Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Consul K/1/2 Healthy Living
I've had this theme ready to be posted for a while. Sorry this is so late! We started out the month talking about healthy living habits. We watched Michelle Salt's video and completed her challenge to choose a goal for the month. We also did some Go Noodle activities to get us up and moving in the classroom as well. +Michelle Salt
Thursday, May 11, 2017
First Grade's Guide to Healthy Living
Healthy living was a fun topic!
We actually previewed the topic before watching the video. My students brainstormed eating fruits and vegetables, exercising, not eating a bunch of junk food, and drinking water. Those are what they always hear. Even when this health group came and talked with our kids, eating right and exercising were all they talked about.
Then we watched the video for Healthy Living. Our mentor Nate Hinze brought out several ways to stay healthy that we don't usually connect to being healthy. Those new ways led to numerous discussions. The one argued the most was wearing a seat belt. Some of my boys had been told by older kids that seat belts kill you if you're in a wreck. It took several discussions about seat belt safety to convince them the belts help instead of hurt.
After watching the video a few times, my students were ready to begin. I had them look for examples of healthy living in the school. They found the obvious P.E, classes and recess. But they also noticed teachers eating salads or fruit at lunch, adults and children drinking water instead of soda, and they also began to connect the healthy eating with some of the selections at lunch. Some of my students started choosing the vegetables that were offered. Most were willing to at least try the different veggies.
Several of my students began bringing water for recess. With the heat in Georgia this time of year that is one thing I had tried to get my students to do. While most didn't listen to me, they did listen to our mentor. Now most of my class brings a bottled water for recess.
Since we were nearing the end of our Classroom Champions experience (something my students are upset about), the children and I decided to make a video for our challenge. They came up with the healthy living ideas and I did the filming. The kids really enjoyed this one!
Healthy Living Video
We actually previewed the topic before watching the video. My students brainstormed eating fruits and vegetables, exercising, not eating a bunch of junk food, and drinking water. Those are what they always hear. Even when this health group came and talked with our kids, eating right and exercising were all they talked about.
Then we watched the video for Healthy Living. Our mentor Nate Hinze brought out several ways to stay healthy that we don't usually connect to being healthy. Those new ways led to numerous discussions. The one argued the most was wearing a seat belt. Some of my boys had been told by older kids that seat belts kill you if you're in a wreck. It took several discussions about seat belt safety to convince them the belts help instead of hurt.
After watching the video a few times, my students were ready to begin. I had them look for examples of healthy living in the school. They found the obvious P.E, classes and recess. But they also noticed teachers eating salads or fruit at lunch, adults and children drinking water instead of soda, and they also began to connect the healthy eating with some of the selections at lunch. Some of my students started choosing the vegetables that were offered. Most were willing to at least try the different veggies.
Several of my students began bringing water for recess. With the heat in Georgia this time of year that is one thing I had tried to get my students to do. While most didn't listen to me, they did listen to our mentor. Now most of my class brings a bottled water for recess.
Since we were nearing the end of our Classroom Champions experience (something my students are upset about), the children and I decided to make a video for our challenge. They came up with the healthy living ideas and I did the filming. The kids really enjoyed this one!
Healthy Living Video
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