·       Unit Topic or Theme: Healthy body

·       Grade: Fourth grade

• Lesson Topic: Understanding the basics of what a person needs to create a healthy lifestyle.

• Lesson Objectives: The student will be able to see four essentials needed to create a healthy lifestyle. Students will be able to see what essentials they need more than others. For example, students will see how they need water the most and how rest was needed less than the other aspects. Students will be able to determine if the lives they currently live are healthy.
• Instructional Technique: A discussion will take place before and after the exercise. The discussion before the exercise will be to see what kids think a healthy lifestyle is like. Discussion will be the technique after the students participate on the interactive website. The discussion after is to see if the students believe they live healthy lives and, to see what they think it takes to be healthy. The activity is the most important because it will show students what they need to be healthy and, the order of what is most important and necessary. The discussion will come before and after because discussion is the best way to assess students formally and, students get excited when they can talk about themselves. After, the teacher will show the students two pictures to wrap up the exercise and, reinforce the ideas that the class had just discussed.
• Instructional Materials:

A white board and expo marker to right down student’s thoughts and ideas.

A handout for going through interactive website and, worksheet to test knowledge when finished with activity. Also, the homework handout for kids to work on all week at home.

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/healthgrowth.html  (Student Interactive Activity) 

http://jackienewgent.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/MEDIA-PROJECT-CONSULTATION_8-Habits-of-Healthy-Kids.gif  (Students summary for review by teacher)

https://www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au/parents-carers/5-ways-to-a-healthy-lifestyle.aspx  (Parents)

·       Theoretical Perspective: Learning about living a healthy lifestyle is extremely important. America is among the top ten for unhealthiest nations in the world. Teaching kids how important health is can be valuable to them so, they understand it is important to be healthy. Also, if kids live a healthy lifestyle, they will be more alert and focused in class. Taking care of yourself and being healthy is scientifically proven to make you more energetic and alert. This could help students be more alert and focused when they get to school if they appreciate the lesson and do their homework. As a teacher, if you can get the students excited about this lesson you may help the students become interested in living healthier which, improves classroom learning.

• Procedure:

A.    Introductory Activity (if applicable)

The teacher will write down on the left side of a whiteboard what the students believe being healthy means. The teacher will ask what the students believe they need to be healthy and, what the students think is most necessary to be healthy. This will help the teacher understand what the students already know and, get the kids interested in the lesson.

B.    Step-by-step (descriptive outline)

To begin, the teacher will ask the students what they believe it means to be healthy. The teacher will also ask if the students know some of the main things needed to live a healthy lifestyle. The teacher will write down what the students think about being healthy on one side of the board. After the students finish participating in the discussion, they will receive a handout that will guide them to completing the activity. The worksheet will guide students to the website and, help guide them through the activity. When students finish exploring the steps in the activity they will gather as a class for another group discussion. The discussion will test what the students have learned after participating in the interactive activity. The teacher will write down what the students are saying right next to the introductory activity. By doing this, the students will be able to compare and see what they have learned about being healthy. The students will also be able to see how their understanding of what it means to be healthy has increased after the activity. After the students do this, they will get a worksheet from the teacher to test if they really understand what is essential for being healthy. The worksheet will provide the teacher with the knowledge if her students understood the website and lesson. If students participated in the interactive activity and group discussion, then they will understand the worksheet. The worksheet is for the teacher to see if she needs to review and, to make sure the students participated in the interactive activity with attentiveness. If the students participated then they will complete all the objectives and, be able to answer the questions related to the objectives on the worksheet.

C.    Closure

After having the discussion and making the students complete the work sheet, the teacher will show another link. The link contains a list of eight healthy habits for kids. The link is found above and says students in parenthesis next to it. By having the teacher show the students this website and talking about it the students will get a good wrap up of the lesson. The image will tie together everything talked about during the lesson and, the teacher can ask if the students have any questions. The homework assignment will then be explained and handed to the kids. A letter will be attached to the homework assignment explaining the lesson to the parents and, containing the link specified above. The link will contain more information on living a healthy life and, will open their eyes to what it really takes to be healthy. Thus, leading to parents motivating their kids to become healthier and lead more healthy lives.

D. Adaptations for different learners (i.e. non-native speakers, struggling readers or math phobic learners, students with poor study skills) Students who struggle to read can ask the teacher to read the directions to them. Also, the teacher could read out loud the directions as students go through the activity. The steps are the same so, saying them out loud can help students know what they are doing when they go through the activity.

E. Homework

Students will receive a handout of a log that has a checklist to see if they participate in a healthy life style. The handout will be for a week and contain four items. The students will check off if they had water that day, if they ate three meals that day, if they exercised away from school or for at least thirty minutes, and if they got at least eight hours of sleep. Parents will also be sent this website link so, they can also see the benefits of helping their kids live healthier lives. Parents will be able to explore the website and, this will hopefully make them want to make sure their kids do their worksheet. Parents may also become interested in helping their own family live healthier and, involving the parents can help make them feel involved in helping their kids learning. The best part is that it also helps make their kids healthier too.

 https://www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au/parents-carers/5-ways-to-a-healthy-lifestyle.aspx (Parents)

• Evaluation:

A.    How/ when will you determine if you have met your objectives?

Determining when the objectives are met will be done by giving the students an exercise after they complete the website activity. The exercise will begin with a discussion to see the difference in what the students understand about being healthy after the interactive exercise. Then, the students will be given a worksheet with questions that the teacher can use to assess if the students fully understand what they did on the interactive website. The questions will be geared toward seeing if the students achieved the objectives of the lesson.

·       Please list each of your stated objectives for the lesson. Then demonstrate how you will document successful completion for each.

1.     The student will be able to see four essentials needed to create a healthy lifestyle.

2.     Students will be able to see what essentials they need more than others.

3.     Students will be able to determine if the lives they currently live are healthy.

All three if the objectives will be determined successful by how the students answer the questions in the handout. All three objectives are covered in a question on the handout. The teacher will assess the handout to determine if the students understood the lesson and got something out of it. The discussion will also help reinforce the answers to the objectives so, students are better set up to answer the objectives. The students should be able to complete the answers to the objectives on the worksheet.