Health Education News Quarter 2, Edition 2 Ms. Nirode/Mrs. Boeker  TJMS Jaguars  Nov. 2016

Health Education Standards Expectations for what students should know and be able to do to promote personal, family, and community health. . 1. Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health. 2. Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behaviors. 3. Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information, products, and services to enhance health. 4. Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks. 5. Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health. 6. Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health. 7. Students will demonstrate the ability to practice healthenhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks. 8. Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.

Quarter 2: Earth Day Skits During quarter 2 students will participate in the annual Earth Day Skit Project. Each student will work in groups researching various Environmental issues. Each group will then write, memorize, practice, and perform their skits in class. The project is broke into smaller tasks and worked on and completed in class. This project meets Health Education Standard # 8: Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.

The top skits will be selected for an all school activity, the Earth Day Film Festival, that will be shown to students when Earth Week is observed. (Usually around April 22nd.)

Quarter 2 Mini Lessons—5

th grade would go on to Body Systems if there is time…

5th-6th Grade

8th Grade and 7th Grade

6th grade-Mini Units:

Mini Units: •

Healthy Choices-Lunch room Poster-Advocacy

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Heroin Took Over My Town Article-Scholastic Choices Magazine + quiz.

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The User’s Guide to Your Raging Brain-Scholastic Choices Magazine + Quiz

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Flu/Cold Season Prevention Tips-Poster-Advocacy

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Food Safety

5th-6th •

Guest Speaker:

OTC safety, a demonstration about poisons vs candy. (Concordia University of WI School of Pharmacy)

Want to see all the subjects that students can choose from for their Earth Day Project? Check out this link: Earth Day Topics

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Childhood Obesity More and more articles and studies have been published lately highlighting the childhood obesity problem, which they are now calling a world health crisis. Some of the top health organizations are saying that obesity is at an all time high, and things are not going to get any better any time soon. Childhood obesity can impact a child’s quality of life by causing physical, psychological, and health consequences. Would you like to learn more? Here are some of the major health organizations that are working together to solve the obesity health crisis:

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Ms. Nirode’s Homerooms

Mrs. Boeker’s Homerooms

3-8th Grade-mixed Mrs. Evenson (7th) Mrs. Greisch (7th) Mrs. Gaulke (7th) Mrs. Rashid (7th) Mr. Gosse (6th) Mrs. Allen (6th) Mrs. Taft (6th) Ms. Shupe (5TH) Mrs. Breuer(5TH) Mrs. Downing (5TH) Ms. Bretl (5TH)

• 4-8TH grade mixed • Mrs. Levy (7th) • Mrs. Scharnweber (7th) • Mrs. Tubbs (7th) • Mr. Liebergen (7th) • Mr. Cowen (6th) • Mrs. Reetz (6th) • Ms. Spaeth (6th) • Mr. Cavanagh (6th) • Ms. Verheyen (5th) • Mrs. Hartmann (5th) Mr. Wahl-Dowe (5th)

Nutrition Tips for Families • 10 Tips for a Healthy Plate • Eat Smart and Be Active as You Grow (for teen girls)

• World Health Organization

• Choose the Foods You Need to Grow (for teen guys)

• CDC

• Snack Tips for Parents

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015-2020 • National Institutes of Health Article: Childhood obesity: is it being taken seriously?

After Christmas: Student and Staff Fitness Challenge…More Fitness Opportunities

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Wellspring Farms-Slideshow 6th Grade Wellspring Wrap-Up (Field Trip)

Wellspring is a non-profit organic vegetable farm in the West Bend/Newburg area. At the farm, students learned the difference between organic and inorganic food, how to make two different variations of composting, how composting works, how to care for a garden, tried multiple organic vegetables from the fields, went on a tour of the farm, and were able to feed the chickens. Although short, the trip was very informative and our six graders represented TJMS very well. Due to Wellspring cancelling the field trip for the other half of the six graders (circumstances out of their control), Wellspring came in to the Health classes and brought with them a variety of different organic vegetables/fruits for the students to try. The students seemed to have a great time trying some foods that many had never even heard of! Overall, it was a great experience and we hope to carry on the tradition with more classes next year!

After Christmas break we will be getting our fitness on! Students and staff will be tracking their fitness for a whole school challenge. More news coming soon!

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Pumpkins in the Park Run: Slideshow

Fitness Days:

Health classes are mixing up our fitness days with indoor and outdoor walks.

Outdoor games for fitness fun!

After Christmas break we will be getting our fitness on! Students and staff will be tracking their fitness for a whole school challenge. More news coming soon!

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Pictures:

Indoor/Winter Fitness:

Can we keep the fitness going when the weather turns? Can we utilize TJMS space in the hallways and classroom to find ways to keep kids moving? That is what we will be trying! (Can students be trained to follow TJMS hallway rules even when they are traveling in packs of 50?)

Some indoor Ideas: • • • • •

Just Dance Youtube Strength Bands Body Weight Exercises Hallway walking (pool hall) Online Exercise Videos

Physical Fitness: Great Exercise By Mira Stimac

A good indoor exercise that works your abdominal muscles is a slide plank. Get in your plank position and put your feet on a magazine if you are on carpet or a rag if you are on hardwood. Slide your feet forward and backward keeping the rest of your body the same. Start with 10-18 reps, then move on to 18-20, 22-24, 26-28. After Christmas break we will be getting the our fitness on! Students and staff will be tracking their fitness for a whole school challenge. More news coming soon!