Counselora · Classroom lesson
Preparing for a change in school routines
Grades 6–8 · Ready-made original
Learning goal
Check a question about the next grade and choose one small step.
Materials
The student page below and a pencil.
Opening question · 3 minutes
“What should they check about the next grade?”
A school situation · 5 minutes
Remy will move to a new grade next term. Remy knows classes will have a different schedule but has heard conflicting stories about homework, clubs, and finding rooms. A friend says everyone already knows how the new system works.
One possible response · 4 minutes
Ask a school contact about the actual schedule rather than treating classmates' stories as rules.
Practice · 10 minutes
What should they check about the next grade?
1. A friend says the next grade has no clubs, but no official information is available.
2. A student knows their new classroom number but not where it is.
Possible answers
1. “Where can I find the current list of clubs?”
2. Ask a school adult to show the room on a school map or explain the route.
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
Preparing for a change in school routines
Write, draw, or say your answer. You may pass.
An example
Remy will move to a new grade next term. Remy knows classes will have a different schedule but has heard conflicting stories about homework, clubs, and finding rooms. A friend says everyone already knows how the new system works.
What should they check about the next grade?
One possible response: Ask a school contact about the actual schedule rather than treating classmates' stories as rules.
1. A friend says the next grade has no clubs, but no official information is available.
What should they check about the next grade?
2. A student knows their new classroom number but not where it is.
What should they check about the next grade?
One sentence to keep
Choose one story above. Write the first thing the person could say or do.