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USER GUIDE

Grades 3-5 Activity Worksheet


The flu is a serious disease, but it is also preventable. Teaching students about the flu and the importance of annual
flu vaccination is critical to help them stay healthy throughout the flu season.
We hope this worksheet provides a fun way to learn about the flu!

Flu Facts
• Influenza is also called “the flu”.
• The flu virus infects the respiratory system, which includes your nose, throat, and lungs.
• Flu symptoms usually start suddenly and may include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or
body aches, headaches, and tiredness.
• Children and adults can spread the flu before they even feel sick and even after they feel better!
• Typically, flu season can begin in October and can last as late as May.

Flu Myths vs. Facts


Myth #1: The flu is just a bad cold.

False: The flu is often confused with the common cold, but flu symptoms tend to develop quickly and are
usually worse. A serious and highly contagious disease, the flu spreads through tiny droplets made when an
infected person talks, coughs or sneezes and may spread up to 6 feet away.

Myth #2: Getting the flu vaccine every year isn’t necessary.
False: It’s important to get your flu vaccine each and every year. Because flu viruses are constantly
changing, the flu vaccine may be updated each flu season to provide protection against the flu viruses
expected to circulate that season. In addition, a person’s immune protection from vaccination declines over
time. Therefore, annual vaccination is needed for optimal protection.

Myth #3: Healthy people don’t need a flu vaccine.


False: The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention recommends that everyone 6 months of age and older
get vaccinated against the flu every year because flu may lead to serious complications, even for young
healthy people.

Stay Healthy During Flu Season


• The best way to stay healthy this and every flu season is by getting the flu vaccine. It is quick and simple and
the best way to protect yourself and everyone around you from this serious disease.

• In addition to getting an annual flu vaccination, make sure to practice other healthy habits, too, such as:
- Washing your hands frequently with soap and water or using hand sanitizer.
- Staying home if you don’t feel well.
- Covering your nose and mouth (with a tissue or your elbow) when you sneeze or cough.
- Avoiding touching your eyes, nose, or mouth because germs spread this way.
- Getting enough sleep.
- Eating a healthy and balanced diet.

Answer key for worksheet on page 2.

It's Not ‘JUST ’ the Flu - It’s a Serious Disease!


Get Your Flu Vaccine Today!
www.preventchildhoodinfluenza.org/school October 2015

Made possible by a grant to


Families Fighting Flu
from AstraZeneca
Answer key:
Activity 1
1. It’s your friend’s birthday party today, but you feel sick. What should you do?
a. Tell your parents/guardians how you feel and stay home.
b. Put on your favorite clothes and get ready to party.
2. Your friend doesn’t feel well, but she still wants to play with you on the playground. What should you do?
a. Meet her on the playground after lunch - it IS recess.
b. Tell her she should talk to a trusted grown up, like a teacher or the nurse.
3. You know you have to wash your hands often, but for how long? What should you do?
a. Wash your hands for 20 seconds, or sing “happy birthday” to yourself twice.
b. Just wet your hands and walk away.
4. Your sister is sneezing and coughing a lot. What should you do?
a. Tell her she's making too much noise.
b. Nicely ask her to cover her mouth and nose with a tissue when she coughs or sneezes to prevent spreading germs.
5. When you are tired it is common to rub your eyes, but your friend said that's not a healthy habit. What should you do?
a. Your friend is right! To keep those germs from spreading, try not to touch your eyes, mouth, or nose. And make sure you’re getting
enough sleep.
b. Rub your eyes as much as you want.

6. You don’t want to miss out on any fun because you have the flu. What should you do?
a. Borrow your friend’s Halloween mask and wear it everywhere.
b. Get the flu vaccine and practice other healthy habits, such as staying home when you're sick or covering your mouth and nose with a
tissue when you cough or sneeze.

Activity 2 Activity 3
Can you discover the missing clue to help stay healthy this Can you help Detective Amy solve this flu case?
flu season? Using the words below, fill in the blanks and solve the case!
Getting your flu vaccine High | aches | fruit | coughing | tissues
Eating healthy food It was a dark, stormy night when Detective Amy was called. High fevers
Going to bed early were all around. People were sneezing and coughing, without covering
Staying home when you don’t feel well their noses and mouths, and she sensed germs everywhere. The bowl of
Covering your nose and mouth when you sneeze and cough healthy fruit was still there, but the blankets and tissues were gone.
But one is missing! Do you know what it is? People were complaining of aches and pains, and of being very tired.
Washing your hands frequently with soap and water or using
Can you help Detective Amy figure out what is
hand sanitizer.
happening on this stormy night?
a. A great big party, complete with blanket forts!
b. They have the flu!

