Strengths and Stretch Zones
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Learning goal: Use an existing strength to plan one manageable new-skill experiment.
A strength is something you can draw on; a stretch zone is something you are still learning. Both can exist in the same subject. You do not need to prove you are good at everything. Choose one small practice experiment with a useful support.
- Map strengths with concrete examples.
- Choose a new skill you care about.
- Connect one strength to that stretch zone.
- Plan a small brave practice and notice evidence.
1. My strengths-to-stretch map
Draw two areas and an arrow between them. Put an example in each; connect a strength that could support learning.
2. One brave experiment
Choose a learning risk, not a physical danger. Keep it small enough to try.
Strengths and Stretch Zones · Practice & next steps
Continue your ideas from page 1. Write, draw, use symbols or ask someone to scribe. Share only what you choose.
3. Evidence, not perfection
Reflect after trying, or predict what useful evidence you could collect.
My next step
My next small practice will be…
Optional stretch · Grades 6–8
Explain when a strength transfers and when it does not. Design a practice that targets the new skill rather than repeating the old one.