Dealing with a Cold Part 2

Dealing with a Cold | Companion Activity Part 2 reinforces and expands the language, comprehension, and critical thinking skills introduced in the life skills video through more advanced, structured activities. Students describe illness and self-care pictures using “say it, see it, and describe it” prompts, generate narratives about dealing with a cold, and answer opinion-based questions to strengthen expressive language skills. The resource also includes inferencing and prediction tasks related to cold symptoms, healthy habits, and self-care, as well as multi-step verbal and written direction-following activities with modifiers to strengthen listening and reading comprehension. Additional activities target higher-level language skills, including analogies, multiple-meaning words, semantic relationships, grammar practice with pronouns, irregular past tense verbs, and irregular plural nouns, and figurative language such as idioms, metaphors, and similes. These engaging tasks deepen understanding, strengthen language development, and support healthy decision-making and responsible self-care when feeling sick.

Learning Objectives
  1. Describe cold and self-care pictures using complete, expanded sentences.
  2. Generate narratives about being sick and caring for a cold.
  3. Answer opinion questions about healthy habits and self-care.
  4. Make inferences and predictions about cold-related situations.
  5. Follow two- and three-step verbal directions accurately.
  6. Follow three-step written directions with modifiers.
  7. Demonstrate understanding of analogies, multiple-meaning words, and semantic relationships.
  8. Use pronouns, irregular past tense verbs, and irregular plural nouns correctly.
  9. Interpret idioms, metaphors, and similes in context.
  10. Apply higher-level language skills to health, hygiene, and self-care situations.
Associated Life Skills Video
Associated Companion Activity

Dealing With a Cold