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Preparing for a new school routine
Grades K–2 · Ready-made original
Learning goal
Ask one question about a new classroom.
Materials
The student page below and a pencil.
Opening question · 3 minutes
“What could they ask about a new room?”
A school situation · 5 minutes
A puppet will visit a new classroom. The puppet does not know where coats go or how the day starts.
One possible response · 4 minutes
“Where will I put my coat?”
Practice · 10 minutes
What could they ask about a new room?
1. Pip knows the new class reads after lunch. Pip does not know where books are kept.
2. Jo knows a new classroom has a picture schedule but has not learned its pictures.
Possible answers
1. “Where do I get a book?”
2. “Can you show me what comes first?”
Student page · 5 minutes
Use the ready-to-print student page at the end of this lesson. Students may write, draw, or give an answer aloud.
Exit question · 3 minutes
“Choose one of the stories. What could the student say or do first?”
Student page to print
Preparing for a new school routine
Read aloud. Point, draw, tell, or pass.
An example
A puppet will visit a new classroom. The puppet does not know where coats go or how the day starts.
What could they ask about a new room?
One possible response: “Where will I put my coat?”
1. Pip knows the new class reads after lunch. Pip does not know where books are kept.
What could they ask about a new room?
2. Jo knows a new classroom has a picture schedule but has not learned its pictures.
What could they ask about a new room?
One sentence to keep
What could you say or do?