Inviting a classmate to join a group

Learning goal

Give someone a clear choice of ways to join a group.

Materials

The student page below and a pencil.

Opening question · 3 minutes

“What invitation gives a clear choice?”

A school situation · 5 minutes

Mina joins a pretend science-poster group after being absent. Two students are drawing and one is finding facts. Nobody explains the plan. Mina has ideas but cannot tell where help is needed.

One possible response · 4 minutes

“We need a label writer or a fact checker. Would either work for you?”

Practice · 10 minutes

What invitation gives a clear choice?

1. A board-game group has an open place. A new student does not know the rules.

2. A classmate watches a drawing group. The group needs a title but the classmate does not want to speak to everyone.

Possible answers

1. “Would you like to watch a round or have us explain the rules?”

2. “Would you like to write a title idea on this paper?”

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

Inviting a classmate to join a group

Write, draw, or say your answer. You may pass.

An example

Mina joins a pretend science-poster group after being absent. Two students are drawing and one is finding facts. Nobody explains the plan. Mina has ideas but cannot tell where help is needed.

What invitation gives a clear choice?

One possible response: “We need a label writer or a fact checker. Would either work for you?”

1. A board-game group has an open place. A new student does not know the rules.

What invitation gives a clear choice?

2. A classmate watches a drawing group. The group needs a title but the classmate does not want to speak to everyone.

What invitation gives a clear choice?

One sentence to keep

Choose one story above. Write the first thing the person could say or do.