K 5CommunicableDiseasePreventionLessonPlan3220
K 5CommunicableDiseasePreventionLessonPlan3220
K 5CommunicableDiseasePreventionLessonPlan3220
Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
Standard 2: Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health
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behaviors.
Health Standards Standard 3: Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and products and services to enhance health.
Standard 7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
Recognize basic hygiene practices. H1.W2.Ka
Understand germs can cause diseases. H1.W3.Ka
K grade Identify ways germs are transmitted. H1.W3.Kb
Describe symptoms that occur when a person is sick. H1.W3.Kc
Identify trusted adults and professionals who can help promote health. H3.W5.K
Describe basic hygiene practices. H1.W2.1
Understand which elements of hygiene are essential to good health. H1.W2.Kb
1st grade Describe ways to prevent the spread of germs. H1.W3.1a
Understand differences between communicable and non-communicable diseases. H1.W3.1b
Identify where to locate trusted adults who can help promote health. H3.W5.1
Describe benefits of hygiene practices. H1.W2.2
Learning Outcomes Understand bacteria and viruses are types of germs. H1.W3.2a
2nd grade
Students will… Describe differences between communicable and non-communicable diseases. H1.W3.2b
Identify characteristics of valid health information and services. H3.W5.2
Demonstrate effective hygiene practices. H7.W2.3
Identify ways pathogens enter the body. H1.W3.3a
3rd grade
Explain how common childhood illnesses are treated. H1.W3.3c
Investigate resources from home, school, and community that provide valid health information. H3.W5.3
Describe personal hygiene needs associated with the onset of puberty. H1.W2.4
List ways to prevent debilitating or life-threatening diseases. H1.W3.4a
4th grade
Identify ways to keep the immune system strong. H1.W3.4b
Investigate validity of health and wellness information, products, and services. H3.W5.4
Explain how family, peers, media, and culture influence decision-making related to hygiene practices. H1.W2.5
5th grade
Understand relationship between disease prevention and quality of life. H1.W3.5a
Teaching and Learning Highline Public Schools 3.2.20
Unit: Wellness Lesson: Communicable Disease Prevention Grade Level: K-5
Lesson Ideas
Activity: Hand Washing Concept Map (Worksheet Attached)
Provide instruction on various aspects of hand washing, including instruction on the spread of bacteria and possible use of hand sanitizers.
Students Instructions - After learning about how to wash our hands and the importance of washing hands properly, you show what you have
learned by completing a hand washing concept map.
Requirements - Students receive a copy of the hand washing concept map to fill in responses to questions. Students show understanding of
when, how, and what of washing hands as well as what precautions can be taken in a situation where appropriate hand washing facilities are
not available.
Sample Response:
Hand washing is the single most important prevention step for reducing the spread of disease. Hands should always be washed upon exiting
animal areas and before eating or drinking.
HOW
Wet hands with running water; place soap in palms; rub together to make a lather; scrub hands vigorously as you say the ABC song. Dry hands
K-2 with a clean towel. Do not dry hands on clothing.
WHEN
After touching animals.
Before eating.
After using rest rooms.
WHY
It is the single most important prevention step for reducing the spread of disease.
WHAT
Use hot water if possible. If only cold water is available, use a soap that works effectively in cold water. If there is no sink, running water that
has some pressure and volume will work if there is soap available. Hand sanitizers can work if no other hand washing station is available.
Materials: Students will need paper labeled with behaviors, construction paper, pencils, markers or crayons, and a stapler.
Instruction: Explain how personal health choices and behaviors play an important role in disease prevention.
In this activity, you will make a Stop the Spread of Disease book. On each page of your booklet is listed a general healthy behavior that works to
stop the spread of disease. Draw a picture of that healthy behavior and print information that explains your drawing so that students your age
can understand your explanation. When your booklet is finished, make a cover and write a title on it.
Students will make booklets to promote healthy behaviors. They should include the following:
Hand washing
Proper coughing technique
What to do if you begin coughing, have a headache, or start to sneeze.
When to tell parents, teachers, or school nurses about how you feel.
Other behaviors you think are important to stop the spread of disease.
K-2 Students booklet should include the following:
1. A book cover with a title.
2. A page for each healthy behavior. List the behavior, draw a picture of the behavior, and tell about your behavior.
Each page of the booklet should list one healthy behavior, illustrate the behavior, and include information about the behavior. Students assemble
their work into a booklet with cover pages of two sheets of construction paper. They design a cover and give their booklet a title. If time permits,
the students could read their booklets to other students. Teachers may want to include pages on how diseases spread.
Sample Response:
Cover and Title
*The Stop the Spread Train
Drawing of a train with five cars, each one representing one health behavior. The behavior is listed on the side of each car.
Healthy Habit One: Washing hands before eating will prevent the children from getting germs in their mouth or on their food from dirty hands.
Healthy Habit Two: *When you cough, do it right. Cough into your clothes on your arm.
