Lesson Resources for Canadian Educators - Xello 3-5

• Use Discussion Prompts to engage your students and establish relevance for the topic of the lesson
• Introduce key vocabulary prior to the lesson
• Full lesson plans with pre- and post-activities are available for each Lesson

Mission: Interests

In this lesson, students explore the importance of interests and the link between interests and activities they can do now and when they're adults. They also have the chance to reflect on one of their interests.

Mission: School Subjects

In this lesson, students learn to connect what they're learning in school to opportunities outside of school (such as hobbies and chores), reflect positively on the subjects and topics they are learning in school, and identify careers that use their favourite subject on the job.

Mission: Skills

In this lesson, students define skills and their importance; link skills with activities at home, in the community, and on the job; explore transferable skills; and reflect on their own skills positively and with confidence.

Mission: Goal Setting

In this lesson, students learn how to set and stay on track with their goals when faced with various obstacles. They learn to identify the characteristics of a good goal (i.e. achievable and specific), explore potential goal obstacles and ways to overcome them, and reflect on one of their own goals.

Mission: Learning and Future Success

In this lesson, students explore the importance of lifelong learning, link learning activities with their perks, and investigate how a commitment to keep learning can help in a career they like.

Mission: Facing Big Challenges

In this lesson, students learn about the importance of perseverance when faced with big (and small) challenges. They define perseverance and the qualities that help someone persevere, uncover the importance perseverance plays in what they do and achieve, explore ways to demonstrate perseverance, and describe examples of perseverance from their own lives.