October 2021 Classroom Guidance
The focus for this month is making safe and healthy choices.
Kindergarten
• Discussed many examples (pictures) of safe/healthy choices vs unsafe/unhealthy choices
• Reviewed importance of sleep, exercise, healthy food choices, brushing teeth, hand washing, face mask placement etc)
First Grade
• Discussed what the words “healthy and safe mean”
• Reviewed “Boo Bad and Ghostly Good” choices
• Brainstormed numerous types of safe and healthy choices
• Stressed the importance of labels on items in regards to safety (danger in assumptions and touching or ingesting something that isn’t clearly labeled).
Second Grade
• Reviewed safe (responsible) choices vs unsafe (not responsible) choices
• All choices have consequences (positive and negative)
• Read the story “A Bad Case of Stripes” By David Shannon
• Discussed the concept of Peer Pressure
• Reviewed a variety of refusal skills
Third Grade
• Everyone has the power to make choices
• It’s important to take responsibility for the choices we make with our body an our words
• All Choices have consequences
• Discussed the concept of Peer Pressure
• Reviewed Seven different strategies to “Just Say No”
Fourth Grade
• Watched a Kid President Video regarding the importance of choices then discussed
• All Choices have consequences
• Reviewed safe/healthy/good choices vs unsafe/unhealthy/poor choices
• Reviewed five step process of making a choice (including stop and think, options, pros/cons, consequences etc.)
• Discussed Peer Pressure and the variety of feelings that often accompany it
• Reviewed seven tips of resisting peer pressure
• Practiced in small groups using pre-made scenarios applying the five step process and refusal skills
