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3. Fitness - Nutrition


Overview: Fitness and Nutrition

Goal: Building understanding of good nutrition, daily exercise and sufficient rest for life-long health.


Life Skills
  • Collaboration/Cooperation
  • Communication
  • Critical Thinking
  • Goal Setting
  • Presentation
  • Problem Solving
  • Reading
  • Research
  • Technology
  • Writing

Developmental Assets
  • Commitment to Learning - Students are actively engaged in learning and are motivated to do well in school
  • High Expectations - Both parents and teachers expect and encourage students to do well
  • Restraint - Students believe it is important not to be sexually active or to use alcohol or other drugs
  • Responsibility - Students accept and take personal responsibility
Assignments for each unit are contained in the Health Links - Assignments and Resources portal.  Students and parents can access the portal using the account login provided to them at the start of the course.  The link below will take you to the portal.
Parent Bulletins (Grades 1-5): Aligned with each two-week unit that Middle School students and parents will be exploring, students and parents in grades 1-5 will be encouraged to explore health related topics and to build family engagement around health issues.  Students in grades 1-5 will receive paper copies of the bulletin, but they can also be accessed (downloaded) from the following page. 

Grade 1-5 teachers, please visit the link below and print paper copies of Parent Bulletin 1 for your students grade level.
*  Teachers can obtain additional materials and lesson resources for this topic from Mr. Arnold.

Unit Presentation - Fitness and Nutrition
Monday, March 2, 11:15 - Noon

Kendra Burns
Nutrition Associate
University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Ms. Burns is a Nutrition Associate with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Hancock County. She earned a degree from the University of Texas. Kendra previously worked for the Cooperative Extension in Tennessee before moving back to Maine.

She enjoys teaching nutrition and takes a special interest in helping people enjoy a more healthy diet. She provides free and confidential nutrition education to eligible persons in Blue Hill, Stonington, Bucksport and surrounding towns. Lesson topics and activities are based on skills, needs, and interests of the participants.

For more information on the nutrition program or other educational programs of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, call the County Extension office at 667-8218 or visit them online at www.umext.maine.edu. Extension offices are located at 63 Boggy Brook Road in Ellsworth, ME 04605-9540
Resources

Websites
Family Foundations

Examples:
  • As this course begins, check out the online resources and information we have started to organize in the Health Links websites.  Talk together and have an understanding of the requirements and resources that will help you learn more about important health topics.
  • Set aside regular time to talk together and discuss the health topics your child is exploring this semester.  This family connection is vital to how your child thinks about and will make choices that impact their health and happiness.
  • Learn something together about Fitness and Nutrition and apply it to start a family habit that will positively impact the health of your whole family.