Grade 1, Unit 2: Personal Safety and Injury Prevention (Ontario Health)

The Grade 1, Unit 2: Personal Safety and Injury Prevention activity packet is aligned with the Ontario Grade 1 Health and Physical Education curriculum expectations. With this unit, students are asked to think about what it means to be safe and what it means to prevent injuries. Students explore how they can ensure their personal safety, and where they can go if they are feeling unsafe. Students also explore the difference between caring behaviours and exploitive behaviours. Students explore safety in the school environment and what it looks like, and how they can take an active role in their own safety at school. Students, finally, explore how they can stay safe and avoid injuries to themselves and others in a variety of situations.

Please note that this resource does contain a few activities that have longer sentences, and more words. These activities are meant to be completed as a whole group, or explored prior to allowing students work independently.

What specific expectations are addressed?

- Demonstrate an understanding of essential knowledge and practices for ensuring their personal safety;

- Demonstrate an ability to recognize caring behaviours and exploitative behaviours and describe the feelings associated with each;

- Apply their knowledge of essential safety practices to take an active role in their own safety at school;

- Demonstrate an understanding of how to stay safe and avoid injuries to themselves and others in a variety of situations, using knowledge about potential risks at home, in the community, and outdoors;

What lessons are included?

There are 10 lessons included in this packet. The lessons that are included are as follows:

Lesson 2.1: Introducing the Unit

Lesson 2.2: Safe and Unsafe Activities

Lesson 2.3: Staying Safe

Lesson 2.4: Essential Safety Practices

Lesson 2.5: Caring and Exploitative Behaviours

Lesson 2.6: Healthy Relationships

Lesson 2.7: Let's Review

Lesson 2.8: Keeping Ourselves Safe

Lesson 2.9: Exploring Injuries

Lesson 2.10: Safety Rule Poster

What activities are included in this packet?

This packet includes 27 activities and no readings. Students will gain their understanding of personal safety and injury prevention through in-class discussions. Students are asked to complete various cut and paste activities, as well as a few activities with writing and drawing their understanding of behaviours, relationships and how to stay safe.

What assessments are included in this packet?

A final assignment is included in this packet along with 4 rubrics and a reflection journal. Students are asked to show their knowledge and understanding in different ways throughout the unit, so there is also no unit test. There are 6 answer keys provided. The remaining activities have open-ended questions that do not necessarily have a specific answer that goes along with it.

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