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Grade 6

Activities for Grade 6

HB123 VAN CLEVE LETTER TO PARENTS

  • 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:

    1. 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.
    2. Reach Out & Help: Develop strategies for connecting with others and ways to alleviate anxiety about reaching out.
    3. “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

  • 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



     

  • 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:

    1. Recognize warning signs and threats: Learn what warning signs and threats are and where they are likely to be found.
    2. 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.
    3. “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

    Say Something Family Video

    Resources for Suicide Prevention

    Myths about Suicide

    Say Something - Prevent Suicide Parent Quick Guide