K/1st Grade - Media Balance

Topic 3: K/1st Media Balance

 

The lesson content below is from CommonSense:

Kindergarten Media Balance Lesson:

1st Grade Media Balance Lesson:

Essential Questions:

  • How do our bodies feel when we spend too much time online?
  • Why is it important to take breaks from our devices?

Discussion Questions:

  • When do we take breaks from being on our devices?
  • Why do we take breaks from being online?
  • How do you feel before you use your device?
  • How do you feel after you have used your device?

Essential Questions:

  • What are the different types of feelings you have when using tech?
  • How do you feel when its time to turn off the tech?

Discussion Questions:

  • What are the feelings we have when we use technology?
  • How does our body feel when we spend too much time on our devices?
  • What can we do to calm our bodies down after we put down our devices?

Lesson Plan:

Common Sense Lesson - Pause For People:

Vocabulary: 

  • pause – to stop what you're doing or saying

    device – an electronic piece of equipment like a phone, tablet, or laptop

    frustrated – feeling annoyed

Lesson Resources:

Lesson Plan:

Common Sense Lesson - How Technology Makes Me Feel:

Vocabulary: 

  • pause – to stop what you're doing or saying

    uncomfortable – causing a feeling of hurt or worry

Lesson Resources:

Family Letter:

During the week, you will be providing instruction to students on Media Balance. Please either send a printed copy of or a digital copy of the accompanied parent letter home to support families on this topic.  The Family Letter reviews the Digital Agency topic, provides parents with discussion questions, and resources to support their students.

The Family Letter Intro Letter provides parents/guardians with an explanation of how to use the letter with their students.  It is recommended to send the Intro Family Letter home at the beginning of the school year to explain to parents how these monthly letters will support their students at home, at school, and in their Digital Life.

K/1st Grade Family Letter

Family Letter Translations:

Arabic, Chinese, Samoan, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese

This page was last updated on December 4, 2023