Steps to Take When You Feel Unsafe: Grade 3 Safety Plan

📚 Understanding Unsafe Feelings

Sometimes, situations or people can make us feel unsafe. It's important to recognize those feelings and know what to do.

🛡️ Objectives

• 🧠 Identify situations that might make you feel unsafe.
• 💬 Learn how to communicate your feelings to a trusted adult.
• 💡 Develop a personal safety plan.

🎒 Materials

• 📝 Paper and pencils
• 🖍️ Crayons or markers
• 🤝 List of trusted adults (teachers, parents, guardians)

☀️ Warm-up (5 minutes)

Activity: Sharing Circle

• 🗣️ Have each student share one thing that makes them feel happy and safe.
• 👂 Encourage active listening and positive reinforcement.

📝 Main Instruction

Step 1: Recognizing Unsafe Situations

• ⚠️ Discuss different scenarios: being lost, approached by a stranger, bullying, or feeling uncomfortable with someone's behavior.
• 🤔 Ask students to share their own experiences (if they feel comfortable) or examples they have seen.

Step 2: Communicating Feelings

• 💬 Teach students how to express their feelings using "I feel... when... because..." statements.
• 🎭 Role-play different scenarios and practice communicating feelings assertively.

Step 3: Creating a Personal Safety Plan

• 🤝 Identify trusted adults: parents, teachers, counselors, relatives.
• 📍 Know safe places: home, school, library, community center.
• 📞 Learn emergency contact numbers: 911, parents' numbers.
• 🏃 Practice escape routes: identify quick and safe ways to leave a potentially unsafe situation.

✅ Assessment

Activity: Safety Plan Worksheet

• ✍️ Students complete a worksheet detailing their personal safety plan.
• 🎨 They can draw pictures of their safe places and trusted adults.

🌟 Extension Activity

• 📚 Read age-appropriate books about safety and courage.
• 🎬 Watch short educational videos on personal safety.