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Helping a new classmate find school information
Grades 6–8 · Ready-made original
Learning goal
Offer useful information without making someone explain their story.
Materials
The student page below and a pencil.
Opening question · 3 minutes
“What useful information could be offered without personal questions?”
A school situation · 5 minutes
A new student joins a class midyear. Several classmates ask why they moved. Morgan wants to help without asking private questions.
One possible response · 4 minutes
Morgan says, “The homework is on this board. Would you like me to show you?” The new student can accept or decline.
Practice · 10 minutes
What useful information could be offered without personal questions?
1. A new student does not know where today's directions are posted.
2. A classmate asks a new student why their family moved. Another student wants to be welcoming.
Possible answers
1. “The task steps are on this board. Want me to show you?”
2. Offer practical information instead: “Would the class schedule help? I can show you where it is.”
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
Helping a new classmate find school information
Write, draw, or say your answer. You may pass.
An example
A new student joins a class midyear. Several classmates ask why they moved. Morgan wants to help without asking private questions.
What useful information could be offered without personal questions?
One possible response: Morgan says, “The homework is on this board. Would you like me to show you?” The new student can accept or decline.
1. A new student does not know where today's directions are posted.
What useful information could be offered without personal questions?
2. A classmate asks a new student why their family moved. Another student wants to be welcoming.
What useful information could be offered without personal questions?
One sentence to keep
Choose one story above. Write the first thing the person could say or do.