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Free Daily Starters Middle School Grades 6–8 · 4–6 minutes

Missing Pass

Decision Making · Which Would You Pick

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One page for the student and one for the teacher, with the answer and what a strong response looks like. Print either or both.

A study hall desk shows an open binder, a tied pencil, and an empty pass hook.

Julia is holding the pass-log binder open while two students wait behind her. The study hall aide told everyone to sign the log before leaving. Julia already wrote the destination and time in the next empty row. The laminated hall pass that matches the row is missing from its hook. A student may have taken it without logging out, which is annoying but fixable. Julia needs the library shelf number before study hall ends.

Pick one option and give one practical reason.

  • Tell the study hall aide the matching pass is missing, leave the row started, and ask whether to use a spare pass.
  • Cross out the started row neatly, stay seated, and try the library trip after the pass returns.

Give one practical reason for the choice.

Think about it: What would make one option easier for the aide to check later?

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