Washing Hands Lesson Plan: Personal Health and Wellness
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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP Jr. topic Washing Hands, and supports students in understanding why and how to properly wash their hands. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of projects.
Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Prompt students to think of moments each day when they need to wash their hands. Ask: Why is hand washing important?
Step 2: BUILD KNOWLEDGE
- Play the Washing Hands movie.
- Click the pause button each time a question appears in Annie’s Notebook and discuss it as a class. Then play to see how Annie answers it.
TIP: The pause button turns red to remind you to pause.
Step 3: APPLY and ASSESS
Students take the Easy Quiz or Hard Quiz, demonstrating what they learned about the topic while applying essential literacy skills.
Step 4: DEEPEN and EXTEND
Students express what they learned about hand washing while practicing essential literacy skills with one or more of the following activities. Differentiate by assigning ones that meet individual student or grade-level needs.
- Draw About It: Draw a picture of a good time to wash your hands.
- Activity: Create a sign with hand washing tips.
- Talk About It: List different times when you should wash your hands.
- Write About It: Write the steps for washing your hands.
More to Explore
Be Well Unit: Continue to build understanding around personal health and wellness by exploring more BrainPOP Jr. topics.
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