Third graders learn to read a place and adjust, that a library asks for a quiet voice while a playground invites energy, and match each setting to the behavior that fits it.
Students will be able to…
Cheering fits the playground but not the library. Every place has its own unwritten rules, so how do you read a setting and match your behavior to it?
Project this and match each place to the behavior that fits it best — tap a place, then tap the behavior.
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You cheer and run at the playground, but the same thing in the library would get you shushed. Every place has its own unwritten rules. How do you know how to act where you are?
Students match each place to the behavior that fits.
Students explain the fit.
Students make a how-to-act guide.
Students reflect on matching behavior to place.
Aligned to the CASEL Framework for Social and Emotional Learning across its five core competencies.
Recognize that behavior expectations differ across settings.
Read social and situational cues to adjust behavior.
Adjust your actions to fit the place you are in.
Show respect for shared spaces and the people in them.
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Have students list three places they go, write how to act in each, and add one rule they would set, so reading a setting becomes a habit. A printable matching-behavior worksheet is in the Social-Emotional Learning library.
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