October 2011 -- Healthy Choices! Kindergarten
Intro Red Ribbon Week
Draw a pizza and discuss 8 healthy choices:
1-Celebrate being Drug-Free!
2-Eating healthy foods--fruits, veggies, lean proteins
3-Drink Water
4-Be Active!
5-Go to bed at 8:00
6-Hang out with your family!
7-Keep Clean
8-READ
Everybody stand up and as the music plays, pass the "squishy." Squish, squish, and pass it! When the music stops, share a healthy habit.
Read Sweet Tooth by Margie Palantini
Extend--Safe Choices for "Trick or Treat" Fun
Cool or Uncool?
Wear a big brother's costume that is too big.
Wear a mask or make up?
Have your parents check over your treats.
Use a flashlight or wear a glow in the dark necklace.
Participate in a Harvest Festival, Hoedown, etc.
Go out without your parents (or other adult supervision)
Wear reflective tape on your costume.
Eat ALL your candy in one night!
October 2011 -- Healthy Choices! 4th Grade
Katy Perry's Firework--check out lyrics
You are an individual! You can make a difference.
Share the history of Red Ribbon Week--one person made a difference! http://www.justice.gov/dea/ongoing/red_ribbon/redribbon_history.html
How to take care of you? Healthy Choices:
1-Celebrate being Drug-Free!
2-Eating healthy foods--fruits, veggies, lean proteins
3-Drink Water
4-Be Active!
5-Go to bed at 8:00
6-Hang out with your family!
7-Keep Clean
8-READ
Create a commericial, song, bookmark, poster with a "healthy choice" slogan! Work individually or with a small group.
Wrap Up--YOU can make a difference! Your can make HEALTHY CHOICES!
Follow Up--Sweet Tooth by Margie Palantini
October 2011 -- Healthy Choices! 2nd Grade
Celebrate YOU! "POETRY BREAK"
I'm Glad I'm Me
No one looks
The way I do.
I have noticed
That it's true.
No one walks the way I walk.
No one talks the way I talk.
No one plays the way I play.
No one says the things I say.
I am special.
I am me.
There's no one else
I'd rather be!
Intro Red Ribbon Week
Draw a pizza and discuss 8 healthy choices:
1-Celebrate being Drug-Free!
2-Eating healthy foods--fruits, veggies, lean proteins
3-Drink Water
4-Be Active!
5-Go to bed at 8:00
6-Hang out with your family!
7-Keep Clean
8-READ
Read Sweet Tooth by Margie Palatini
Check for understanding by checking for healthy and unhealthy choices:
After school, go home and watch tv all afternoon.
Take a bath this evening.
Read 20 minutes daily.
Stay up until midnight.
Eat birthday cake and ice cream for breakfast.
Bring a water bottle to school.
Celebrate Red Ribbon Week.
Eat supper with your family and talk about your day.
Go for a bike ride with a friend.
Brush your teeth before bed time.
Eat your apple first at lunch.
Only drink soda.
Resources for HC Lesson:
clown hair, prescription bottle, pizza hat, Eating Well by Lisa Trumbauer, Drinking Water by Mari C. Schuh, Being Active by Mari C. Schuh, Why Should I Go to Bed Now? by Louise Spilsbury, Keeping Clean by Slim Goodbody, Sweet Tooth by Margie Palatini, Incredible Me! by Kathi Appelt