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 naming safety helpers. We will practice getting help. Students will match an emergency to a safety helper.

Vocabulary: helper, police, officer, nurse, doctor, dentist, teacher

Upcoming Units:

Unit 2 - Meet My Body

Unit 3 - Food for My Body

Unit 4 - Meet My Family

Unit 5 - Special You, Special Me

Unit 6 - I Stay Healthy

Unit 7 - Good Things In, Bad Out

Unit 8 - Clean and Dirty

Unit 9 - My Healthy World

Unit 10 - Fit and Fun

This week we are continuing Unit 4. We will describe some family rules and list jobs that each family member does for the family. We will demonstrate why it is important for families to have rules and jobs. Kindergarteners will practice setting goals for being responsible about doing jobs and keeping family's rules. Finally, we will predict the consequences of living in a family that has no rules.

Unit 4 Vocabulary: family, team, rules, community, special

Family Access

Code: GBS_372002

Next Lesson: Families and the Community

Upcoming Units:

Unit 5 - My Body is Special (sensitive topic: safe touch/body privacy)

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 continuing Unit 4. Students will name discover how medicine helps the body. We will appreciate the importance of different medicines, including immunizations. First graders will demonstrate caring for someone who is ill. Finally we will predict what would happen if we had no medicines.

Unit 4 Vocabulary: medicine, drug, germs, hospital, sick

Family Access

Code: GBS_372003

Next Lesson: Medicine Can Mean Trouble

Upcoming Units:

Unit 5: Talk and Listen

Unit 6: Happy, Sad, and In Between(sensitive topic: safe touch/body privacy)

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 continuing Unit 4. We will describe some of the ways to keep one's heart healthy. Students will develop empathy for people who have heart problems. Second graders will practice encouraging others to make choices that will protect their hearts. Finally, we will predict the consequences of not getting daily exercise.

Unit 4 Vocabulary: heart, blood, stethoscope, chamber, valve, oxygen

Family Access

Code: GBS_372008

Next Lesson: Have a Heart

Upcoming Units:

Unit 5 - When I Feel Afraid (sensitive topic: safe touch/body privacy)

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 continuing Unit 4. By the end of this week's lesson, students will identify pollution problems. We will give priority to maintaining a clean environment. Students will set goals to help keep the community clean. Finally we will predict what your community would be like without rules to protect the environment.

Unit 4 Vocabulary: community, pollution, environment, influence, recycling, violence, hazardous waste, aluminum, sanitation workers, buried

Family Access

Code: GBS_372010

Next Lesson: Your Community - Keep it Drug and Violence Free!

Upcoming Units:

Unit 5 - I Like Your Attitude

Unit 6 - My Family, Your Family(sensitive topic: safe touch/body privacy)

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 continuing Unit 4. By the end of this week's lesson, students will list people and other things in one's life that influence behavior. We will identify how personal beliefs and values can help a person remain tobacco-free. Fourth graders will analyze tobacco advertisements for marketing techniques. Finally we will classify the pressures that influence behavior as positive or negative.

Unit 4 Vocabulary: advocate, emphysema, blood clot, permanent, lung cancer, tumor, nicotine, addictive, cilia, alveoli

Family Access

Code: GBS_372011

Next Lesson: Smoking and Your Community

Upcoming Units:

Unit 5 - It's My Body(sensitive topic: safe touch/body privacy)

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 continuing Unit 4. By the end of this week's lesson, students will discover the effects of smoking on the lungs. Fifth graders will describe the value of being "a smoke-free me." Students will practice saying, "NO!" to risk-taking behaviors. Finally we will compare prior and new learning regarding tobacco.

Unit 4 Vocabulary: respiratory system, cilia, trachea, bronchi, bronchiole, alveoli, diaphragm, emphysema, lung cancer, tar, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, addictive, nicotine

Family Access

Code: GBS_372012

Next Lesson: Pollution in the Community

Upcoming Units:

Unit 5 - Those Crazy, Mixed-up Emotions(sensitive topic: safe touch/body privacy)

Unit 6 - Growing Up (sensitive topic: puberty)

Unit 7 - Danger Ahead: The Truth About Drugs

Unit 8 - About Blood and Disease (sensitive topic: HIV)

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