Transcript of Healthy Role Modeling in Language Arts Classrooms.
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- Healthy Role Modeling in Language Arts Classrooms
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- Including Nutrition Education
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- Nutrition Education in Reading/Writing - Preschool Storytelling
through pictures Gather nutrition-related books for story time Use
healthy foods to teach the alphabet: N is for Noodles O is for
Orange P is for Peaches
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- Lets give it a try! Compiling an Alphabet Book of Healthy Foods
Assign each person a letter of the alphabet. Write the letter and
draw a picture of a healthy food beginning with that letter. This
activity can be continued over several weeks until all letters of
the alphabet are used. Compile all the pictures into a book. Have
the class decide what should be on the cover of the book and then
read it together! Discuss each food and what food group it belongs
in.
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- Nutrition Education in Language Arts Elementary School Learn
the concept of sequencing. How is that food made? Creative writing-
have students write a folk tale about a favorite, healthy food
Create a class book about food Healthy food book reports
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- Elementary School, cont. Use nutrition concepts as
spelling/vocabulary words Practice alphabetizing with a list of
healthy foods Have students to prepare an oral report on one of the
food groups
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- Nutrition Education in Language Arts Middle/High School Teach
different writing styles: Persuasive Informative Descriptive
Impromptu/Extemporaneous
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- Middle/High School, cont. Compare and contrast a healthy diet
with an unhealthy diet Instruct students to prepare an oral report
on a current nutrition topic Have students create an ad for healthy
food
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- Including Physical Activity
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- Physical Activity in Reading/Writing - Preschool Ask for help
from your local school or community librarian Instruct students to
draw pictures of their favorite physical activity Letter scavenger
hunt Examples: Find something in the room that starts with the
letter C Find something that has an uppercase (capital) letter A
written on it
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- Lets Try It! Time for Letter Line-Up! cat
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- Let Line Up, cont. Lets try another example play
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- Letter Line Up, cont. Are you ready??? physical activity
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- Physical Activity in Language Arts Elementary School Write
stories or poems about their favorite sport or activity Create a
class book about physical activity Have your librarian assist you
in obtaining physical activity related books for students to read
Use exercise concepts as spelling/vocabulary words Give each
student a physical activity related word and time them to see how
fast they can line up in alphabetical order
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- Elementary School, cont. Sequencing/following directions
Activity breaks Jump for Homophones To, too, two There, their,
theyre Its, its
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- Physical Activity in Language Arts Middle/High School
Talk/Write about it Write about an Olympic event, the most
challenging sport/hobby theyve ever tried, etc. Develop physical
education presentations for peers or younger students. Compare and
contrast being physically active with being sedentary. Write a
research paper on an unusual sport, high-energy hobby, or emerging
trend in sports/activities.
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- Middle/High School, cont. Then get moving! Act it out!
Vocabulary Word Relay Play This or That