Always Changing & Growing Up Resources: Grades 5 & 6 is a school-based resource designed to teach pre-teens in Grades 5 and 6 about the transition between childhood and adolescence, and the beginning stages of puberty. To obtain accessible versions of any of these files, please contact Ophea.
Leader's Guide
Always Changing and Growing Up: Grades 5 & 6 Leader’s Guide offers background information about puberty, teaching activities as well as reproducible student worksheets.
Student Guide
Always Changing and Growing Up: Grades 5 & 6 Student Guide focuses on specific content such as menstruation and maintaining/developing self-confidence during puberty. The goal is to provide students with the opportunity to become familiar with this material in an easy-to-understand and confidential format.
Student Worksheets and Tests
Always Changing and Growing Up: Grades 5 & 6 Student Worksheets and Tests includes the following:
For Teachers
- Pre & Post Test Answers
- Activity Sheet Answers
For Students
- Activity Sheet 1: Introducing Terry
- Activity Sheet 2: Facts about female sex organs
- Activity Sheet 3: Facts about male sex organs
- Activity Sheet 4: Hidden Changes
- Activity Sheet 5: Myths and Facts about Personal Care
- Activity Sheet 6: Taking Care of Yourself
- Activity Sheet 7: Scrambled Words
- Activity Sheet 8: A Changing You Pre-test: What do you know about Puberty? Post-test: What do you know about Puberty?
