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Asking what comes next when plans change
Grades 3–5 · Ready-made original
Learning goal
Ask a useful question when a plan changes.
Materials
The student page below and a pencil.
Opening question · 3 minutes
“What changed, and what can they ask next?”
A school situation · 5 minutes
A made-up class planned to play outside, but rain moves the activity indoors. Ellis wanted running time. The indoor choices and schedule have not been explained yet. Ellis says the whole day is ruined.
One possible response · 4 minutes
The outdoor plan changed because of rain. “What are the indoor choices?”
Practice · 10 minutes
What changed, and what can they ask next?
1. A partner is absent on the day a shared poster is due.
2. Reading moves to the afternoon. A student is unsure which lesson starts now.
Possible answers
1. “Which part should I work on today, and how will we handle the missing part?”
2. “What comes first on the changed schedule?”
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
Asking what comes next when plans change
Write, draw, or say your answer. You may pass.
An example
A made-up class planned to play outside, but rain moves the activity indoors. Ellis wanted running time. The indoor choices and schedule have not been explained yet. Ellis says the whole day is ruined.
What changed, and what can they ask next?
One possible response: The outdoor plan changed because of rain. “What are the indoor choices?”
1. A partner is absent on the day a shared poster is due.
What changed, and what can they ask next?
2. Reading moves to the afternoon. A student is unsure which lesson starts now.
What changed, and what can they ask next?
One sentence to keep
Choose one story above. Write the first thing the person could say or do.