Category Archives: Environmental Health

COVID-19 Health Literature and Films for Teachers & Students

Non-Fiction Literature Information   General Information: Title: Germs Make Me Sick     Author:  Melvin Berger     Publication: August 4th 2015 (first published April 1st 1985) Ages: 5 to 8 This is a great resource for the topic of COVID-19. It talks all about germs, including viruses. It informs students in a developmentally appropriate way about … Continue reading COVID-19 Health Literature and Films for Teachers & Students

Social Skills App for 3rd Graders- Communication

  • General Information:

App name DaylioApp Rights Jana Ponicana  

Publication Year 2017

Version Number 1.11.5

URL https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio&hl=en

  • Details: 
  • This app is a mood tracker that allows for students to express how they feel using pictures, colors, and words. Students can click on the day of the week and one of the mood emojis (happy, sad, worried, etc.) to indicate what they are feeling. They will have the option of choosing a picture that describes how they feel or they can write it out in a note box. Once they have finished, Daylio will enter the information into the calendar and color code that day. Students can track how their moods fluctuate during the week.
  • This would be an excellent app to use in a classroom because it gives students the opportunity for self communication and self awareness. Students will also learn how to convey what they are feeling which can be extremely effective in social situations.

 

Link to a video:

Daylio Link

  • Core Integration:
    • Discuss how you would integrate this into a core topic. For some topics/resources this happens naturally.  For others, it may include a “follow up” assignment that provides this connection.
      • Daylio is set-up really well for integrating mathematics with the third grade standards. One of the standards for third grade is to be able to draw a picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent data. For this lesson, students would track their moods for two weeks and transfer the data that they collected into picture and scaled bar graphs. With the consideration that moods and feelings may want to be kept private, it would be beneficial to provide journals and talk to class about personal choice and privacy. It is also important to talk about the importance of self-communication and self-awareness is. At the end of the lesson, students can turn in their journals to their teacher and have the option of not sharing their work.

 

  • Standards:

MEH 1.5.10 Describe the importance of being aware of one’s own feelings and

of being sensitive to the feelings of others.

HBO 1 -Express feelings in a healthy way

HBO 7- Show tolerance and acceptance of differences in others

HBO 8- Establish and maintain healthy relationships

 

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.B.3– Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step “how many more” and “how many less” problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs. For example, draw a bar graph in which each square in the bar graph might represent 5 pets.

 

 

Healthy Relationships 6-8: Website

Students General Information: The best student website for the topic of healthy relationships is Palo Alto Medical Foundation. The website guides the user though the different types of relationships; family, friend, casual, and romantic. It is the best website that I found because it talks about all types of relationships not just one. Most of … Continue reading Healthy Relationships 6-8: Website

Healthy Relationships 6-8: App

Stop, Breathe & Think Rights-Holder: Stop, Breathe & Think Publication Year: 2015 Version Number: 3.8 Cost: Free About: Helps students with mediation and mindfulness. When you go onto the app it checks in on how you are feeling and based on this it can recommend mediation and yoga poses. YouTube Core Integration: I would have … Continue reading Healthy Relationships 6-8: App

Healthy Relationships 6-8: Literature

Fiction Name: Speak Author: Laurie H. Anderson Publication Information: Farrar Straus Giroux October 1999 Grade Level: 6-8 Content Area: Healthy Relationships This book is the best fiction book for student 6-8 grade on heathy relationships because it encompasses all the relationships that a middle school student would have. The main character is not talking to … Continue reading Healthy Relationships 6-8: Literature

Healthy Relationships 6-8: Media

I think that this movie works for both a Documentary and a Popular Movie because it was very big and won some Oscars as well as showing what Saroo went though. Title: Lion Producer: Iain Canning, Angie Fielder, Emile Sherman Year: 2016 Length: 118 minutes Rating: PG-13 Description: A 5-year-old boy, Saroo, lives with his … Continue reading Healthy Relationships 6-8: Media

K-2 Nonfiction Literature About Germs

Nonfiction book: Germs Make Me Sick General Information: Title: Germs Make Me Sick Author: Melvin Berger Publication date: 1985 Publisher: HarperCollins This is a Level 2 Let’s-Read-And-Find-Out book that explains what germs are, how they can make people sick, and how our bodies work to fight off these germs. The book focuses particularly on two types … Continue reading K-2 Nonfiction Literature About Germs

Best Non-Fiction Book for Middle School Students Regarding the Topic Healthy Environment

Best Non-Fiction Book: Sea Otter Rescue  General Information: Roland Smith writes Sea Otter Rescue. Published October 25th 1999 by Puffin Book for grade levels 6-8. This book is about when the Exxon Valdez struck the rocks in Alaska on March 24th, 1989 and nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil spilled into the water. The … Continue reading Best Non-Fiction Book for Middle School Students Regarding the Topic Healthy Environment

Internet Resources for Kids, Parents, and Teachers Specific to Middle School Around the Topic of Healthy Environment Inside and Outside the Classroom

Internet Source for Students: Student: Social and Emotional Learning This website provides students the choice to select their grade level (6-8) so they can place themselves in the right area of research. The site enables a student to engage in a variety of quick readings on topics they may encounter at this age, it also … Continue reading Internet Resources for Kids, Parents, and Teachers Specific to Middle School Around the Topic of Healthy Environment Inside and Outside the Classroom

Best Integrated Films for Middle School Students

1.) Documentary: Watermark Watermark, Produced by Nicholas de Pencier, 2013, 90 minutes, PG This documentary talks about water and the history and the uses of water. Watermark goes into detail the uses that water has for us and what we need to do in the future in order to be sustainable. Review- I liked this … Continue reading Best Integrated Films for Middle School Students