Grade 6 · SEL · Lesson 23

Mentoring younger learners

A mentor is an older or more experienced learner who helps a younger or newer learner grow. The younger learner is called the mentee. Mentoring is not the same as teaching from the front of the room. It is a quiet, one-to-one partnership built on patience, respect and steady encouragement. In Grade 6 you are old enough to be a real mentor — to a younger sibling, a kindergarten reading buddy, or a Grade 1 classmate who is just learning to write.

What this lesson teaches

1Define mentor and mentee and describe what each role does in a learning partnership
2Apply the four-step mentoring routine — greet, listen, guide, encourage — to a real session
3Match common mentee situations to a respectful and helpful mentoring tip
4Plan a mentoring session with goal, time, place, activity and a kind closing

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