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Sunday, March 31, 2019

Elementary Health Resources


It's funny to see in the shop what sells better than other things.  Health resources, that's what my teacher peeps are needing right now.  I'm guessing they're in the same boat I'm in these days- non-existent or extremely outdated provided health curriculum.   That's why I created these resources for my 3rd graders.  This is what my third-grade team uses for our whole first quarter health curriculum. 


Food Plate Informational Article, Meal Planning, Food Tracking Health Activity



Before, during, or after health lessons on keeping your body physically healthy, read about the benefits of eating healthy food and using the US Department of Agriculture's MyPlate.  Use the provided note-taking paper to organize information from the included article. There are two choices of articles, depending on the level of your readers. Students can use the information from the text to plan a healthy meal as well. Cumulate the activity with tracking your eating for a day or more. Two different tracking pages are included for your selection as well.
Contents:
Page 2  Teachers’ Notes
Page 3  Shorter, easier to read article
Page 4-5  Longer, more detailed passage (best for note-taking page)
Page 6  Note-taking Graphic Organizer
Page 7  Plan a Healthy Meal Activity
Page 8  Meal Tracking Sheet- option 1
Page 9  Meal Tracking Sheet- more detailed option


Cereal Nutrition to Compare the Nutritional Facts of Cereals




Students will read the nutritional labels on boxes of cereal and record and compare the nutritional value of various types of cereals.   This activity leads to interesting discoveries about nutritional facts, added vitamins, and if what appears to be healthy actually more healthy.
Contents:
Page 2  Teachers’ Notes/Directions
Page 3  Recording Sheet with 2 columns
Page 4  Recording Sheet with 3 columns


Compare Nutrition and Sugar Content of Popular Drinks




Before, during, or after health lessons on nutrition, visually compare the amount of sugar in some types of drinks.  Students can record their findings and answer questions about the sugar content and health aspects of popular drinks.  It’s especially interesting to compare the ‘healthy’ looking drinks with what might look ‘unhealthy.’

Contents:
Page 1-3  Teaching notes and conversion information
Page 4  Single-sided follow-along activity page
Page 5  Double-sided activity page- allows for more drink choices and more written responses.


Fire Safety Informational Article and Fire Safety Plan Activity



After studying fire safety from either reading the included text piece (choice of two reading levels) or using your school provided curriculum, students can create their own fire safety plan for their own home.  If using the included text, the ‘taking notes’ foldable can be assembled and used to sort information from the article.
Contents:
Page 2  Teachers’ Notes
Page 3  Fire Safety Article -lower reading level option
Page 4-5 Fire Safety Article- longer, higher-level option
Page 6-7  Note Taking Foldable and Directions
Page 8  Fire Safety Plan Project and Rubric


The Benefits of Sleep For Health Informational Text and Activity



Read about the health benefits of sleep with the included informational text, use the graphic organizer to sort the information from the text in web form, or use the main idea and detail organizer. Students can then track their sleep and energy level for several days.   

Contents:
Page 2  Teacher’s Notes and Directions
Page 3 Article about Benefits of Sleep
Page 4  Note Taking Page
Page 5  Main Idea Graphic Organizer
Page 6  Sleep Tracking Sheet


Communicable and Non Communicable Diseases Informational Text and Activity




After reading about communicable and non-communicable diseases in, either in your health curriculum and/or using the provided informational text, students visit patient charts as ‘doctors’ making diagnosis. Students refer to their reading and record their findings on their doctor notes page. I say this several times during the year, but this is one of my favorite activities we do!

