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Uen: Lesson Plan: Why Do We Need Rules? Lesson PlanUen: Lesson Plan: Why Do We Need Rules? Lesson Plan
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Utah Education Network
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Pre-K - 1st
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Uen: Lesson Plan: Why Do We Need Rules?

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Lesson that helps learners understand why rules are needed. Students discuss the story Know and Follow Rules by Cheri J. Meiners, compare the rules in the book to rules at home and at school, and develop a list of rules for the classroom.

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Concepts

citizenship, classroom rules, rules

Additional Tags

rules at home, rules at school, cd.pk.3.4.1 with modeling and support, demonstrate understanding that rules play an important role in promoting safety and protecting fairness., e3. 1.a identify how certain actions can impact others, e3. 3.a recognize the need for group decisions that support a common goal, gov.rl.10, gov.rl.12 there are different rules and laws that govern behavior in different settings., rules in the home, rules in the school

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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