Choices and Consequences Lesson Plan and Activities
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Description
Part of developing responsibility is understanding how choices have consequences, both good and bad. This lesson plan includes several activities to use with middle-upper elementary students to help them recognize the impact of their choices and become more responsible decision makers. Pick and choose which activities to use in your lesson or small group to meet the needs and levels of your students!
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This resource includes:
• Written lesson plan with ASCA mindsets/behaviors and CASEL competencies
• Optional hook using Kid President’s “Making Tough Choices” video
• Two fill in the blank activity sheets
• Two different puzzle sets (two piece: choice to consequence, four piece: scenario to three consequences)
• “I Have, Who Has” game
• Exit ticket
ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors
- Demonstrate critical-thinking skills to make informed decisions
- Demonstrate ethical decision making and social responsibility
CASEL (Social Emotional Learning) Competencies
- Self-Management
- Responsible Decision Making
Resource Rationale
Children need to understand that there are consequences (good and/or bad) to every choice that we make. This resource helps them make the connection by providing numerous examples and differentiated opportunities to practice their understanding independently or in small groups. The puzzles provide for an hands-on/tactile approach while the fill in the blanks push students to think deeper and more creatively.
How to Use This Resource
This resource works in both whole group guidance lessons or small group sessions for students grades 2nd-5th. If using the puzzles, you may choose to select the ones most applicable to your group. The materials included in this resource are enough to spread over the course of 2 lessons/sessions if desired.
✨Glowing Praise for This Resource✨
“My students loved this interactive activity! I'm a middle school counselor and I teach one class to a group of 8th graders each quarter called Leadership and Careers. This lesson fit in perfectly with the leadership aspect when we talked about what it means to be impulsive, be a follower vs. a leader, think before we act / speak, etc. It was wonderful! [...] Great activity and would highly recommend!” ~Allison R.
“This was a very helpful resource to use in my classroom counseling lessons and it created a lot of great discussion. Students really liked finding the "choice" and "consequence" cards that matched as they moved around the classroom.” ~Kate H.
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