Keeping hands on your own work while waiting

Learning goal

Choose a safe hand activity while waiting.

Materials

The student page below and a pencil.

Opening question · 3 minutes

“What could their hands do while waiting?”

A school situation · 5 minutes

Sol is waiting for the glue. Sol starts tapping a classmate’s paper. The classmate wants the paper left alone.

One possible response · 4 minutes

Sol puts hands on their own paper and draws three dots while waiting. The adult offers another safe hand activity if needed.

Practice · 10 minutes

What could their hands do while waiting?

1. A child is waiting for a pencil and reaches for someone else's work.

2. A child has to wait for help with a drawing.

Possible answers

1. Keep hands on their own paper and ask for a spare pencil.

2. Draw small dots on their own scrap paper or rest hands while waiting.

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

Keeping hands on your own work while waiting

Read aloud. Point, draw, tell, or pass.

An example

Sol is waiting for the glue. Sol starts tapping a classmate’s paper. The classmate wants the paper left alone.

What could their hands do while waiting?

One possible response: Sol puts hands on their own paper and draws three dots while waiting. The adult offers another safe hand activity if needed.

1. A child is waiting for a pencil and reaches for someone else's work.

What could their hands do while waiting?

2. A child has to wait for help with a drawing.

What could their hands do while waiting?

One sentence to keep

What could you say or do?