Big Challenges: Tiny Steps
From Big Ideas by ClassDojo · 2020
3 minK1st2nd3rd4th5thSocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
Katie shows Mojo the staircase strategy: cut an impossible thing into steps small enough that the next one is never scary. The most directly usable episode of the big-challenges series.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Nobody jumps from the ground to the high dive. There are stairs.
- What is the staircase strategy?
- What were Mojo's first few steps?
- How small should a step be?
- What would step one be for your own big challenge?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: steps, staircase, strategy, plan, manageable.
Try it: Draw a five-step staircase for something hard you want to do. Write the very first step at the bottom and circle it.