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Content Area: Health and Physical Education
Index: 2.1A Grade 2 CPI 2
Standard: 2.1 - Wellness
Strand: A - Personal Health
Cumulative Progress Indicator: 2 - The student will describe and demonstrate self-care practices that support wellness, such as brushing and flossing teeth, washing hands, and wearing appropriate attire for weather or sports.
Grade: 2
Sample Activities:
· WASH AWAY THOSE GERMS - Brainstorm responses to this question: “When should you wash your hands?” and write the responses on the board. Ask for a volunteer. Rub petroleum jelly on the student’s hands as you explain that all humans have oils on the surface of their skin and that the jelly represents the oils. As the volunteer places his/her hands in a dish that contains sand, tell the rest of the class that the sand represents the many germs that live on objects, on our skin, and in the air all around us. The student rinses his/her hands in a bowl of water, without using soap, and then shows the class the oil and sand remaining on the hands. Ask the students: “What does this tell us about the germs on our hands? What do we need to do to really get our hands clean?” Now have the volunteer wash his/her hands in warm water using soap. Ask the students to describe the difference. The school nurse demonstrates proper hand-washing techniques and allows each child time to practice.
· PATH TO GOOD HEALTH - For this activity, create enough life-size footsteps to form several paths on the classroom floor. Tape the footsteps in staggered positions around the room. Explain that the footsteps lead down the path to wellness and that healthy habits formed now will help students stay on the right path. To illustrate this, students play a game that requires them to demonstrate how much they know about being healthy. Divide the class into two teams with each team forming a separate line. One at a time, students offer a tip about good health (e.g., brush your teeth, don’t eat junk food). Teams alternate responses and with each new response, team members move up one footstep. At the end of the path, students write a response to this statement: “I can follow the path to good health by...” and share their responses.
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DENTAL
CARE TIMELINE - Getting the first tooth - Taking care of baby teeth -
Learning
to brush teeth - Protecting teeth with fluoride - Having sealants applied - Getting orthodontic work - Eating a diet with sufficient
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Having
regular dental
On the chalkboard, draw a time line from babyhood to adulthood. Students place the tooth patterns in the appropriate areas of development. Correct any misconceptions or errors. Using magazines or newspapers, students locate pictures of adults and children taking proper care of their teeth and create a class collage with a caption such as “ Don’t Lose Your Teeth—Take Care of Them Now!”
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HEALTH
PUZZLE - Prepare a black-line master of a shape or object, such as a heart,
triangle, or rectangle. Divide each shape into several irregular sections to
form a puzzle. Give each student a puzzle sheet and have him or her illustrate a
positive health behavior in the shape (e.g., brushing teeth, eating fruit,
wearing safety equipment). After completing the picture, students glue the
illustration on oak tag or construction paper and then cut the puzzle on the
sectioned lines. Students exchange puzzles and try to guess the health behavior.
After students have had a chance to solve several different puzzles, students
place their own puzzle pieces in an envelope. On the front of the envelope,
students write a brief clue about the puzzle for his/her parent or guardian
(e.g., if the puzzle illustrates eating vegetables the clue might be “you’ll be
green with envy when you solve my puzzle”). Students take the
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