Health Class @ LME with Ms. Stacy

Dear Families of Intermediate Students (grades 3-5),

We hope your child has been enjoying health class this year. We would like to provide you with some information about potentially sensitive topics our curriculum is covering. If you have any questions or concerns or would like to review the lessons for the topics identified below, please contact me.

Puberty — Students will learn about the physical and emotional changes that occur during puberty. Students will also learn about internal and external reproductive anatomy. Instruction will occur in the co-ed health classroom.

Tolerance — Students will be talking about respect and the harmful effects of bullying. Students will discuss the importance of respectful social interaction with all people, despite any differences in race, gender identity, sexual orientation or beliefs.

HIV — Students in 4th and 5th grade only will learn about the HIV virus and how to prevent infection.

Sexual Harassment/Privacy — Students will learn about body privacy, refusal skills, and the importance of reporting sexual harassment.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns, or would like information about opt-out procedures.

Thank you!

Stacy Brooks

Little Mountain Health Teacher

sbrooks@mvsd320.org

360.428.6125

This week we are starting Unit 1. We will explain safety rules and list safety helpers for home, school, and community. We will tell why safety helpers are important. Students will pretend help is needed and ask for it form different safety helpers. Finally, kindergarteners will predict what would happen in an unsafe situation without rules or Safety Helpers.

Unit 1 Vocabulary: stay, safe, helpers, danger, emergency

Family Access

Code: GBS_372002

Next Lesson: Safety at Home

Upcoming Units:

Unit 2 - The Five Senses

Unit 3 - Good Food

Unit 4 - The Family Team

Unit 5 - My Body is Special

Unit 6 - Going to the Doctor and Dentist

Unit 7 - My Great Body!

Unit 8 - Getting Sick

Unit 9 - Keeping Clean and Healthy

Unit 10 - Every Day, Play!

This week we are starting Unit 1. Students will define and identify careless and careful behavior. We will explain the importance of accepting responsibility for one's actions. We will identify ways to make situations safe. Finally, first graders will predict consequences of careless behavior.

Unit 1 Vocabulary: careful, careless, shallow, safety rules, weapon

Family Access

Code: GBS_372003

Next Lesson: Be Careful When You Play!

Upcoming Units:

Unit 2: Head to Toe

Unit 3: Why Do We Eat?

Unit 4: All About Medicines

Unit 5: Talk and Listen

Unit 6: Happy, Sad, and In Between

Unit 7: Drugs Are Trouble

Unit 8: Get Well Soon

Unit 9 - How I Breathe

Unit 10 - Run, Jump, and Skip

This week we are starting Unit 1. We will identify safe vs. unsafe conditions for certain common hazards on the street. Students will demonstrate responsibility to "play it safe" to keep the body from harm by designing appropriate role-play. We will practice safe habits for avoiding certain common hazards regarding street safety. Finally, second graders will use decision making skill steps to decide whether a situation is safe or unsafe.

Unit 1 Vocabulary: emergency, poison, device, electricity, crossing guard, lightning

Family Access

Code: GBS_372008

Next Lesson: Community Harm Prevention Rules and Laws

Upcoming Units:

Unit 2 - How You Think

Unit 3 - The Wild World of Food

Unit 4 - Your Heart - Small but Strong

Unit 5 - When I Feel Afraid

Unit 6 - Babies...And How You Grew

Unit 7 - Drug are Dangerous

Unit 8 - Germs! They Make You Sick

Unit 9 - My Skin and Me

Unit 10 - Muscles in Motion

This week we are starting Unit 1. By the end of this week's lesson, third-grade students will be able to define the concept of safety. We will demonstrate the importance of safety rules. Students will practice changing unsafe situations into safe ones. Finally, students will compare and contrast safe and unsafe practices and situations.

Unit 1 Vocabulary: hurricane, transformer, petroleum jelly, frayed, device, flammable, rabies, evacuate, responsibility, sterile gauze

Family Access

Code: GBS_372010

Next Lesson: Emergency Planners to the Rescue

Upcoming Units:

Unit 2 - The Better to See You

Unit 3 - Let's Eat

Unit 4 - Community Health

Unit 5 - I Like Your Attitude

Unit 6 - My Family, Your Family

Unit 7 - Saying NO to Smoking, Drinking, and Drugs

Unit 8 - Things You Might Catch

Unit 9 - When Bodies Have Challenges

Unit 10 - Finding Out About Bones

This week we are starting Unit 1. By the end of this week's lesson, fourth-grade students will define community and explain how the organization of each local government department helps to keep us safe through people, regulations, and laws. Students will demonstrate respect for people, rules, and laws that protect us and those we love by selecting and implementing a method of expressing appreciation. We will practice following community regulations and respecting people who keep us safe. Finally, fourth graders will compare and contrast local government departments to determine roles in keeping the community safe.

Unit 1 Vocabulary: paramedic, empathy, resolution, violence, compromise, conflict, bullying, bystander, upstander, rabies

Family Access

Code: GBS_372011

Next Lesson: How the Community Handles Conflict

Upcoming Units:

Unit 2 -Let's Talk Teeth

Unit 3 - The Digestive System

Unit 4 - No Smoking

Unit 5 - It's My Body

Unit 6 - Be Cool, Keep Clean!

Unit 7 - Stay Drug Free! Build Your Assets!

Unit 8 - Puzzled About Germs (HIV/AIDS)

Unit 9 - Your Incredible Hearing Machine

Unit 10 - Exercise!

This week we are starting Unit 1. By the end of this week's lesson, fifth-grade students will identify situations that need a decision related to safety and injury prevention. We will consider a health-promoting option that aligns with personal values when making an effective decision. Students will choose a healthy option when making a decision related to safety and injury prevention. Finally, fifth graders will analyze options and potential outcomes when making a decision related to safety and injury prevention.

Unit 1 Vocabulary: EpiPen, infection, aggressive behavior, anaphylactic shock, apply, assertive, allergic, adverse, precaution, antibiotic

Family Access

Code: GBS_372012

Next Lesson: First Aid That You Can Do

Upcoming Units:

Unit 2 - Brainstorms! Your Central Nervous System

Unit 3 - You Are What You Eat

Unit 4 - Love Your Lungs!

Unit 5 - Those Crazy, Mixed-up Emotions

Unit 6 - Growing Up

Unit 7 - Danger Ahead: The Truth About Drugs

Unit 8 - About Blood and Disease

Unit 9 - All of the Right Stuff

Unit 10 - Bones and Muscles

Family Access

Use the following class code to see your child's health materials online. There is currently not any TK online material available.

Kindergarten

Join Code:GBS_372002

First Grade

Join Code:GBS_372003

Second Grade

Join Code:GBS_372008

Third Grade

Join Code:GBS_372010

Fourth Grade

Join Code: GBS_372011

Fifth Grade

Join Code: GBS_372012

sbrooks@mvsd320.org

(360) 428-6125 ext. 24111