Amanda Short

Health Unit Week 1 (AM Class)

2/29/16 3/4/16

(8:45-9:10)
Opening

Monday 2/29

Tuesday 3/1

Thursday 3/3

*Daily Routine:
Jobs, weather,
calendar, word wall
*Discussion: What
are germs?
*Read Aloud
Germs Are Not for
Sharing!

*Daily Routine:
Jobs, weather,
calendar, word wall
*Shared Writing:
Whats your
favorite food?
*Read Aloud:
Eating the
Alphabet
Paper Mache foods
art activity (My
Plate
activity/reminder)

*Daily Routine:
Jobs, weather,
calendar, word wall
*Discussion:
*Read Aloud: The
Busy Body Book

Friday 3/4

*Daily Routine:
Jobs, weather,
calendar, word wall
*Shared writing:
How many friends
have had a cavity?
(Tally Responses)
*Read Aloud: Molly
at the Dentist
(9:10-9:30) Small Water, Palmolive
Alphabet exercise
Molar Math activity
Group
soap and pepper
activity (A is for
Red paper and
discovery activity
arm circles, B is for mini-marshmallows.
(Soap makes germs
balance on one
Have students
run away.)
foot...)
match one-to-one
marshmallows for
each tooth spot on
the paper gums.
(9:30-10:30)
Art dirty
Writing - Name
Writing Index
Art - Cut out tan
Centers
hands/clean hands
Writing
cards with students teeth shapes, then
(Have students
Mystery Food Game names where they
paint white with a
trace two sets of
Place a food item
can write (or draw)
toothbrush.
hands. Color the
in a blind box and
their favorite ways
first set with brown have students
to exercise for our
Make for Hallway
and black markers reach in. Ask
anchor chart.
Display:
or glue and coffee
questions to prompt Puppet Show
White tooth =
grounds to
students thinking.
Students work in
healthy food
symbolize dirt. Use
Is hard or soft? Is it small groups to put collage
blue and white dot
smooth or rough?
on puppet shows
Brown tooth =

(10:30-10:40) 2nd
Large Group

paint to symbolize
soap/clean.)
Chef combo Nutrition
Read Aloud Sherm
the Germ
Discuss (Whole
Class): Ways to stay
healthy (Wash
hands, dont share
drinks/food, eat
well, brush teeth.)

(10:40-11:10)
Large Motor
(11:40-11:45)
Closing Circle

Volley ball, Beach

balls, bowling

Chef combo Nutrition

Read Aloud The
Boy Who Loved
Broccoli
Partner Activity:
Build a healthy
snack with the felt
boards in partners
at the carpet.

about ways to
move.
Chef combo Nutrition
Read Aloud
Stretch
Whole Class
Activity: Yoga
Stretches Move
through various
yoga poses that
encourage
stretching.

unhealthy food
collage
Chef combo Nutrition
Read Aloud Bears
Loose Tooth
Partner Activity:
Talk about losing
teeth with shoulder
partners. Does the
tooth fairy visit
you? Were you
scared? What
happened after you
lost a tooth?
Volley ball, Beach
balls, bowling

Volley ball, Beach

Volley ball, Beach
balls, bowling
balls, bowling
(11:15-11:35) Lunch
Goodbye Song/book Goodbye Song/book Goodbye Song/book Goodbye Song/book