Plan and reflect
Plan My Drawing
Before you draw: choose your idea, shapes and colors. After you draw: look back and set a goal.
Thinking sheet · Plan and reflect
Pros and Cons
Stuck on a choice? List the good and not-so-good sides of two options and decide which to pick.
- Grades
- 2–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Plan and reflect
- Kids practice
- decision making, weighing options, reasoning
What kids do
“Can’t decide? Weigh it up!”
- The choice I need to make:
- Option A:
- Option B:
- Draw yourself with your choice
- I chose… because…
How to run it
- Start with a low-stakes class choice: what game to play at recess.
- Some pros matter more than others; star the big ones.
- It’s okay if the list doesn’t decide for you.
Talk about it
- Was one pro more important than the rest?
- Did writing it down change your mind?
- Who could you ask for advice?
Take it further
Help a grown-up make a pros and cons list.
Pairs well with
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