Choosing Clean Clothes

About This Video

Choosing Clean Clothes helps learners learn how to decide whether clothing is clean and appropriate to wear. This video teaches learners to check if clothes look clean, smell clean, and match the activity or weather. It explains that some clothing items, like underwear, socks, and sweaty shirts, usually need to be washed after one use, while other items may be worn again if they are still clean.

Learning Objectives

After watching this video, learners will:

  1. Identify key ideas and routines related to choosing clean clothes.
  2. Explain how the skill supports health, comfort, safety, or well-being.
  3. Choose or sequence appropriate actions for using the skill in everyday life.

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Clinician & Educator Supports

Grade 8
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.8.4 – Present information and findings coherently using relevant evidence and appropriate organization.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.3 – Use knowledge of language to make effective choices for meaning, style, and comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.6 – Acquire and accurately use grade-appropriate academic and domain-specific vocabulary.

Grades 9–10
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.4 – Present information and evidence clearly, concisely, and logically for the purpose, audience, and task.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.3 – Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts and make effective choices for meaning and style.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.6 – Acquire and accurately use general academic and domain-specific vocabulary appropriate for college and career readiness.

Grades 11–12
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4 – Present information and evidence clearly and logically while addressing audience, purpose, and differing perspectives.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3 – Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts and make effective choices for meaning and style.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.6 – Acquire and accurately use general academic and domain-specific vocabulary appropriate for college and career readiness.

  • By the end of the instructional period, given visual or verbal clothing scenarios, the learner will identify indicators that clothing is clean or needs washing with 80% accuracy across 3 consecutive sessions.
  • By the end of the instructional period, the learner will explain at least three factors involved in choosing appropriate clean clothing for a situation with 80% accuracy across 3 consecutive sessions.
  • By the end of the instructional period, when presented with a clothing-related problem, the learner will state an appropriate solution or help-seeking response in 4 of 5 opportunities across 3 consecutive sessions.

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