Suggested Monthly Plan.(health and nutrition education)(Brief Article)

By using timely topics and activities to introduce concepts and teach corresponding skills, the Staying Healthy series updates and enriches your health curriculum. Students can spend at least two to four weeks engaged in lesson and enrichment activities. The following plan can serve as an instructional guide. Activities might culminate in a school health fair.

Before students begin any activities, have them read, discuss, and respond to material in the book.

Grouping: Unit and lesson openers in Staying Healthy are designed for whole-class instruction. Follow-up activities allow students to work collaboratively in small groups or independently.

See pages 4--7 of this guide for specific lesson ideas.

 
Calendar 
 
 
 
Day 1               Day 2               Day 3 
Unit 1--Food for    Growing Bigger      Growing Stronger 
 Growth              (pp. 4--5)          (pp. 6--7) 
Don't Climb Too     * Work on           * Lead stretching 
 HIGH Too Often       preparing out-      exercises and 
 (pp. 2--3)           line and cut        discussion. 
* Have students       out bone shapes. 
  bring in 
  pictures, 
  product 
  containers for 
  mural. 
* Begin journal 
  activity. 
* Work on mural. 
 
Day 5               Day 6               Day 7 
 
Unit 2--Staying     * Go on field       On the Lookout at 
Safe                  trip to fire       School and Play 
Home: Safe and        station.           (pp. 12--13) 
Sound (pp.10--11)                       * Create safe- 
* Have speaker                            behavior chart. 
  discuss Heimlich                      * Observe behavior 
  maneuver.                               on playground 
* Act out stop,                           and discuss 
  drop, and roll                          observations. 
  procedure.                            * Begin art 
* Assign analyzing                        activity. 
  activity. 
 
Day 9               Day 10              Day 11 
 
* Work on school-   Unit 3--Getting     Who Can Help? 
  bus safety         Help                (pp. 18--19) 
  posters.          When Help Is        * Discuss Los 
* Hang posters       Needed Now           Angeles earth- 
  around school.    (pp. 16--17)          quake. 
                    * Role-play         * Introduce 
                      calling for help    community 
                      on phones.          service project. 
                    * Work on 
                      designing 
                      emergency telep- 
                      hone stickers. 
 
Day 13              Day 14              Day 15 
 
You Can Help        * Spend time on     Helpful Habits 
 (pp. 20--21)         community service  (pp. 22--23) 
* Listen to           project such as   * Discuss 
  speaker discuss     collecting ...