
tter
tha
n
I do.
.
I don
’t k
now
th
is w
ord
yet.
.
I hav
e an
acc
ent
beca
use
I spe
ak
mor
e th
an o
ne
lang
uage
.
.
Thi
s w
ill t
ake
so
me
tim
e an
d
effo
rt t
o re
ad.
.
Mis
take
s ar
e ho
w I
lear
n.
.
Tha
nk y
ou fo
r he
lpin
g m
e le
arn
a
new
lang
uage
.
.
Wha
t am
I m
issi
ng?
.
I’m s
till
lear
ning
, an
d I c
an s
ay it
in
a d
iffe
rent
la
ngua
ge.
.
Ever
yone
’s
lang
uage
jour
ney
is d
iffe
rent
. May
be
they
can
hel
p m
e.