Asking for Help

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Personal & Social Development›Friendship & Cooperation|Ages 5—7|ID: mt_PdYlsA33jB

Ask for help when they need it — from a friend, teacher, or family member — and understand that asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness

Mastery Evidence

Approach an appropriate person and ask for help clearly
Identify who to go to for different kinds of help (academic, emotional, practical)
Explain why asking for help is sensible rather than something to be embarrassed about

Assessment Prompt

“If [child] is stuck on something at school or feeling worried about something, will they ask a teacher or friend for help rather than struggling in silence?”

Curriculum Standards1 alignment

PSPE.INT.P1.LO.7IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequencecodes only

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Prerequisites3

Asking Questions
softAges 4—11
Vocabulary: working with others
softAges 5—8
Listening to Others
softAges 5—7

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Asking Questions soft
Asking for help benefits from curriculum questioning skills
- Question Words hard
  Generating effective questions requires knowledge of question words (who, what, where, when, why, how)
  - Listening and responding soft
    Listening and responding supports learning question words
- Listening and responding hard
  Listening and responding needed before asking questions
- Exploring Ideas Through Talk soft
  Related speaking skill supports this topic
  - Feeling of not understanding soft
    Using talk to explore ideas and speculate requires noticing what you don't yet understand — the comprehension-monitoring habit in a spoken register
    - Asking for Help hard
      Noticing confusion and acting on it requires already knowing that asking for help is a valid response to being stuck
Vocabulary: working with others soft
Asking for help and working with others uses the vocabulary of team and cooperation
Listening to Others soft
Asking for help benefits from knowing how to communicate with others
- Listening and responding soft
  SEL listening skills build on curriculum speaking & listening foundations
- Vocabulary: working with others hard
  Active listening practice requires understanding the vocabulary of listening, agreeing, and disagreeing respectfully

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