Fifth Graders Show GRIT!

This week we discussed the idea of "G.R.I.T.". This inspirational acronym was the perfect extension to our debatable question this week "Can there be benefits to adversity?". To explore this idea, students watched a video about Olympic runner Derek Redmond with a partner. Then students came up with their personal definitions of GRIT and discussed examples of how they could show GRIT in school, at home, in sports, etc. What a great message that success takes HARD WORK and that giving up is not an option in Mrs. Carr's room! The poster below now hangs in our room as a reminder.