Showing Good-Judgement on the School Bus- A lesson for kids!

Stay in your seat!

Fasten your seatbelt!

Face forward!

Don’t yell out the window!

Does this sound familiar? How many times do you think the bus drivers have to tell students this a day– 1, 5, 9, 100 times?

School bus safety is something I discuss with my students every year. Even though the majority of my students are used to riding the bus, it’s always a good idea to review safety procedures every year as a reminder. I usually do this when I discuss the character trait Good-Judgement, because it gives my students an example of how this relates to their real-world. With the majority of my students riding the bus, it’s easier for me to teach this character trait to them because I can connect good judgment or making safe and wise decisions to riding the school bus. This works perfectly because students learn best through making connections!

Here is a quick and easy way to teach your students how and why it’s important to show good judgement on the school bus.

Start off by discussing what it means to show good judgement. Say, when you show good judgement you think before you act or speak. It means you make safe and wise choices. It means to choose the right decisions. As a quick assessment, I will ask my students to think whether they show good judgement on the school bus. Then, I will have a few people share.

Next, I will show the following video clip.

After showing the clip, I will discus with students different ways to show good judgement on the school bus and why each way is important. Some responses may include:

1. stay seated
2. fasten seatbelt
3. keep mask on
4. raise hand if you have a question
5. talk quietly
6. keep hands and feet to self
7. keep hands and feet inside of the bus
8. face forward

For the final part of the lesson, I’ll have my students think about how they plan to show good judgement on the school bus. They will show their thinking on an activity sheet.

You can find the complete activity sheet on my TpT page. Click here: Good-Judgement

After this lesson, my students will know what good judgement means, how it relates to their current life, and why it is important to practice this trait on the school bus.

How do you teach Good-Judgement on the school bus to your students?

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