Educating Students about Mental Health - Grade 2: Overview

Grade 2 Overview

Expectation 1

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Step 1: Identify the learning expectations:

1. Overall Expectation:

• Describe the effects of appropriate and inappropriate uses of medicines on the body.

2. Specific Learning Expectations:

• Describe the differences between prescription and non-prescription medicines.
• Outline the safe use of medicines (e.g., needing an adult to supervise the administration of medicines, taking proper dosages).
• Use decision-making skills to identify healthy alternatives to drug use (e.g., fresh air and exercise can help to relieve headaches).

Step 2: Connect the Achievement Level category to the learning expectations:
 

Verb	Category
1. describes	1. Understands concepts (knowledge) and can communicate that knowledge with few minor errors
2. outlines	2. Communicates clearly and precisely making few errors and uses appropriate terminology
3. uses and identifies	3. Understands, describes, communicates concepts and actively participates, all with few errors or omissions

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

• show they understand the difference between most prescription and non-prescription medicines and their effects on the body and communicates this knowledge clearly and precisely, usually using appropriate terminology.
• show they understand and communicate safe use practices and use correct terminology clearly and precisely.
• use terminology correctly, and actively participate in a decision-making model to identify healthy alternatives.

Step 3: Evidence of student learning will be identified and assessed by the student's ability to:

• show differences between prescription and non-prescription medicines (including cough syrup) and effects on the body.
• describe a process for obtaining prescription as opposed to over-the-counter medication (e.g., visit the doctor, go to a pharmacy).
• sort prescription from non-prescription medicines.
• give personal examples of using prescribed/over-the-counter medicines.
• list rules for safer use of prescription and over-the-counter medicines.
• review concept of a trusted adult.
• describe healthy alternatives to medicine use.
• draw pictures and look at scenarios related to identifying the concepts of safe use of medicine and alternatives.

Step 4: Develop/determine the assessment strategy/tool:

1) What will students do to demonstrate their learning?

• Write in journal
• Design posters
• Take part in group discussion
• Take part in role-playing

2) What will you use to collect evidence of the student's learning?

• answer sheet
• observation checklist
• journals

Step 5: Outline the teaching/learning strategies:

Follow the links to the three lesson plans for Grade 2.

Additional Resources

There are some additional resources listed at the end of this document. You may also check with your local school board, public health office or call the central information numbers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health:

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