App: Fast Color Challenge Where it is available: Apple store Class it will be integrated into: Grade 8 Art: color theory General Information: o Fast Color Challenge (FCC) is an app made by Le Anh Tuan and is available on the Apple App Store. One can find out more about FCC and download it by … Continue reading Color Training: Eye Health App
This is a health unit plan to teach second graders about suicide and homicide. With the changing social media importance in our society, suicide and depression rates and rising in the youth. Teaching students about preventative strategies can make all the difference. These lessons can be integrated into other core lessons to make connections throughout … Continue reading Unit Plan- Homicide and Suicide- K-2
This is a nonfiction book to use in the classroom to teach about the subject. Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children by Bryan Mellonie. Published by Bantam on October 1, 1983 I had a hard time finding a non-fiction book that was suitable for grades K-2 about homicide or suicide, so I … Continue reading Nonfiction- Homicide and Suicide K-2
Website for students- LearnToBeHealthy.org This website is an interactive online source about being healthy. This particular section is for grades K-3 and is about mental health. There is a pretest for the student to take, quite a few activities they will go through to learn the material, some videos, and a post test. It is … Continue reading Internet Sources- Homicide and Suicide K-2
Calm Counter, Touch Autism, 2014, Version 3.2, $2.99, Find it on ITunes here A YouTube review of Calm Counter 2.1 Identify situations when a health-related decision is needed. The students will identify when they need to use the Clam Counter to reduce their anger to calm down. Core Integration: There are a few stories of … Continue reading Interactive App- Homicide and Suicide K-2
Popular Film- Bambi Disney, 1942, 70 minutes, rated G This movie is about a young deer growing up in the woods next to his family and friends. He experiences the death of his mother and has to cope with that situation. Clip from Bambi where he meets a friend Review: Although this movie is not … Continue reading Popular Film- Homicide and Suicide K-2