Third graders learn that some secrets are happy surprises meant to be shared soon, while others make you feel worried or unsafe and should always be told to a trusted adult, and sort examples into the two kinds.
Students will be able to…
A surprise party is a secret that is fun to keep; a secret that makes you worried or that hides something harmful is not. How do you tell a safe secret from an unsafe one?
Project this and sort each secret into a safe surprise or an unsafe one to tell a trusted adult — tap a secret, then tap where it belongs.
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A surprise party is a secret that is fun to keep, and everyone finds out soon. But a secret that makes your stomach feel worried, or that someone says to hide from your parents, is a different kind. How do you tell them apart?
Students sort secrets into safe and unsafe.
Students notice their warning feeling.
Students name their safe people.
Students reflect on secrets.
Aligned to the CASEL Framework for Social and Emotional Learning across its five core competencies.
Decide when a secret should be kept and when it must be told.
Notice the uneasy feeling that warns a secret is unsafe.
Identify trusted adults and ask them for help.
Choose safety over keeping an unsafe secret.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students list three trusted adults, say how to reach each one, and practice the words to start, so they know exactly who to tell if a secret ever feels unsafe. A printable safe-secrets worksheet is in the Social-Emotional Learning library.
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