Book 4.3 Personal Awareness & Responsibility

I make unsafe choices because I don’t think I could get hurt or hurt others.

How do you see yourself? Are your behaviours, actions and words similar to that of any of the people in these pictures?

Addition Picture Storybooks Recorded to Video

This section contains additional books on video for Personal Awareness &amp; Responsibility. In addition, the following three titles The Six Cedar Trees, I’m Like You, You’re Like Me and Beautiful Hands can be used for any of the six Core Competency areas.

1. How do you see yourself? Are your actions, behaviours, and words similar to the characters and/or people that you saw in the attached pictures, storybook(s) and/or video(s)? 2. Would you change how you usually act or behave, or the things you say when being asked to follow rules for the safety of yourself and others? 3. What actions, words or behaviours should someone follow when it comes to obeying safety rules? Is it okay to think about your safety and the safety of others before doing anything that could be unsafe? Is it okay to get help from an adult first to find out if something is safe or not? Is it okay to sometimes take small risks even if it might be a little bit unsafe? What safety rules do you sometimes break? Do you believe that while other people might get hurt, it will probably never happen to you so taking risks that are dangerous is okay to do?

Recommended reading for I follow rules that keep me safe.

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How do you see yourself? Are your behaviours, actions and words similar to that of a character in the storybook?

How Do Dinosaurs Stay Safe by Jane Yolen Scholastic Inc New York 2015 ISBB 9780439241045

The Six Cedar Trees by Margot Landahl Strong Nations Publishing Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada 2017 ISBN 9781771742559

I’m Like You, You’re Like Me by Cindy Gainer Free Spirit Publishing Golden Valley, MN 1998 ISBN 9781575420394

Beautiful Hands by Kathryn Otoshi Blue Dot Press Novato, CA. 2015 ISBN 978-0-9907993-0-6

I try to always follow the safety rules I know.

Student Self-Reflection of Core Competencies for Elementary School Students

Book 4.3 PERSONAL AWARENESS &amp; RESPONSIBILITY Statement 3 I follow the rules that keep me safe.

How Do You See Yourself?

Write about how you always follow safety rules and make safe choices, or write about a time that you took a risk that only might have been unsafe, or write about a time when you were unsafe at home, or at school, or when you were playing outside.

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Create your own skits with your class or watch the video shorts below that depict the above statement with an interpretation of the three emoji face choices.

How do you see yourself? Are your behaviours, actions and words similar to that of a character in one of the short videos?

How do you see yourself?

Use a yellow crayon to colour in one face for each statement which best describes you.

Choose an answer that is honest and best describes you. Only you will be judging your own answer.

Core Competencies Self-Reflection.                                      

Personal Awareness and Responsibility - Demonstrating Self-Respect and Personal Well-Being

“I am just getting there and am beginning to do more and more on my own”.

“I am just getting started and I learn best with help.”

Draw a picture of yourself following safety rules and making safe choices, or draw a picture of yourself taking a risk that only might be unsafe, or a picture of when you were unsafe at home or playing outside.

If you are implementing the program twice per week, that will allow you to complete the 20 statements within 10 weeks and allow for the program to be implemented all the way through three times per school year. Therefore, three books on video have been provided. One per season - Fall, Winter and Spring. If you are implementing the program less, then it is your choice of which books you wish to use.

Watch the accompanying storybook I Can Be Safe A First Look at Safety, and How Do Dinosaurs Stay Safe read aloud on video.

For additional storybook videos on this specific statement go to the Appendix at the end of this book to watch read aloud Staying Safe on video.

Recommended reading for I follow rules that keep me safe.

Suggested: Fall

Officer Buckle and Gloria by Pat Thomas Barron’s Educational Series Inc., Hauppauge, New York, 2003 ISBN 0-7641-2460-9

Staying Safe by Steffi Cavell-Clarke Crabtree Publishing Company St. Catherine’s, Ontario 2018 ISBB 978-0-7787-4745-1

I Can Be Safe A First Look at Safety by Pat Thomas Barron’s Educational Series Inc., Hauppauge, New York, 2003 ISBN 0-7641-2460-9

Use a yellow crayon to colour in one face which best describes you.

Adult definition: Personal Awareness and Responsibility involves understanding the connections between personal and social behaviour and well-being; it encourages people to make constructive and ethical decisions and act on them.

Student definition: Someone who is able to seek help when needed, act on their decisions, and stand up for themselves. They take ownership of their choices and actions. They keep trying in difficult situations, and understand how their actions affect themselves and others. They keep themselves healthy and active, and they make choices that help them stay safe.

Sometimes I take risks that could be unsafe.

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