 Contents:
Page 1-2 Teacher Notes, Answer Key
Page 3 Informational Text For Students
Page 4 Doctor Name Badges
Page 5 Recording Sheet
Page 7-9 Patient Charts

Understanding Your Feelings and Emotions Health Lesson




This health lesson includes a full-page article about emotions, feelings, body language,
and self-control for students to read and evaluate for main idea and detail, or use for note-taking practice. There are pieces for two different hands-on activities to reinforce the ideas of body language and facial expressions being indicators to someone's emotions. Included are a journaling writing activity sheet and a fun doodling activity.
Contents:  
Page 1 Teachers Notes
Page 2 Feelings and Emotions informational article
Page 3 Note-taking web organizer
Page 4 Main Idea and Detail graphic organizer
Page 5-9 10 photos showing emotions
Page 10 12 emotion cards for playing ‘act it out’
Page 13-14 Finish the Face emotions journaling  pages
Page 15 Finish the Face drawing page


Importance of Exercise For Youth Health Reading Article and Hands-On Activities


This health lesson includes a full-page article about exercise (types of exercise, benefits for the body, and safety precautions) for students to read and evaluate in order to summarize or use for note-taking practice. Included are a heart rate observation activity and recording sheet and an activity tracking sheet for students to use over several days to track their physical activity.
  
Contents:  
Page 1 Teachers Notes
Page 2 The Importance of Exercise For Your Health article
Page 3 Note-taking web organizer
Page 4 Summarizing Sheet- graphic organizer
Page 5 Aerobic exercise observation activity and recording sheet
Page 6 Activity tracker sheet

Pathogens and the Body




Students will research the ways that pathogens enter the human body and how the body protects itself. Students are asked to help research for the creation of an app. They will complete research using the provided articles, present their research to the class, create an "app" icon and add to the "app" map.
*Students are NOT using technology for this activity and NOT actually creating an app.

Content:
Page 1 Teacher Directions
Page 2 Pathogens and the body pre-reading page
Page 3-14  Research article and questions on 6 topics
Page 15 Icon design page
Page 16 Body map

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Or get it all in a bundle and save some money.  This is the bundle I'll continue to update.  When you buy now, you'll get free updates as I add resources this summer.  The price will increase as items are added, but by buying in now, you pay once and get all the updates as I add them for no charge.  

Health Reading and Activities -Nutrition, Fire Safety, Sleep, Diseases, Exercise   

(and... Food Plate and Exercise and Pathogens)




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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Assembly Line Project -ready to share

I've written about this favorite hands-on social studies project before, but I've finally sat down and put something together so others can easily put this project together too.  It's on my TPT store From The Hive.  I did this project with my second and third graders my first year teaching in 2002 and have done it most years since.   





After reading about production, Henry Ford, and assembly lines, students will participate in their own hands-on assembly line, and- get to enjoy a yummy treat! Then, they will reflect on the project with a differentiated written reflection.

*Prior to your assembly line, send home a note to parents (a sample letter is included). You don’t need everything I've listed, but several ingredients are best.

*In the days before the assembly line, read the informational text about production, assembly lines, and Henry Ford.  Use your social studies curriculum and/or the included informational text as needed.


*The day of:   line up several desks of same height or tables of the same height.  Make a bulletin board paper belt around the desks. Then, set up the fruit and supplies needed. I typically do this prep work while the kids are out of the room for a special.  I promise the prep work is going to be worth it!


When the students come back, I welcomed them to their first day on the job at the fruit salad factory.  I explain how the assembly line works and what the jobs are. I make sure each person gets a job. There is detailed information about the job types and roles included.

The following day students work through a written reflection activity.  There are two differentiated reflection sheets to choose from for your learners.


You can certainly put this activity together on your own.  But, if you're interested in my ready to go product, you can find it here.  It's engaging and memorable and your students are going to love it!  
 
 

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Friday, June 15, 2018

Another novel study- The Hundred Dresses

I didn't know this until I started selling on TPT, but when you put a product out there that you've been working on... like really working on, it's a little like putting your kid on the school bus for the first time.  


I was that mom that followed the bus the first day- just in case there was an accident.  Just saying.   Bee went to the zoo, accident-free. 


Find it here in my TPT store, From The Hive


I've got my next Novel Study ready to go!  It's another unit that I've used parts of in class with my third graders for a few years, but all cleaned up in a tidy package ready to go- and ready to share with others.  Putting my kid on the bus here.


