Save medicine packages for reviewing common
health problems.
Talk with learners about possible rules regarding
sickness and school/daycare attendance.
Talk with learners about the availability of common
cold medication.
Inform learners about the Health Interpreter
program. Specially trained health interpreters can
accompany newcomers to the doctor and act as
interpreters. For more information call (902) 425-
5409.
If learners don't have a family doctor, encourage
them to find one.
Introduce the abbreviation for teaspoon (tsp).
Some medicine packages use teaspoon and some
use tsp.
1 tsp = 5 ml
1½ tsp= 7½ ml
2 tsp= 10 ml
2½ tsp= 12½ ml
3 tsp = 15 ml
Activities
Visit the clinic.
Look at learners' health cards. Identify the information
on it to your learners. Review when you need your Health
Card.
Collect common medicine packages for the health
problems introduced in this chapter (e.g. cough
medicine, sore throat medicine, etc.) Look at the
labels and identify the words learned in this chapter.