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Making a Good Decision: Options, Pros and Cons, Choose, Review

  • Grade 4
  • Career Education
  • 1 min 9 s
  • British Columbia
  • BC4-CA-02

Sam can join only one after-school club, so a four-step checklist builds up beside the choice: list the options (soccer or coding club), weigh the pros and cons of each, choose the best fit, then review a few weeks later. Sam picks coding because learning a new skill matters most, the review shows it was a good choice, and an arrow loops back to the options for a choice that is not working before a one-line recap.

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The question this lesson answers

How do you make a good decision?

Sam can join only one after-school club this term.

Transcript

What the lesson says

How do you make a good decision?

Sam can join only one after-school club this term.

Step one: list your options, so Sam writes down soccer club and coding club.

Step two: think about the pros and cons of each option.

Pros are good points: soccer means time with friends, and coding teaches a new skill.

Cons are downsides: soccer has games on Saturdays, and none of Sam's friends go to coding.

Then weigh them: for Sam, learning a new skill matters most.

Step three: choose the best fit, so Sam picks the coding club.

Step four: after a few weeks, review how your choice is going.

Sam is learning a lot and has made a new friend, so it was a good choice.

If a choice is not working, you can go back and look at your options again.

List your options, weigh the pros and cons, choose, and then review.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 4

Career Education, Career education: problem-solving and decision-making strategiesBC4-CA-02

Previous: Setting a SMART GoalNext: What a Good Leader Does: Listen, Encourage, Take the First Step

British Columbia, Grade 5

Career Education, Career education: problem-solving and decision-making strategiesBC5-CA-02

Previous: Setting a SMART GoalNext: Leadership skills: take the first step, listen and encourage

British Columbia, Grade 6

Career Education, Personal development: problem-solving and decision-making strategiesBC6-CA-04

Previous: Different Ways to Lead a Group

British Columbia, Grade 7

Career Education, Personal development: problem-solving and decision-making strategiesBC7-CA-05

Previous: Different Ways to Lead a Group

This lesson is also listed in Grade 5, Grade 6 and Grade 7.

The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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