Substance Abuse Prevention

Too Good for Drugs Grade 5 Teacher's Manual

Fifth Graders aim for the stars as they practice peer pressure refusal skills and explore positive and negative norms through interactive games, role-plays, and skits. Students learn how to set reachable goals and achieve them and demonstrate effective communication skills. Lessons give students the opportunity to predict the consequences of the decisions they make and examine the effects of making healthy choices.

Teacher’s Manual includes:

  • Ten fully scripted 30 - 45 minute lessons.
  • Clearly stated, measurable objectives and a list of materials needed to teach the lesson.
  • Teacher prompts and anticipated student responses keep the delivery easy, paced and on time.
  • Assessment materials to measure program effectiveness, fidelity of implementation, and student knowledge.
  • "Home Workout: Exercises for adults and kids,” extends skill development and messages into the home for practice and reinforcement.
  • "Looking for More?" with extending learning, recommended reading, and additional activities to reinforce important concepts and skills. Program logic model including the program’s research base and theory of change and the proven strategies incorporated into the lessons.
  • Strategies for building family and school connectedness to reinforce the healthy social and emotional development of the students in and out of school.

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