Child Safety Lesson Plan Information | Lesson Plan Activities | Printable version (including handouts) (PDF)

Standard: Read With Understanding Outcomes Students will apply a context clues strategy, learn new information to keep their kids safe and write a paragraph or two explaining how they will put the new information to use at their homes.

Classroom Information

GED Descriptors:      Language Arts Reading , Science Roles:      Family, Community Member Program Type(s)      ABE, GED, Family Literacy, Urban, Rural NRS Learner levels (ABE/GED)       4, 5, 6 Time frame:      1.0 to 2.0 hours Technology Integration Keeping Your Kids Safe Outdoors. Think Aloud Teaching Strategy Word Sorts Teaching Strategy

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Standard: Read With Understanding

Component of Performance How activity addresses component Determine the reading purpose Students find new information about their child's safety and what they can do to better protect their child. Select reading strategies appropriate to the purpose Students will have to use context clues to completely understand the text. Monitor comprehension and adjust reading strategies If any of the information the students read seems confusing, they will go back and reread those sections or discuss them with their classmates. Analyze information and reflect on its underlying meaning Students will decide what new child safety tips would be best for their children at their homes. Integrate it with prior knowledge to address reading purpose Students will use the information they read and their prior knowledge about child safety to write a short plan to provide a safer environment for their children.

Purposeful, Transparent, Building Expertise

Purposeful and Transparent Students understand the importance of safety. The teacher models use of a context clues strategy. They review and are advised to use context clues while reading an article. Contextual Safety for children is a concern of parents and often a topic of discussion in adult education or family literacy classrooms. Building Expertise Students have a chance to practice using context clues after the teacher models the skill. Students learn more ways to keep their children safe.

Lesson Designer Emily Blessing OLRC Writing Intern (330) 6722007 emblessu22@yahoo.com

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