8 minutesXello's interactive lessons encourage ongoing learning and reflection on a wide range of future readiness topics. They can be woven into curriculum plans, assigned as self-paced activities, and used as milestones of progress. Your students will uncover new skills and insights, and you’ll seamlessly strengthen their knowledge and professional skills without ever leaving Xello.
Listed in the table below are Lesson resources which build on the work students do in Xello Lessons. For even more activities to complement the work students do in Xello, check out the Extension activities.
| Xello task | At a glance | About this task | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission: Interests |
Recommended grade: 3 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 50 mins |
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 reflect on one of their interests. To support your students even more, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson. |
Add 3 interests |
| Mission: Managing big feelings |
Recommended grade: 3 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 50 mins |
In this lesson, students identify strong feelings in others and in themselves, consider why they occur, and explore strategies they can use to respond. To support your students even more, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson. |
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| Mission: School subjects |
Recommended grade: 3 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 50 mins |
In this lesson, students learn to connect what they're learning in school to opportunities outside of school, reflect positively on the subjects and topics they are learning in school, and identify careers that use their favorite subject on the job. To support your students even more, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson. |
Rank 6 school subjects |
| Mission: Why people work |
Recommended grade: 3 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 50 mins |
In this lesson, students learn what working in a job means and identify the reasons people work. They also explore some of their work preferences and reflect on how a career they like could help them meet their work goals. To support your students even more, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson. |
Like 1 career |
| Mission: Skills |
Recommended grade: 4 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 40 mins |
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. To support your students even more, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson. |
Add 3 skills |
| Mission: Tools for success |
Recommended grade: 4 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 50 mins |
In this lesson, students explore the skills and habits that can help them succeed at school and identify the benefits of working hard to develop these tools. Students also reflect on success tools they’ve used in and out of school and connect how these tools can help them do their best in other parts of their lives and eventually at work. To support your students even more, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson. |
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| Mission: Goal setting |
Recommended grade: 4 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 50 mins |
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, explore potential goal obstacles and ways to overcome them, and reflect on one of their own goals. To support your students even more, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson. |
Add 1 goal |
| Mission: Problem solving |
Recommended grade: 4 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 50 mins |
In this lesson, students identify the steps and skills for solving a problem and reflect on a time they solved a problem. Students learn the importance of brainstorming options, having a flexible plan, and being prepared for setbacks on the path to a solution. To support your students even more, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson. |
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| Mission: Facing big challenges |
Recommended grade: 5 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 50 mins |
In this lesson, students learn about the importance of perseverance when faced with 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. To support your students even more, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson. |
Add 1 achievement |
| Mission: Learning and future success |
Recommended grade: 5 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 40 mins |
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. To support your students even more, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson. |
Like 3 careers |
| Mission: Learning paths |
Recommended grade: 5 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 50 mins |
In this lesson, students identify types of education and training pathways to prepare for careers, match types of training with certain careers, and understand the importance of preparing for a job. To support your students even more, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson. |
Like 3 careers |
| Mission: Starting a business |
Recommended grade: 5 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 50 mins |
In this lesson, students learn how entrepreneurs start a business to solve a problem, match entrepreneurial skills to business startup tasks, and consider the risks and rewards of starting their own imaginary business. To support your students even more, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson. |
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