Cortland

Middle School
December

What We Learned In Class…

Suggestions to Help Students
In class, the students have been learning about the importance of
physical activity and how they can live healthy lives. The following
ways are examples where you can assist what the students are
learning in class during their lives at home:

 The students have a journal where they write a new log every Nutrition Guidelines
day and discuss how they were active that day. To make sure (According to the 2015-2020
they keep being active, the whole family can do an activity Dietary Guidelines for Americans)
together
 2-2 ½ cups of a variety of
 Students are learning about how what they eat can affect their vegetables
health. You can bring them to the grocery store and point at
what is healthy and what is a treat food  1 ½ -2 cups of fruits
(whole fruits)
 In the beginning of the year, students took the FitnessGram
that tested their different components of health. To continue  6-ounce equivalents of
developing on those components, families can do activities grains (half are whole
together that effect their endurance, strength, or flexibility grains)

 3 cup equivalents of fat

free or low-fat dairy

 5 ½ ounce equivalent of
protein

 27 grams (5 teaspoons)
of oils

Food and Physical

Fun Fact: Physical activity has loads of benefits! Activity Tracking
From strengthen your bones and muscles, helping Resources
you sleep better, lowering your risk of getting sick,  ChooseMyPlate.gov
and helping maintain your weight, there are so many
benefits to being physical active.  MyFitnessPal.com
How to Be Physical Active
Physical Activity Guidelines Community Locations
The recommended amount of physical activity every Locations where the whole family can participate in
child should try to achieve: physical activity:

 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical  JM MacDonald Sports Center

activity a day
 Cortland County Family YMCA
 3 days a week should be vigorous to
intensity exercise
Community Events and
 3 days a week should include muscle- Opportunities
strengthen exercises
Local events that promote physical activity the
 3 days a week should include bone- whole family can take part in:
strengthen exercises
 Walk to End Alzheimer’s

 Brunch and Yoga at Tax Pub and Grill

Middle School aged students should receive 60 minutes of physical activity a

How to Keep day. Here are multiple opportunities that can help students reach that goal:

Students  After School Intramurals  Family Fun Nights

Active  Sports Teams  Activity Breaks