Holland’s Health
Fifth Grade
Health
The students will have a lesson also on Home Alone Skills that one of our parents Mrs. Beyer instructs which is helpful with information to help. We have some students who might find themselves alone for some portion of the day. Some where around the end of January the Mrs. Dee Kuclo & I present fifth graders with a Growth & Development teaching. Mrs. Kuclo instructs the girls, while I instruct the boys. This program is repeated three days in a row and the entire fifth grade receives the instruction unless parents would like to opt out. Mrs. Kuclo has developed this program over the past sixteen years or so for our fifth graders. Last year was my second experience in making this presentation and I can truly say that Mrs. Kuclo has done a wonderful job helping students and parents begin to break the ice over discussing their growth and development. Parents that would like titles of the books Dee had for you to review at our evening program are listed below. Also, I mention a wonderful reference was a book entitled the Making of a Modern Day Knight that my brother has used to help him talk with his four children as they went through the puberty/adolescent years. Greenwald Pfeifer,
K. (2006). Boy’s guide to becoming a teen. San Francisco, CA: American Medical Associaton, Jossey – Bass. Greenwald Pfeifer,
K. (2006). Girl’s guide to becoming a teen. San Francisco, CA. American Medical
Association, Jossey – Bass. Harris, R. (1994). It’s
perfectly normal. Cambridge, Mass:
Candlewick Press. Madaras, R. & A. (1993). My body myself for girls. New York, N. Y.: Newmarket press. Madaras, R. & A. (1993). My body myself for boys. New
York, N.Y.: Newmarket press. Schaefer V.L.
(1998). The care and keeping of you: the body book for girls. American Girl
Library. Middleton, Wisconsin: Pleasant Company. Sixth Grade Health
Classes The Sixth Grade Health Classes are
working on their human growth and development
We begin by discussing student’s personal health, which leads into their growth and development. Mrs. Siller and I have only 15 days with each sixth grade class second semester. Chapter 1 Personal Health Chapter 2 Growth and Development Lesson 1 Stages of Life Lesson 2 The Body – From Cells to Systems Lesson 3 Your Bones and Muscles Lesson 4 Your Heart & Lungs Lesson 5 The Digestive and Excretory Systems Lesson 6 The Nervous & Endocrine Systems We use a supplemental book that covers: Puberty Female Reproductive System Male Reproductive System Sexual Feelings Abusive Relationships Sexually Transmitted Diseases A important web site for disease control is www.cdc.gov Seventh Grade Health Classes
******* I will be teaching a
eighth grade physical education class this year instead of Seventh grade
health) Officer Delfing teaches the
classes for about eight days. His topics center on drug
& alcohol prevention. We also discuss not smoking
and what happens to those you choose to. Our students watch a
wonderful drug prevention video about people who are involved in extreme sports speak about being drug free. We have high school students
come down as part of the S.T.A.M.P. program I also add discussions about
a variety of health issues that come up in the Plain Dealer, Reader’s Digest,
and other periodicals.. Life Line Screening are various tests to alert one to risk factors of heart
disease & diabetes before one has symptoms. My wife had this done over the summer for a
relative small fee. You can check it
out at 1 – 800 – 641 –9568 or go to www.LifeLineScreening.com AS OFFICER DELFING SAYS, TAKE
CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE. Do you know that by having
someone smile, raise both hands, or recite a simple sentence you can
determine if someone has suffered a stroke?
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