Suggested Monthly Plan.(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 
 
Unit 1--Emotions and Stress        * Make poster or collage 
Emotions--Up, Down, and Back         showing things that 
Again (pp. 2-3)                      make students feel 
* Write poems about emotions.        an emotion. 
* Share poems with class. 
 
Day 5                              Day 6 
 
Finding Solutions to Stress        Unit 2--Heart and Lungs 
(pp. 8-9)                          The Heart: Not Only for Loving 
* Make cards.                      (pp. 10-11) 
* Role-play situations.            * Discuss news stories about 
                                     transplants. 
 
Day 9                              Day 10 
 
Chemical Abuse (pp. 14-15)         * Design posters. 
* Analyze ads that encourage 
  smoking and drinking alcohol. 
 
 
 
Day 13                             Day 14 
 
* Present and discuss bar graphs.  Too Much...Too Little 
                                   (pp. 20-21) 
                                   * Analyze ads. 
                                   * Create ads. 
 
 
Day 17                             Day 18 
 
Unit 4--Diseases and Infection     The Cold: Common but 
Fighting Disease (pp. 26-27)       Complicated (pp. 28-29) 
* Draw pictures illustrating       * Analyze various cold 
  viruses and bacteria               remedies. 
* Discuss good health practices. 
 
 
 
Day 1                              Day 3 
 
Unit 1--Emotions and Stress        Under Pressure (pp. 4-5) 
Emotions--Up, Down, and Back       * Create and write interviews. 
Again (pp. 2-3) 
* Write poems about emotions. 
* Share poems with class. 
 
Day 5                              Day 7 
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