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A change in our game
Grades K–2 · Ready-made original
Learning goal
Name a change and ask what comes next.
Materials
The student page below and a pencil.
Opening question · 3 minutes
“What could they ask when a game changes?”
A school situation · 5 minutes
The class usually plays outside. Rain means the class will play a drawing game inside today.
One possible response · 4 minutes
Lee asks, “What will we play?” The teacher shows the drawing game and offers time to watch first.
Practice · 10 minutes
What could they ask when a game changes?
1. The planned ball game changes to a picture game indoors.
2. A friend is absent, so a child has a different partner today.
Possible answers
1. “Can you show me how the picture game starts?”
2. “Who is my partner, and what are we doing 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
A change in our game
Read aloud. Point, draw, tell, or pass.
An example
The class usually plays outside. Rain means the class will play a drawing game inside today.
What could they ask when a game changes?
One possible response: Lee asks, “What will we play?” The teacher shows the drawing game and offers time to watch first.
1. The planned ball game changes to a picture game indoors.
What could they ask when a game changes?
2. A friend is absent, so a child has a different partner today.
What could they ask when a game changes?
One sentence to keep
What could you say or do?