"But as their parents knew, these sisters had magic in them, and the true magic of Venus and Serena Williams is that they never quit. They never stopped working." - "Sisters and Champions" by Howard Bryant
Questions for Classroom Discussion:
What is GRIT?
Why is it important to have Grit?
Share an example when you’ve shown GRIT or seen GRIT displayed in someone else.
How could showing GRIT change the world?
Great Classroom Read-Aloud Books:
- "When Sophie Thinks She Can't," by Molly Bang
- "Golden Threads," by Suzanne Del Rizzo
- "The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read," by Rita Lorraine Hubbard
- "More-Igamic," by Dori Kleber
- "Truman," by Jean Reidy
- "After the Fall," by Dan Santat
- "The Most Magnificent Thing," by Ashley Spires
- "The Hugging Tree: A Story About Resilience," by Jill Neimark
- "A Chair for My Mother," by Vera B. Williams
- "The Name Jar," by Yangsook Choi
- "Princesses are Not Perfect," by Kate Lum
Activities for the Classroom:
SMART Goal Setting: https://www.edutopia.org/video/grit-curriculum-lesson-setting-smart-goals
https://characterlab.org/playbooks/
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Do you have grit? Take the grit test!
https://sasupenn.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_06f6QSOS2pZW9qR?Q_JFE=qdg
