Grade 6
Activities for Grade 6
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Required Hour
Lesson/Activity
Resources/Notes
Social Inclusion
Start with Hello
Week of (11/18-11/21)
Teaching Role: Introduce students to Start with Hello:
Goals are to recognize loneliness, include peers who may be struggling socially, and to grow a kindness culture
Background: We all need to feel like we belong somewhere. The truth is, we all offer something unique to the world, through our voice, talents, interests, culture, and perspective.
Activity: Students will watch a Start with Hello video to introduce the Goals & Program Framework (below), followed by a class discussion activity related to Building Empathy.
Goals
The three goals of the Start With Hello program are to teach students how to:
- Recognize loneliness and social isolation in their peers
- Help their peers who may be lonely and/or socially isolated
- Grow an empathetic and inclusive community
Program Framework
The goals are accomplished using a 3-step program framework:
- See Someone Alone: Learn to understand social isolation, empathize with those who may feel alone, learn how “healthy alone time” is different, and emphasize the importance of connection.
- Reach Out & Help: Develop strategies for connecting with others and ways to alleviate anxiety about reaching out.
- “Start with Hello”: Apply methods to include others, build lasting relationships and support a connective & inclusive school and community
Safety Tip Line through SaferSchools Ohio:
844-723-3764
Call or Text 24/7
Crisis Line: 988
Call or Text 24/7
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Safety Training and Violence Prevention
Say Something
December
Presentation- Say Something Foundational Training followed by
Classroom Discussion
- Signs to look for
- How to report
Trusted Adults/Mentors
- What is a trusted adult?
- Who is a Trusted Adult that makes you feel safe to be yourself?
- Name an adult you feel is “in your corner”. How do they show you that they are for you?
- Which adult do you most commonly ask for help, whether with school, a social issue, etc?
Supporting Activity:
Write a short note to a Trusted Adult, thanking them for their influence in their lives. They may hand-deliver this note to that adult.
***This helps them formalize a protective relationship in their minds, allowing a young person to practice a “help-seeking pathway”. This increases the likelihood that they will reach back out to that adult when they need help.
Safety Tip Line through SaferSchools Ohio:
844-723-3764
Call or Text 24/7
Crisis Line: 988
Call or Text 24/7
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Suicide Awareness and Prevention
Say Something
January
Counselor Role:
Say Something Suicide Prevention Presentation
Background: The Say Something - Prevent Suicide program teaches youth the same three steps and what it means in terms of preventing suicide.
Activity: Students will watch a Say Something - Prevent Suicide video to introduce the Goals & Program Framework (below), followed by a class discussion activity related to recognizing specific warning signs of suicide in their peers; how to take these warning signs seriously; and how to get help.
Goals:
The three goals of the Say Something - Prevent Suicide program are to teach students how to:
- Recognize warning signs and threats
- “Say Something” to a Trusted Adult to get help
- Grow a community of “Upstanders” who look out for one another
Program Framework:
The goals are accomplished using the 3-step program framework:
- Recognize warning signs and threats: Learn what warning signs and threats are and where they are likely to be found.
- Act Immediately; Take it Seriously: Understand how to take action and overcome the barriers that may exist to being an “Upstander” in prevention rather than a “bystander” to violence, victimization, or self-harm.
- “Say Something”: Discover how to intervene when seeing warning signs and threats by telling a Trusted Adult and knowing who to go to for help.
Students to fill out Check Out Form
*Check out form will notify counselor if a student needs extra support
*Counselor support will be available for students who may need to connect with an adult after the presentation