Healthy Habit Three: *Tell you teacher, nurse, or parent. If you have a fever or you’re sneezing or coughing, tell someone who can help.
Healthy Habit Four: *Use a hand sanitizer. When there is no place for hand washing use a hand sanitizer.
Disease is defined as “an illness or condition that prevents the body from functioning normally.
Directions:
K-5 Ask students to raise their hand if they have ever had a cold (choose talking points afterwards)
Talking Points:
o "Most colds are caused by viruses. Viruses are germs that cause disease. Viruses are very tiny and cannot be seen without a
microscope. There are hundreds of types of viruses. There are actually over 200 types of viruses that can cause the common cold! Other
viruses cause the flu, mumps, chicken pox and even polio. Many viruses that cause disease can live in the air or on the surfaces of things
around us. You can catch the flu or a cold just by being around someone who has the disease. You can also catch the disease by touching
silverware, a glass, or even a tissue that an infected person has used.
o Most diseases caused by viruses last only a few days or weeks. The body fights off the disease and destroys it. There are not medicines
available to cure all viruses. Most medicines can only help with the symptoms. Vaccines however, can prevent some diseases. Years ago
polio was a deadly disease caused by a virus. Scientists invented a vaccine to protect against many viruses. You were probably
vaccinated for polio, and other diseases like chicken pox, measles and mumps before you started school. This is one of the reasons we
don't often hear about epidemics in our country anymore.
Directions:
Ask students: “How does a virus spread?”
Talking Points:
Teaching and Learning Highline Public Schools 3.2.20
Unit: Wellness Lesson: Communicable Disease Prevention Grade Level: K-5
o A virus can spread many ways…they can travel through the air, in contaminated food or water, or infected body fluids like blood. Let's
look at several ways a virus might travel through our classroom."
Visual Demonstration:
o Fill a spray bottle with water.
o Say, “The liquid in the bottle represents the cold or flu viruses.” Turn the nozzle so it faces the chalkboard, a counter top or a window.
Squeeze the trigger on the bottle and spray some of the water.
o Say, "Did you see the water coming out of the bottle? Cold and flu viruses spray into the air in a similar way when a person with a cold
or flu sneezes or coughs. If someone nearby breathes in the viruses, that person may catch a cold or flu.
o Say, “Look at the wet marks (wherever you sprayed).” “The moisture represents the viruses that land on nearby surfaces. Even after the
moisture has dried some viruses may remain. If a healthy person touches a surface that has the viruses, and then touches his or her
eyes, nose, or mouth, the viruses can enter the healthy person's body and make them sick. This is an example of one way that a virus
can be transmitted.”
Check for Understanding:
“How can a person with a cold or the flu avoid spreading viruses?”
- Have students discuss prevention and hygiene techniques such as washing hands well and often, sneezing/coughing into their sleeves,
discarding of tissues, etc.
“How can a healthy person keep from getting cold or flu viruses?”
- Have students discuss the importance of getting enough sleep, eating in a healthy way, getting enough exercise, not touching used
tissues, etc.
In this activity, students will choose one of the following safe behaviors and create a poster and what you would say to someone else about why
this behavior is important. Draw a picture of that healthy behavior, include any prevention materials to be used, and print information that
explains your drawing so that students your age can understand your explanation. When your poster is finished you are going to share it with the
rest of the class.
Sample Response:
I keep my world clean of viruses because I use Disinfecting Wipes.
Poster of a student cleaning their desk with wipes.
I would use this product because it cleans almost all germs and kills the flu virus.
Sample Response:
Germs Make Us Sick
1. Draw and label your germ.
• Flu Germ
2. How is the germ transmitted or spread?
• Coughing and sneezing
3. Draw symptoms of the infection
• Fever
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• Sore throat
• Cough
4. Explain how the disease can be prevented by the use of a vaccine.
• A flu shot with vaccine can block most flu germs from making someone sick.
5. Draw a picture of an antigen (germ) and the antibody (fighter cell) using the lock and key concept.
6. Describe and share your example with the class.
Materials:
For teacher and student reference:
1. National Cancer Institutes Understanding the Immune System www.newscenter.cancer.gov/sciencebehind/immune/immune00.htm
2. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: The Immune System www.niaid.nih.gov/final/immun/immun.htm
3. Medline Plus Medical Encyclopedia: Immune Response www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000821.htm
4. What’s available in the school library? Ask your librarian!
Prep:
Determine length of time allowed for completion and set aside class time to view presentations.
Instruction:
1. Students will research the functions of the immune system and compose a presentation actively illustrating an immune response.
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2. Encourage students to use correct terminology. Introduce key vocabulary that pertains to lesson and project.
3. Students should be creative with the setting of their presentation. For example, they could use diagrams / photos that portray the
immune system components as they actually are.
4. Encourage creativity. Possible presentation mediums include: Claymation, cartoon / animation, Powerpoint, video with actors, or games