---
title: Asking For Help!
description: Students will practice how to ask for help in pre-designed scenarios.
image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/asking_for_help_-001-1.png
---

**Subject: SEL (Social-Emotional Learning); Special Education**

**Lesson Length: 15 - 20 mins**

**Topic: Stress Management**

**Grade Level: 4, 5, 6, 7**

**Standards / Framework: **

- [CASEL: RELATIONSHIP SKILLS](https://casel.org/fundamentals-of-sel/what-is-the-casel-framework/#interactive-casel-wheel)

**Brief Description:**  Students will practice how to ask for help.

**Know Before You Start:** Students should understand that there are many tools to help manage stress.

**Hook:**

- Discuss with students when they last asked someone for help. 
    - Why did you ask for help?
    - Did you ask for help right away or did you wait until something became too stressful to handle it yourself? 
- Explain that asking for help can be challenging for adults, too. 
    - Why do you think it’s hard?
    - Possible answers may include: feeling weak, scared because it might involve punishment, being unsure of who to talk to about it, fear of being picked on because you asked for help, pride, etc.

**Activity:**

- Read and discuss the sample comic. 
    - Who would they ask for help?
    - What would they say to ask for help?
- Have students create a comic depicting themselves or a character asking for help.
- Students may use the following sentence frames to support their answers:  
    - “I’m having a hard time with_______, Can we talk about it later?"
    - “I’ve been trying really hard but still don’t get this. Can you help me?"
    - “I’m not sure how I feel about something. Can we talk about it?”
    - “I could really use some advice about_______. Can we talk it out together?

**Closure:**

- Give students some time to reflect on their own or journal. 
    - Who is someone in my life I can trust and will always be able to ask for help? 
    - Do I feel comfortable asking my teacher(s) for help? Why or why not? 
    - What is something right now in my life where I could use some help? How can I ask for support?

**Differentiation:**

- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Provide sentence frames.
- Use role-play to provide an opportunity to practice using dialogue to ask for help.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.

**Resources:**

- Comic to print or display: [Comic](https://share.pixton.com/qhwigcj).
- Suggested Reading:* * 
    - [Stuck](https://amzn.to/3zVUuGY) by Oliver Jeffers.

**Suggested Content:**

- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1838241401767358464/thumbnail.png) Home ](https://content.pixton.com/home)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2078530841190330368/thumbnail.png) Elementary School ](https://content.pixton.com/elementary-school)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2078531110531739648/thumbnail.png) Middle School ](https://content.pixton.com/middle-school)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2000163438120759296/thumbnail.png) Mall ](https://content.pixton.com/mall)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2004983473167663104/thumbnail.png) Playground ](https://content.pixton.com/playground)

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