Promoting Bus Safety - Tiffany Bozett

Grade Level: 2

Content – Learning About:

Safe Practices

Relaying Information

Promotion of Safety

Service Need: Recently the community lost a member during a bus incident. Children in my homeroom class were shaken and it became a topic of discussion. We all had a classroom meeting to settle their feelings and the matter was addressed. During this meeting, many of the students expressed concern for other students and busses.

Service Idea: Bus Safety 101

Promotion of bus safety at the school and community, using flyers and posters.

Preparation: A guest speaker will discuss procedures to be safe while on the school bus. We will highlight the key points and select who will represent the topics. At this time we will mention the appropriateness of discussing the student’s passing during the accident so that it will not bring up past feelings.

Action: Preplan and design the flyers and posters, which promotes bus safety practices. Place them at strategic locations in the school. During the morning time for a week, two students will stand in the entryway to hand out flyers and talk about bus safety with other students.

Reflection: Before the speaker and project, the students will record their understanding of bus safety. After we have completed the project, the students will reevaluate their list and we will discuss new concepts and see how well they follow the procedures.

Demonstration: The students may act out a good bus safety procedure versus bad safety for other second grade homeroom classes.

Youth Voice and Choice: Students will be creating flyers and posters using their own view and artistic style. The will also design a way to promote bus safety to display while they speak with students in the morning time. Once they are assigned a task, they will have freedom to express their views in their own style.

Curricular Connections:

English/Language Arts: Writings will be displayed on a tri-fold explaining their images.

Social Studies: A community speaker will discuss safe procedures.

Arts/Crafts: The students will create posters and flyers.

Skill Development:

Writing persuasive and informative pieces.

Artistic, theatric, and oral expression

Books:

A Kid's Guide to Staying Safe at School by Maribeth Boelts

Community Contacts:

Transportation Department