Grade Levels: 5-6

Subjects: Health, Language Arts, and Math
 

Learner Outcomes:

• Students will create graph using Excel. 
• Students will type and print rules for staying home alone. 

Materials:

Parent letter

Technology Tools/Courseware:

• Internet accessible computers. 
• Word processing program such as Microsoft Word. 
• Excel 

• Send home the parent letter before teaching this lesson. 

1. Students will graph after school child care of each student.  Create a category for each different after school situation represented in class.  For example, how many stay at home with parents, how many stay home alone, how many go to child care.  Discuss national statistics related to the topic and how your class compares to the national numbers. 
2. Direct students to the Kids Health for Kids site.  
3. Read orally and discuss information in the When It's Just You After School article. 
4. Following the discussion, students will use word processing program to type list of rules for staying alone. Each rule must be in complete sentence form with correct punctuation.  Students must also include one clip art item on the list. 
5. Students will print out lists to take home. 

• Check students' IEPs and 504 plans for specific modifications. 
• Visually  impaired students may use large font. 
• Mentally impaired students may work with a partner or be allowed extra time to finish. 

• Go to KidsHealth recipes and try out a recipe. 
• Play a safety game at McGruff.org. 

• Teacher will use rubric to evaluate presentation of rule list to class. 
• Teacher will use check list to evaluate Excel graph. 

Writing:
5.52  write complete sentences
6.52  write sentences that are complete, varied, and economical

Health:
5.5  describe actions that enhance personal safety in severe weather, community emergencies, and situations in which personal responsibility is needed for self-protection; describe self-protection
strategies. 

6.6  Develop self-protection strategies to avoid personal harm and injury (e.g., walk in groups, confide in trusted adults). 

National Standards:
Health:
Standard 5: 
Knows precautions that should be taken in special conditions (e.g.,bad weather, Halloween, darkness, staying home alone, being approached by strangers, avoiding conflicts)

Math:
Standard 6: 
Understand that data represents specific pieces of information about real-world objects or activities.
Organizes and displays data in simple bar graphs, pie charts and line graphs.
Reads and interprets simple bar graphs, pie charts and line graphs.

Writing:
Standard 1:
Uses strategies (e.g.,adapts focus, point of view, organization, form) to write for a variety of purposes(e.g.,to inform, entertain, explain, describe, record ideas)
 
 
 
 

References:
KidsHealth for Kids.com
McGruff.org
TeAchnology.com

Overview

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5