It's Not ‘JUST ’ the Flu - It’s a Serious Disease!


Get Your Flu Vaccine Today!
www.preventchildhoodinfluenza.org/school October 2015

Made possible by a grant to


Families Fighting Flu
from AstraZeneca
BE A FLU DETECTIVE
Find the Clues for Staying Healthy
During Flu Season! Activity 1

What should you do? Detective


Can you find the best answers to help get a clue
Dan
about the flu?
1. It’s your friend’s birthday party today, but you feel sick.
What should you do?
a. Tell your parents/guardians how you feel and stay home.
b. Put on your favorite clothes and get ready to party.

2. Your friend doesn’t feel well, but she still wants to play
with you on the playground. What should you do? Learn these flu facts to
a. Meet her on the playground after lunch - it IS recess. stay healthy!
b. Tell her she should talk to a trusted grown up, like a teacher or
the nurse.
• Influenza is also called “the flu”!
• It is a virus that can spread from person to
3. You know you have to wash your hands often, but for person, affecting your nose, throat, and lungs.
how long? What should you do?
a. Wash your hands for 20 seconds, or sing “happy birthday” to yourself • Getting the flu vaccine each year is the best
twice. way to stay healthy during flu season. It is also
b. Just wet your hands and walk away. helpful to practice other healthy habits, too,
such as washing your hands often or covering
4. Your sister is sneezing and coughing a lot. your nose and mouth when you sneeze
What should you do? or cough.
a. Tell her she's making too much noise.
b. Nicely ask her to cover her mouth and nose with a tissue when she
coughs or sneezes to prevent spreading germs.
How did you do?
5. When you are tired it is common to rub your eyes, but Are you a flu detective?
your friend said that's not a healthy habit. What should
6 correct: You have more than a clue.
you do? Thanks for your help and fight flu by sharing your
a. Your friend is right! To keep those germs from spreading, try
flu knowledge with others!
not to touch your eyes, mouth, or nose. And make sure you’re
getting enough sleep. 5 correct: You're on your way to staying healthy!
b. Rub your eyes as much as you want. Thanks for your help!
4 correct: You’re starting to get the idea.
6. You don’t want to miss out on any fun because you Ask your teacher or parent/guardian for more
have the flu. What should you do? healthy tips.
a. Borrow your friend’s Halloween mask and wear it everywhere. 3 or less correct: Ask your teacher or parent/
b. Get the flu vaccine and practice other healthy habits, such as guardian for tips to help fight the flu. Then practice
staying home when you're sick or covering your mouth and nose them everyday to try to keep the flu away!
with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.

It's Not ‘JUST ’ the Flu - It’s a Serious Disease!


Get Your Flu Vaccine Today!
www.preventchildhoodinfluenza.org/school October 2015

Made possible by a grant to


Families Fighting Flu
from AstraZeneca
ACTIVITY 2
Can you discover the missing clue to help
Activity stay healthy this flu season?
2&3
Detective Getting your flu vaccine
Amy Eating healthy food
Going to bed early
Staying home when you don’t feel well
Covering your nose and mouth when you sneeze and cough

But one is missing! Do you know what it is?

ACTIVITY 3
Can you help Detective Amy solve this flu case?
Using the words below, fill in the blanks and solve the case!

High | aches | fruit | coughing | tissues

It was a dark, stormy night when Detective Amy was called. ____________ fevers were all around.
People were sneezing and ____________, without covering their noses and mouths, and she sensed germs
everywhere. The bowl of healthy ____________ was still there, but the blankets and ____________ were
gone. People were complaining of ____________ and pains, and of being very tired.

Can you help Detective Amy figure out what is happening on this stormy night?
a. A great big party, complete with blanket forts!
b. They have the flu!

It's Not ‘JUST ’ the Flu - It’s a Serious Disease!


Get Your Flu Vaccine Today!
www.preventchildhoodinfluenza.org/school October 2015

Made possible by a grant to


Families Fighting Flu
from AstraZeneca

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