For Elementary School Teachers

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Kindergarten - 2nd grade

Getting Sick
In this lesson, students talk about the difference between sicknesses you can and can not catch as well as some ways to reduce their risk for both.
Helping
In this lesson, students learn about how they can help people who have cancer.
LIVESTRONG
In this lesson, students learn about what LIVESTRONG means.

Extension Activities:

3rd Grade and 4th grade

Strength
In this lesson, students learn about how cancer is treated and how cancer affects a person.
Reducing the Risk
In this lesson, students participate in an activity that illustrates the ways of reducing the risk of getting cancer.
LIVESTRONG
In this lesson, students learn about what LIVESTRONG means.

Extension Activities:

Side Effects

5th Grade and 6th grade

Finding Answers
In this lesson, students conduct research into different facets of cancer and dispel some common myths.
Successful Treatment
In this lesson, students watch videos and discuss how cancer affects a person and what people can do to support cancer survivors in their community.
LIVESTRONG
In this lesson, students learn about what LIVESTRONG means.

Extension Activities:

LIVESTRONG at SCHOOL offers resources to help you learn what you can do if a child in your classroom has cancer and what you can do if a co-worker or parent of a child in your classroom has cancer.

Thank you so much for implementing the LIVESTRONG at SCHOOL curriculum in your classroom. We appreciate your efforts to teach about cancer and cancer survivorship. Because your opinion of the lessons matters so much to us, we would like to ask you to participate in a survey to learn about your experience.

Please take the survey and receive a LIVESTRONG at SCHOOL poster for your classroom. Again, thank you!