Name of Skill: Peas and Thank You
School-wide Skill: Be Respectful in the
Cafeteria
Purpose of the lesson:
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Students will learn about being respectful in the cafeteria. There will be teacher
examples and student role plays followed by discussion.
Check for student understanding by asking, “What are we going to learn about?”
Define Be Respectful: Be Respectful means to be polite and cooperative with
others.
Teaching examples that demonstrate the skill
Model positive and negative examples of being respectful in the cafeteria.
1. Sally was talking loudly to her friend at the lunch table. Ron couldn’t hear his
friend so he told Sally to “Shut up!”
2. Tim didn’t notice that the lunch line had moved forward. Emma got tired of
waiting so got out of line and cut in front of him.
3. Oliver didn’t like the snack that his mom had packed for him. He asked another
student to trade with his instead.
Student role-play situations
Choose students to participate.
1. Another student is really hungry and cuts in front of you in the lunch line. When
you ask the student to go back in line, she calls you a mean name. You want to call
her something back. You realize that this will only cause more trouble so you raise
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your hand in line and wait for a lunchroom supervisor to help you talk to the other
student.
2. You and another student reach the class lunch table at the same time. There is
only space for one of you. You suggest that the two of you take turns so it will be
fair. Today the other students can sit at the table but tomorrow you get to sit
there and they have to sit at the overflow table.
3. You see two of your classmates trading desserts from their lunches. You tell
them that everyone has to eat their own lunches and it isn’t fair for them to
trade when nobody else gets to. The students agree to keep their own food.
Discussion/feedback
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Discuss the role plays with the students and focus on the targeted skill for this
lesson. Reinforce appropriate behavior by affirming positive choices.
Review cafeteria expectations with students and ask them how they show respect
to others in the cafeteria on a daily basis.
Reinforcement activities
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Bring students to the cafeteria and have them practice lining up, waiting in
line, and sitting down respectfully. Allow students to point out potential
problem areas and discuss ways of improving.
Award lions pride tickets to students who display respectful behaviors in the
cafeteria.
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Name of Skill: Lunch is Ready – Are You?
School-wide Skill: Be Responsible in the
Cafeteria
Purpose of the lesson:
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Students will learn about being ready in the cafeteria. There will be teacher
examples and student role plays followed by discussion.
Check for student understanding by asking, “How can we be ready in the
cafeteria?”
Define Be Responsible: Be Responsible means that one is prepared, ready to eat,
and has cleaned up after themselves.
Teaching examples that demonstrate the skill
Model positive and negative examples of being ready during assemblies.
1. You want to get ice cream. You raise your hand to ask for permission.
2. The line for hot lunch was very long today, so you did not get as much time to
enjoy your lunch as usual. When it is time to go to recess, you are hurrying to
finish your meal and consider leaving your tray and garbage on the table. You
quickly remember that it is responsible to clean up after yourself by throwing
away all your garbage and recycling when possible.
3. It is time to line up to leave the cafeteria, but you are still visiting with your
friends. You keep talking so your class is not called.
Student role-play situations
Choose students to participate.
1. You need to use the bathroom. You get up to leave the cafeteria, but
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remember that you need permission first. You sit back down and raise your
hand so that you can get the lunch supervisor’s attention.
2. The cafeteria is crowded as students come in to eat. Your friend is walking
next to you. You remind your friend to get back in line so that everyone can
get through the door.
3. It is time to line up to go to recess. At the end of the line everyone bunches
up. The lunch supervisor reminds everyone to get in a single file line. You and
your classmates get into a single file line so that you can get out of the
cafeteria quickly.
Discussion/feedback
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Discuss the role plays with the students, focusing on the targeted skill for the
lesson. Reinforce appropriate skills such as raising hands for questions and lining up
in a single file line to enter or leave the cafeteria.
Review with students how they will practice Being Responsible as they are in the
cafeteria.
Reinforcement activities
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Pre-teach cafeteria behavior expectations before leaving the classroom. Review
expectations throughout the year.
Award Depot Dollars to students who are modeling being responsible as they enter
and leave the cafeteria.
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