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SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

• Have students try to associate facial expressions (yours or those of people in photographs) with the expression of different feelings.
• While reading stories to the class, take opportunities to discuss characters’ feelings (e.g., How do you suppose x feels?).
• Read stories dealing with friendship. Ask students what each character does or could do to be a good friend.
• Have students make Friendship books.
• Ask each student to complete a sentence starting with "Something that makes me feel good when I am at school is –––––––––––––– " and "Something that bothers or worries me when I am at school is –––––––––––––– ." Pool student responses and discuss them, making generalizations and inferences to develop a list of components of a safe and healthy school. The components could include factors such as fresh air, a warm room, a quiet place to think, good friends, a playground just for primary kids, and parents at school. Identify ways to address "bothers" or "worries" (e.g., walk with a buddy to the washroom).
• Have students create cluster diagrams or mobiles that show the components of a safe and healthy school.

SUGGESTED ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES

• After students have viewed photographs and discussed stories, look for evidence that they are able to:

• use an increasing range of language to describe a variety of feelings
• make logical connections between facial expressions, body language, and feelings
• make connections to their own feelings (e.g., "That’s how surprised I felt when my sister brought a puppy home!")
• make connections to other people, events, stories, or pictures (e.g., "I know who felt just that same way!" "That’s how –––––––––––––– looked when –––––––––––––– .")
• mimic some of the expressions they see

• Work with students to set criteria for their Friendship books. Books might include illustrations of:

• people caring for one another
• a time when they themselves showed friendly behaviour
• the feelings resulting from friendly behaviour

  Print Materials

• Focus on Bullying: A Prevention Program for Elementary School Communities
• Student WorkSafe K/1 Module
• Substance Abuse Prevention Primary
• Working It Out: Tools For Everyday Peacemakers

 Video

• Learning About Courtesy

  Multimedia

• B.C. Life Skills
• The C.A.R.E. Kit
• Second Step: A Violence Prevention Curriculum, Primary
• Talking About Touching: Personal Safety for Grades 1-3

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