General Information—

Title: Speak Up and Get Along!

Author: Scott Cooper

Publication Date: 2014

Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

We thought that Speak Up and Get Along would be the best for our non-fiction literature resource because the author splits the book into chapters that discuss different strategies to combat bullying in a school day. The strategies are given and then the author gives realistic scenarios in which the students can picture how exactly you could use that strategy and be successful. This would be a great class activity that we all do together.

Core Integration—

The fun part about this book is that each chapter is split into a different strategy and given the title and given the name of a type of bird that holds the characteristic of that strategy. For example the first chapter is “Expressing Yourself: The Tools of the Blue Jay” because the Blue Jay species of bird is really good at expressing themselves. So this book could easily be integrated into an animal science unit on birds while we are learning about each different kind of bird we are learning ways to stop bullying at the same time. This would look like a booklet of each of the different types of birds in the book that they could read the characteristics of each bird, color a picture and then connect it to the book by writing about which strategy of stopping bully they are good at.

Standards—

Example integration of other core standards—

Washington Science Education Standards:

EARL 4: Life Science

2-3 LS3A There are variations among the same kinds of plants and animals.

2-3 LS3B The offspring of a plant or animal closely resembles its parents, but close inspection reveals differences.

2-3 LS3C Sometimes differences in characteristics give individual plants or animals an advantage in surviving and reproducing.

National Health Education Standards:

NHES 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.

• 5.3: Describe the relationship between feelings and behavior
  • HBO 1: Express feelings in a healthy way
  • HBO 2: Engage in activities that are mentally and emotionally healthy
• 5.5: Describe appropriate ways to express and deal with emotions
  • HBO 1: Express feelings in a healthy way
  • HBO 2: Engage in activities that are mentally and emotionally healthy
  • HBO 4: Prevent and manage emotional stress and anxiety in healthy ways
  • HBO 5: Use self-control and impulse-control strategies to promote health
• 5.11: Identify positive and negative ways of dealing with stress and anxiety
  • HBO 2: Engage in activities that are mentally and emotionally healthy
  • HBO 3: Prevent and manage interpersonal conflict, in healthy ways
  • HBO 4: Prevent and manage emotional stress and anxiety in healthy ways
  • HBO 5: Use self-control and impulse-control strategies to promote health
• 5.12: Explain the importance of respecting the personal space and boundaries of others
  • HBO 2: Engage in activities that are mentally and emotionally healthy
  • HBO 3: Prevent and manage interpersonal conflict, in healthy ways
  • HBO 8: Establish and maintain healthy relationships
• 5.14: Give examples of pro-social behaviors (e.g., helping others, being respectful of others, cooperation, consideration)
  • HBO 2: Engage in activities that are mentally and emotionally healthy
  • HBO 7: Show tolerance and acceptance of differences in others
  • HBO 8: Establish and maintain healthy relationships
• 5.15: Explain that anger is a normal emotion
  • HBO 3: Prevent and manage interpersonal conflict, in healthy ways
• 5.16: Identify personal stressors at home, in school, and with friends
  • HBO 3: Prevent and manage interpersonal conflict, in healthy ways
  • HBO 4: Prevent and manage emotional stress and anxiety in healthy ways
• 5.18: List physical and emotional reactions to stress
  • HBO 4: Prevent and manage emotional stress and anxiety in healthy ways
• 5.21: Identify characteristics of healthy relationships
  • HBO 8: Establish and maintain healthy relationships
• 5.23: Describe the benefits of healthy peer relationships
  • HBO 8: Establish and maintain healthy relationships

NHES 4: Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.

• 5.1: Demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills
• 5.2: Explain how to be empathetic and compassionate towards others
• 5.3: Demonstrate effective peer resistance skills to avoid or reduce mental and emotional health risks
• 5.4: Demonstrate healthy ways to manage or resolve interpersonal conflict
• 5.5: Demonstrate how to effectively ask for help to improve personal mental and emotional health
• 5.6: Demonstrate how to effectively communicate support for others

NHES 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

• 5.1: Identify situations that need a decision related to mental and emotional health (e.g., dealing with interpersonal conflict, managing emotional stress)
• 5.2: Decide when help is needed and when it is not needed to make a decision related to mental and emotional health (e.g., dealing with interpersonal conflict, managing emotional stress)
• 5.5: Choose a healthy option when making a decision related to mental and emotional health

NHES 6: Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.

• 5.1: Set a realistic goal to improve or maintain positive mental and emotional health
• 5.2: Track progress to achieving the goal to improve or maintain positive mental and emotional health
• 5.3: Identify resources that can help achieve a goal to improve or maintain positive mental and emotional health

NHES 7: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.

• 5.1: Describe mental and emotional practices and behaviors that reduce or prevent health risks
• 5.2: Demonstrate healthy mental and emotional health practices and behaviors
• 5.3: Make a commitment to practice healthy mental and emotional health behaviors

NHES 8: Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.

• 5.1: Give factual information to improve the mental and emotional health of others
• 5.2: State personal beliefs to improve the mental and emotional health of others
• 5.3: Demonstrate how to persuade others to make positive mental and emotional health choices