Communication Skills Worksheets: Appropriate and Inappropriate Topics

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Health Education

Grade(s)

3, 4, 5, 6

Overview

Topics that are okay with family may not be appropriate to share with a stranger, and conversations that are appropriate with friends on the schoolyard may not be meant for the holiday dinner table at Grandma’s. While teaching kids to initiate and communicate with others is crucial to making friends and thriving socially, students also need to learn what topics of conversation are appropriate with different types of people. 

Understanding the pragmatics of social communication is an essential life skill. We’ve created this set of lessons that can guide students through the different phases of appropriate and safe conversations as they meet and make friends, both in real life and digitally.

Health Education (2019) Grade(s): 3

HE19.3.4.1

Practice skills needed to develop and maintain personal relationships.

Health Education (2019) Grade(s): 3

HE19.3.4.2

Discuss healthy ways to express needs, wants, and feelings.

Health Education (2019) Grade(s): 4

HE19.4.2.1

Explain the influence of culture on health practices and behaviors.

Health Education (2019) Grade(s): 5

HE19.5.4.1

Utilize effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills to build and maintain relationships and enhance health.

Health Education (2019) Grade(s): 6

HE19.6.4.1

Apply effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills to enhance health.

Health Education (2019) Grade(s): 6

HE19.6.4.3

Determine when and how to utilize different communication strategies to deal with a variety of situations and conflicts.

CR Resource Type

Learning Activity

Resource Provider

Centervention

License Type

Custom
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