Teacher's Guide: Safe and Healthy Summer (Grades 3 to 5) - children s summer safety tips printable

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Grades 3 to 5 ? Personal Health Series
Safe and Healthy Summer
One simple formula can help your students stay healthy over the summer and be
KidsHealth.org/classroom ready to learn when school starts: "5-2-1-Almost None"
? Eat 5 or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day
Teacher's Guide ? Limit screen time to 2 hours (or less) a day
? Get 1 or more hours of physical activity every day
This guide includes: ? Drink almost no sugary beverages
? Standards These activities will help prepare your students for a safe and healthy summer.
? Related Links
? Discussion Questions Related KidsHealth Links
? Activities for Students Articles for Kids:
? Reproducible Materials Be a Fit Kid
KidsHealth.org/en/kids/fit-kid.html
How to Be Safe When You're in the Sun
KidsHealth.org/en/kids/fit-kid.html
Standards Swimming
This guide correlates with KidsHealth.org/en/kids/swim.html
the following National Health Bike Safety
Education Standards: KidsHealth.org/en/kids/bike-safety.html
Students will: What's the Big Sweat About Dehydration?
? Comprehend concepts related KidsHealth.org/en/kids/dehydration.html
to health promotion and
disease prevention to enhance Going Away to Camp
health. KidsHealth.org/en/kids/going-to-camp.html
? Analyze the influence of Bug Bites & Stings
family, peers, culture, media, KidsHealth.org/en/kids/ill-injure/bugs
technology, and other factors
on health behaviors. Poison Ivy
? Demonstrate the ability to KidsHealth.org/en/kids/poison-ivy.html
access valid information and
products and services to How to Pick a Great Book to Read
enhance health. KidsHealth.org/en/kids/find-book.html
? Demonstrate the ability to use Are Video Games Bad for Me?
interpersonal communication KidsHealth.org/en/kids/video-gaming.html
skills to enhance health and
avoid or reduce health risks. Road Trip Fun
? Demonstrate the ability to KidsHealth.org/en/kids/road-trip.html
use decision-making skills to
enhance health.
? Demonstrate the ability to use Discussion Questions
goal-setting skills to enhance
health. Note: The following questions are written in language appropriate for sharing with
? Demonstrate the ability to your students.
practice health-enhancing
behaviors and avoid or reduce 1. What are your favorite summertime activities? Are you active at least 1 hour every
health risks. day during the summer? What can you do to be active if you can't go outside?
? Demonstrate the ability to 2. During summer, is your bedtime different than during the school year? Do you
advocate for personal, family, wake up at a different time? Do you eat different things? Are you more active or
and community health. less active? Do you read more or less?
3. Why do you need to use sunscreen? What does SPF stand for? Why is the SPF
National Health Education number important to know?
Standards: www.cdc.gov/
healthyschools/sher/ 4. What does it mean to be dehydrated? How can you avoid dehydration?
standards/index.htm
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Grades 3 to 5 ? Personal Health Series
Safe and Healthy Summer
Activities for Students
Note: The following activities are written in language appropriate for sharing with your students.
5-2-1-Almost None
Objectives:
Students will:
? Learn to incorporate the "5-2-1-Almost None" guidelines into their daily lives
? Create a reminder of the guidelines to display at home
Materials:
? "5-2-1-Almost None" color or grayscale handouts for teachers
? "One Formula for a Healthy Lifestyle" (KidsHealth.org/en/parents/healthy-lifestyle.html for instructor
reference)
? Large index cards
? Markers, magazines, scissors, glue, magnet sheets (lamination optional)
Class Time:
? 45 minutes
Activity:
[Note to instructor: Display the full-color "5-2-1-Almost None" handout on a smartboard or overhead projector, or
distribute printed copies, or grayscale versions, to students.]
Today we're going to make fridge magnets so the whole family has a helpful reminder about how to stay healthy.
Make sure your index card includes each of the four tips in the "5-2-1-Almost None" guidelines, and add your pictures
or your own drawings to illustrate guidelines or just decorate your fridge magnet. Then we'll glue a piece of magnet
to the back and it's ready to take home.
Extension:
Remember to keep your brain in shape, too. Summer is the perfect time to read. Check out your school's summer
reading list to see which books are recommended for you. Don't forget about magazines, newspapers, and
publications you can read on a handheld device. Plan to relax on a comfy chair and read outside!
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Grades 3 to 5 ? Personal Health Series
Safe and Healthy Summer
Have Fun for 1!
Objectives:
Students will:
? Think about physical activities that count as exercise
? Commit to being physically active for at least 1 hour a day over the summer
? Track their daily activity
Materials:
? "Have Fun for 1!" handout
Class Time:
? 5 minutes (after a brief explanation, the activity is completed at home over the summer)
Activity:
Use the "Have Fun for 1!" chart so you can keep track of every day you get at least 1 hour of physical activity this
summer. Keep the chart where you can use it as a reminder to keep moving, like on the fridge or in your bedroom.
Ask a family member or friend to join you. When you reach that daily goal, fill in a circle. If you have seven filled-in
circles at the end of each week, reward yourself with a special healthy treat, a family outing, a new book, anything
that's healthy and makes you feel good! Also, add at least five activities to the "Have Fun for 1!" activity list that
aren't already there. Try at least five activities on the "Have Fun for 1!" activity list that you've never done before.
Reproducible Materials
Handout for Teachers: 5-2-1-Almost None (color)
KidsHealth.org/classroom/3to5/personal/fitness/summer_handout1.pdf
Handout for Teachers: 5-2-1-Almost None (grayscale)
KidsHealth.org/classroom/3to5/personal/fitness/summer_handout2.pdf
Handout: Have Fun for 1!
KidsHealth.org/classroom/3to5/personal/fitness/summer_handout3.pdf
Quiz: Safe and Healthy Summer
KidsHealth.org/classroom/3to5/personal/fitness/summer_quiz.pdf
Answer Key: Safe and Healthy Summer
KidsHealth.org/classroom/3to5/personal/fitness/summer_quiz_answers.pdf
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