The Hundred Dresses is a classic story- it's sweet and fun with a strong message about bullying and teasing.  Despite the title and the fact that the three leads are girls, it's not a girly story.  I've always found that boys really hang on the bullying and teasing theme in the story and are happy to read past the reason that the girls tease poor Wanda.  




So, this novel study, like my Charlotte's Web Novel Study, guides you and your students through the reading of the story.  It has lesson plans for two weeks, and guided pages to work through the story elements. 

  • Characters: Listing Character Traits, Mind Map, Prompted Journal Entries, Guided Reading Response
  • Plot: Storyboard Illustrations, Note Taking Sheets, Chapter Questions (2-3 questions per chapter), 
  • Condensed Chapter Questions (2-3 questions per 2 chapters)
  • Word Choice: Vocabulary, Word Maps
  • Setting: Setting Sketch, Setting Map 
  • Mentor Sentences: One per week
  • Weekly Assessments and Cumulative Activities: Weekly Vocabulary Assessments, Weekly Written Response Assessment, Differentiated Choice Project


                                           Find it here in my TPT store, From The Hive




I like to compile the pages I want to use (there's more in my units than I can use in the allotted time- but more is better right!) number them and assemble them in pronged folders.  That way nothing falls out and the kids can find the right page when needed.  I love working through a novel with my kiddos!


I also have a freebie sample piece, a Differentiated Cumulative Project.  There are six choices for the final project sure to engage even the most reluctant learner. 




Also exciting for my shop, it's on Instagram now! 
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Sunday, May 6, 2018

Charlotte's Web Novel Study

I say it like a dozen times during the year, but this is my favorite thing we do all year.  I love reading Charlotte's Web with my third graders.  I love it because even though they've seen the movie, most haven't read the book.  Even those that have still enjoy another read. There are some sweet and funny parts and I love Templeton's lines- he's the best.  For the past several years we've been using random pieces from various sources and piecemealed our study together.  I decided to create my own resource that contains everything I wanted to use for our novel study.  It's ready and I've been using it and I'm ready to share it in my shop. 


I sorted the items into Plot:


Characters:


Setting:


Word Choice:


Mentor Text:


 Assessment pieces:


and Cumulative Activites:


 I'm super excited that it's done, happy to have a complete (and tidy and rigorous) resource for my kiddos and for my team.  I'm also really excited because next year when it's time for this, I'll be giving this to my student teacher!  I can't say how excited I am to have a student teacher.  We met this week and she is fan-tas-tic! 

 I'm breaking this big novel study up into chunks to also list small pieces.  Right now, I have listed the whole inclusive novel study.

Charlotte's Web Novel Study @From the Hive



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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Prefixes

I took this linguistic class in college that was the hardest class I ever took.  It was part of my reading specialist certificate (a title they shortly later got rid of).  I worked harder than I had in any other class and really learned a lot (and I still mess up more than I should!).  I don't think I earned higher than a B in there, but it was well earned.  I made pretty good grades in college, but I think I was more proud of that B than other better grades.  Isn't that funny about hard work, how rewarding it is? 

 Maybe it started in that linguistic class, but I really love working with prefixes with my kiddos. 

 I was making up some prefix stuff for my kiddos this year and thought I'd stick them in the shop.  Apparently, other teachers are working on the same skills because they're doing pretty well.

Each set has an introduction activity where you can present these prefixes and delve into the way they change words. 



Then each set has an application activity sheet.  This can be used dozens of ways.  It can be an in-class piece, a daily five tool, or an assessment sheet. 


 I have a freebie so you can see what they're like and try it out without risk:


Prefixes that Mean Not  mis, un, dis, im, in



The other sets are available separately and in a bundle:







-or- Save over $3.00 with the prefix bundle!
Did you know that you can earn 5% back in TPT credits when you leave feedback!  I just got caught up on leaving feedback and now have $3.00 ready to go towards my next purchase!  Sellers love feedback (especially the good kind).  That's a win-win!
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