Straight Talk Smoking by Stephanie Paris The best non-fiction book that I could find for students to learn about tobacco usage was called Straight talk Smoking. I liked this book immediately because it was from the people who create Times for Kids which is a weekly news magazine that I used to read when I … Continue reading 1st Grade Tobacco Use Prevention Non Fiction Literature
Smoking Stinks!! By Kim Gosselin, published in 1998 by Scholastic Inc. Smoking Stinks!! Was the best fiction book I could find on our topic because it not only had the right message of smoking being bad for you, it also introduced some health risks that come with smoking like cancer, emphysema, and Bronchitis. The … Continue reading 1st Grade Tobacco Use Prevention Fiction Literature Resource
The Best Fiction Book: General Information: Title: Open Wide: Tooth School Inside Author: Laurie Keller Publication date: May 1st 2000 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Description of book: This book takes dental health and hygiene and makes a story out of it that children can relate too. This clever book takes teeth and re-imagines them as … Continue reading Dental Health Fiction Literature Resource K-2nd Grade
Fiction General Information: Germs, Germs, Germs, is a fiction book written by Bobbi Kratz, and illustrated by Steve Bjorkman. This book was published by cartwheel books in 1996. It it a fun children’s book that could be used for grade levels ranging from second to fourth. You could use this book in a classroom to … Continue reading Germs, Viruses, and Bacteria Books
Title: Help Me Be Good About Throwing Tantrums Author: Joy Berry Illustrator: Bartholomew Published: 2013 Publisher: Educational Publishing Concepts General Information: This book is the best one we found for teaching K-2 students about expressing certain emotions, specifically anger, in a healthy way. Each page of the book walks the child through situations that would make … Continue reading Healthy Communication K-2: Non-Fiction Book
FICTION Basic Information Title: Sweet Tooth Author: Margie Palatini Publishing Date: 2004 Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers Description: This book is about Stewart who has a sweet tooth and it always gets him into trouble until he uses a healthy diet and oral care to take care of the problem tooth. Quotes: … Continue reading 3-5th Grade Dental Health Literature
Here are some stories that can be read in the classroom in order to supplement the health lessons. Both stories meet the Common Core Standards of: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea andCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.3 Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific … Continue reading Literature
No More Secrets for Me: Sexual Abuse is a Secret No Child Should Have to Keep By Oralee Wachter, Jane Aaron Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication Date: 9/11/2002 These stories talked about children in varying degrees of sexual abuse. It talks about how the children feel fear and guilt and then it … Continue reading Child Abuse Non-Fiction Literature-2nd Grade
No Means No! By Jayneen Sanders Published March 28th, 2015 by Upload Publishing Pty Ltd for 2nd grade. This children’s book is an awesome read for second graders because not only is it a good book to read during language and literacy time, but it teaches students how to respect themselves and it teaches them … Continue reading Fiction Book Literature Sources-2nd grade
Fiction Literature for Emotional Health Title: The Scar Author: Charlotte Moundlic Illustrator: Olivier Tallec Publisher: Candlewick Press Publishing Date: 2011 Purchase & see a preview of it here for $14.97 Description: This picture book is about a little boy whose mother dies in the night and when he wakes up his whole life is changed. … Continue reading Emotional Health and Suicide Prevention Literature for 7th Grade