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Pre-K through Grade 2
Grade 3 through Grade 6
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Grade Levels Pre-K through
Grade 2
Estimated Teaching Time 30
minutes
Interdisciplinary Connections
- Constructing a self-portrait (Art)
- Learning health etiquette (Social Skills)
- Emphasizing the relationship between sneezes and germs (Science)
Objectives
Children will:
- Learn that covering a sneeze helps to prevent the spread of
germs.
- Understand that using a tissue or sneezing into an elbow or
shoulder keeps germs from getting on hands.
What Children Do
Children will construct a self-portrait demonstrating the proper
way to cover their mouths when sneezing.
Materials Required
- Construction paper, two and a half 9" x 12" sheets
per child
- Oval pattern (blackline master
3.6)
- Scissors
- Glue or glue sticks
- Facial tissue
- Optional Yarn
Advanced Preparation
- Duplicate blackline master
3.6 on a 9" x 12" sheet of construction paper, one
per child. This sheet will be used for drawing a face.
- Cut a 9" x 6" sheet of construction paper for each
child. This sheet will be used for tracing their hands.
- Optional Cut yarn into
6" to 8" strings. This will be used for hair.
Suggested Sequence
- Explain to the class that they will be creating portraits of
themselves covering a sneeze with a tissue.
- Have children cut out the oval from the sheet of construction
paper and glue it onto another blank sheet of construction paper.
- Tell children to draw their face on the oval.
- Have children trace one of their hands on the 9" x 6"
sheet of paper and cut it out.
- Have children glue the bottom of the hand (palm area) onto the
chin of the drawn face, so that the fingers of the hand still
lift up.
- Have children slide a piece of tissue between the face and
the unglued part of the hand, covering the mouth and nose.
- Optional Glue on the
yarn as hair.
Check for Understanding
Ask the following questions:
- Why is it important to cover a sneeze?
- Why is the tissue important?
- Why is it important to wash and/or sanitize your hands after
using a tissue?
- How else can you cover a sneeze?
- What other ways are germs spread?
- What else can children do to stop the spread of germs?
Extensions
- Older children can write a story to go with their self-portrait,
describing a time they were sick.
- The portraits can be made into a bulletin board.
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