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Circus Acts
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Activities and challenges that involve a variety of basic and advanced motor skills. Many use higher level thinking skills as well as engaging both sides of the brain to perform a task. Juggling enhances visualization skills. Often people of high intelligence but of low to average coordination are excellent in the endeavor of circus activities.
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Dental Health
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Students will build upon their knowledge of dental Health. This experience was done within a unit on dental health during dental health week. Students will see what causes tooth decay can cause and how certain foods affect their teeth. The importance of brushing and proper oral hygiene will be reiterated.
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Food Pyramid
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The lesson was developed for the learning standards because of the need to integrate as many curricula areas as possible for both academic and motivational rigor. I learned a great deal in preparing this unit.
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Healthy Eating
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Students will evaluate their own diets and electronically log their daily entries. During daily lessons students will learn about the food pyramid and different types of diets and how they relate to long term health. Students will research various diets and report out both verbally and in writing. Power Point will be used as a way for students to demonstrate their knowledge of what constitutes a proper diet.
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ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT
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This Learning Unit and Learning Experience connect with the following NYS Learning Standards: English Language Arts; Mathematics; Science and Technology; Career Development and Occupational Studies; Health, Physical Education, and Family and Consumer Sciences. Please not that a similar or modified Learning Unit and Learning Experience might correlate with the same and/or different NYS Standards depending on the literature and projects chosen.
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100 Years and Counting
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This unit is primarily based on the book ...If You Lived: 100 Years Ago, by Ann McGovern. The book is a wonderful resource and full of information that is written in children's language. It covers all of the information that will be studied such as schooling, clothing, jobs, transportation and conveniences (or inventions) from the time period extending from the late 1800's to the early 1900's. The book explains what it was like primarily in New York City, which fits in nicely with the fourth grade curriculum, but also can tie in nicely with the third grade curriculum as it covers many different communities from around the world.
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Making Healthy Nutritional Choices
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Why is a study of nutrition essential to a healthy life? How do nutrients help the body? How will the Internet be helpful in this search?
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