Help students in grades 2–3 explore how disagreements can offer opportunities to learn. This conflict resolution lesson combines counselor-led discussion, a picture-clue Hangman game, and a reflection worksheet to introduce positive skills and outcomes connected with conflict.

What's Included

• A lesson plan with an objective, procedures, materials, and assessment guidance
• “Guess What I Learned!” game directions and picture-clue cards
• An answer page for the mystery words and phrases
• A “What Did I Learn?” worksheet for reflecting on a recent conflict

The lesson plan also identifies relevant school counseling standards and suggests chart paper, a marker, and cardstock for printing the clue cards.

How to Use It

Begin with a discussion about disagreements and differing opinions. Then organize students into three teams to play Hangman: show a picture clue, take turns guessing letters, and discuss each concept when it is solved. Students finish by recalling a conflict and writing three things they learned from it. Use the lesson in an elementary school counseling session, a small group, or a classroom lesson focused on social and relationship skills.

Skills Students Explore

The picture clues and discussion connect conflict with ideas such as listening, communication, forgiveness, respect, fairness, patience, self-control, compromise, teamwork, and problem-solving. The reflection prompt gives students a chance to consider their own experience and identify learning from it.

Preparation

Print the student-facing materials and prepare the clue cards; the lesson plan recommends cardstock for the cards. The activity is designed for teacher-led, in-person play, with teams taking turns. This resource is in English and is intended for grades 2–3.