LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
Students will be able to identify five familiar survival signs and symbols.
ASSESSMENTS:
Students will complete a matching activity where they pair images of survival signs with their meanings to demonstrate mastery of the objective.
KEY POINTS:
- Understanding what survival signs and symbols are and their importance.
- Recognizing five key survival signs: shelter, water, food, first aid, and danger.
- Differentiating between various symbols and their meanings.
- Using visual aids and tactile materials for better comprehension.
- Encouraging collaboration and discussion among peers.
OPENING:
- Start with an engaging question: “What would you do if you were lost in the woods?”
- Discuss students’ ideas briefly.
- Introduce the topic of survival signs and symbols.
- Show images of each sign to pique interest.
INTRODUCTION TO NEW MATERIAL:
- Present each survival sign with a visual aid and a brief description.
- Use tactile materials (e.g., textured cards) to help visual impaired students.
- Encourage students to share any experiences related to survival situations.
- Common misconception: Students may think survival signs are only for emergencies and not everyday situations.
GUIDED PRACTICE:
- Work together as a class to match survival signs with their meanings on a whiteboard.
- Ask guiding questions: “What does this sign mean?” or “When might you see this sign?”
- Monitor student engagement and understanding by circulating around the room and providing support as needed.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:
- Assign students to create their own survival sign poster. They should include a drawing of a sign and a sentence explaining its meaning.
- Set clear expectations for behavior during the activity, encouraging focus and creativity.
CLOSING:
- Conduct a quick review game where students call out the meanings of the signs as they are displayed.
- Summarize the importance of recognizing these signs in real-life situations.
EXTENSION ACTIVITY:
- For students who finish early, provide a challenge to create a short story that includes the survival signs they learned about.
HOMEWORK:
- Ask students to find one survival sign in their home or community and write a sentence about its meaning to share in class.
STANDARDS ALIGNED:
- Visual impaired, dyslexic, and bilingual students.
- New Generation Learning Standards: 6-8 R1: Cite textual evidence to support an analysis of what the text says explicitly/implicitly and make logical inferences.
- New Generation Learning Standards: 6-8 R2: Determine central ideas of a text and analyze their development.