Perseverance: Katie Discovers The Dip
From Big Ideas by ClassDojo · 2016
4 minK1st2nd3rd4th5thSocial-Emotional Learning
Summary
Katie starts learning guitar excited, then hits the slog in the middle where it stops being fun and she is not good yet. The series names that stretch "the Dip" — a useful word for the part of learning most kids quit in.
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Katie gets discouraged and close to quitting — brief and quickly resolved across the three episodes.
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Discussion
Almost everything worth learning has a hard middle. This series gives it a name.
- What was Katie excited to learn?
- What is "the Dip"? How did Katie feel when she was in it?
- Why do you think so many people quit in the Dip?
- When have you been in a Dip with something you were learning?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: the Dip, perseverance, discouraged, quit, practice.
Try it: Draw the Dip as a hill with a valley in the middle. Mark where you are right now on something you are learning.