Description
Following rules worksheets and activities help students understand why rules matter, consider how their choices affect others, and practice responsible responses. This 100-page companion to Steve Herman’s Train Your Dragon to Follow Rules combines an interactive read-aloud lesson plan with SEL and literacy practice.
Students may be able to repeat a classroom rule and still struggle to follow it when they feel frustrated, disagree, or want to do something else. Repeating the expectation gives them a reminder, but they may also need instruction in the purpose of the rule and what they can do when following it feels difficult. Through guided discussion, reflection, and writing, this companion helps students connect those skills to situations they encounter at school and beyond.
Teach Students Why Rules Matter
Understanding rules involves more than knowing what an adult expects. Students need opportunities to think about the purpose of a rule, consider the consequences of their choices, and practice responding respectfully when they have questions or disagree.
The classroom rules activities in this companion help students connect the story to their own experiences. Self-evaluation and choices activities encourage them to reflect on their behavior and consider another way to respond. The goal is to help students make responsible choices with greater independence.
Students practice:
- Understanding how rules support safety and consideration for others
- Reflecting on their own rule-following
- Considering choices and possible consequences
- Asking for clarification or expressing disagreement respectfully
- Taking responsibility and thinking about how to make things right
- Managing frustration when they do not like an expectation
Connect Following Rules Worksheets With Literacy Instruction
The interactive read-aloud lesson plan includes questions for before, during, and after reading. These give you a starting point for discussing the character’s choices, the effects of those choices, and how students might respond in similar situations.
The companion also includes ELA activities for predictions, summarizing, character analysis, comparing and contrasting, and writing. You can teach social-emotional skills alongside literacy objectives and return to the same concepts through different types of practice.
What’s Included
- 100 pages of SEL and ELA materials, designed for approximately 15–20 hours of instruction
- Interactive read-aloud lesson plan with before, during, and after reading questions
- Following rules worksheets and classroom rules activities
- Student self-evaluation to support reflection on rule-following
- Choices and consequences activities to practice responsible decision-making
- Reflection and apology-writing activities
- ELA practice covering predictions, summarizing, character analysis, comparing and contrasting, and writing
- Visual supports and real photographs
- Family connection notes to extend conversations beyond the classroom
Flexible Ways to Use This Companion
Use the materials during whole-class read-alouds, small-group SEL instruction, counseling or intervention groups, or literacy centers. Select activities that match your students’ needs rather than completing every page in sequence.
The range of activities also allows you to revisit rule-following, responsibility, and respectful responses over time. In self-contained settings, the companion can support repeated instruction and guided practice with familiar concepts.
File Format and License
- Digital download with printable PDF materials
- Files available immediately after purchase
- Licensed for use by one educator
- Redistribution or sharing of the files is not permitted
- The picture book is not included. You will need access to Steve Herman’s Train Your Dragon to Follow Rules to use the read-aloud lesson.
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