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Topic: Safety

Grade Level: 1st 

District Health Standard: Identify rules for pedestrian and transportation safety.  

Lesson Summary: 

Textbook Connections: Chapter 9 Lesson 30 pg 78
McGraw-Hill Web-Linked Activities

Materials: Heath Health Big Book pg 79, Interactive poster 9, Map of Wichita

Technology: Access to the Internet, Kid Pix 

Instructional Input:
There are signs all around our community that help us choose safe actions. They have colors and shapes that help us recognize them quickly.
Brainstorm signs that are red, green, and yellow. 
Brainstorm signs that are circles, triangles, and rectangles.

WebQuest:  Safety  

Websites:

Texas Department of Transportation
http://www.dot.state.tx.us/kidsonly/SafetyPg/Safety.html

MN Safety Council Snappy Safari
http://www.mnsafetycouncil.org/snappy/safari.cfm

Pedestrian Safety
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/kids/biketour/pedsafety/Index.html

Mister Roger's Neighborhood: Traffic Light Game
http://www.pbs.org/rogers/R_house/trafficmanual.htm  

McGraw-Hill Web-Linked Activities
http://www.mhschool.com/teach/health/mhhealth/teachres/weblesson.html

Math Text Connections: 
Chapter 8 - Geometry

Connected Stories or Books: 
Little Red Riding Hood
Billy Goat Gruff

Authors: Michelle Foster, Donna Feeler, & Cristina Norton