Welcome to HEART class!
H.E.A.R.T. is a class that teaches all students how to stay safe and healthy.
Healthy
Education
Awareness
Resource
Training
H.E.A.R.T. is a class that teaches all students how to stay safe and healthy.
Healthy
Education
Awareness
Resource
Training
In H.E.A.R.T. class your child will learn about many health related topics including: drugs safety (peer pressure, staying safe and knowing the facts), building positive friendships, human body (dissection with grades 2, 5 and 6), nutrition, physical fitness, safety (seatbelt, fire, internet, bicycle, sun, water, etc), bullying, showing appreciation, and maturation for 5th and 6th boys and girls. If you have any questions regarding H.E.A.R.T. class please email me at [email protected].
Week 1 and 2
Safety Unit
Emergency Preparedness
We will discuss typical family emergencies and the supplies needed to help with these emergencies. The students will understand how to make their own emergency preparedness kit (flashlight, batteries, whistle, etc). We will discuss practicing our emergency plans. Fire escape plans, tornado/severe weather plan/loss of power/etc.
Bike Safety-Bicycle Safety Camp Movie
Don't ride on the back or handlebars of someone else's bike! One person on a bike!
Look left, right then left again!
Listen for cars and other vehicles!
Ride in a straight line, single file if one the sidewalk!
Leave space between riders!
Wear your helmet!
Obey STOP signs and traffic lights!
Fire Safety
Fire Safety in Your Home:
We discussed fire safety in your home, and saw a fire safety movie from Timon and Pumbaa. Click on the LIVE picture to watch the movie.
We discussed:
Having a plan
Not playing with lighters and matches
Calling 911
Getting out of the home first and calling 911 from outside.
Having a meeting place
Water Safety
Look before you leap! Feet first!
If still learning to swim stay close to an adult.
Always swim with a buddy and an adult watching.
Reapply sunscreen every 2 hours!
Wear a life jacket when on a boat, jet ski, etc.
Get out of water if there is lightning and thunder!
Sun Safety
Wear sunscreen and reapply every 2 hours. Wear your hat, sun glasses, spend time in the shade on a sunny day, and wear clothes to help protect your skin from the sun.
Seatbelt Safety/Airbags
Safety Unit
Emergency Preparedness
We will discuss typical family emergencies and the supplies needed to help with these emergencies. The students will understand how to make their own emergency preparedness kit (flashlight, batteries, whistle, etc). We will discuss practicing our emergency plans. Fire escape plans, tornado/severe weather plan/loss of power/etc.
Bike Safety-Bicycle Safety Camp Movie
Don't ride on the back or handlebars of someone else's bike! One person on a bike!
Look left, right then left again!
Listen for cars and other vehicles!
Ride in a straight line, single file if one the sidewalk!
Leave space between riders!
Wear your helmet!
Obey STOP signs and traffic lights!
Fire Safety
Fire Safety in Your Home:
We discussed fire safety in your home, and saw a fire safety movie from Timon and Pumbaa. Click on the LIVE picture to watch the movie.
We discussed:
Having a plan
Not playing with lighters and matches
Calling 911
Getting out of the home first and calling 911 from outside.
Having a meeting place
Water Safety
Look before you leap! Feet first!
If still learning to swim stay close to an adult.
Always swim with a buddy and an adult watching.
Reapply sunscreen every 2 hours!
Wear a life jacket when on a boat, jet ski, etc.
Get out of water if there is lightning and thunder!
Sun Safety
Wear sunscreen and reapply every 2 hours. Wear your hat, sun glasses, spend time in the shade on a sunny day, and wear clothes to help protect your skin from the sun.
Seatbelt Safety/Airbags
Electrical Safety
Week 2 and 3
The Human Body/Hygiene
Over the next few weeks students will understand why it is so very important to take good care of their bodies. From keeping it clean to understanding how the human body works, students will learn that taking care of their body now will make for a healthier future. Included in these coming 2 weeks are many body systems, dental health, head lice, medicines, exercise, etc.
*Washing Hands the Right Way
Students will be able to understand and practice (at home) proper hand washing techniques. They will also understand that proper hand washing is the most effective way to prevent the spread of germs.
Click below for a quick movie on proper handwashing.
The Human Body/Hygiene
Over the next few weeks students will understand why it is so very important to take good care of their bodies. From keeping it clean to understanding how the human body works, students will learn that taking care of their body now will make for a healthier future. Included in these coming 2 weeks are many body systems, dental health, head lice, medicines, exercise, etc.
*Washing Hands the Right Way
Students will be able to understand and practice (at home) proper hand washing techniques. They will also understand that proper hand washing is the most effective way to prevent the spread of germs.
Click below for a quick movie on proper handwashing.
chklsthandwashing-1-3.pdf | |
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Students will find out (if they didn't already know) that you cannot see germs unless looking under a very high powered microscope! We have good germs and germs that can give us a cold. We need to always wash our hands before eating, after using the bathroom and when returning home from a public place (school, store, etc). We will also discuss keeping our fingers away from our eyes, nose and mouth.
Click Sid below for a germ lesson from Sid the Science Kid!
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preventing_illness.pdf | |
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Students will understand the function of our heart/ circulatory system, along with the good things we can do to keep it healthy!
Click below for a quick Brain Pop video on how your heart works!
We will take our pulse (the best we can) before and after exercising, and discuss what makes our heart rate increase and decrease. Click below for a quick demonstration of how to take your pulse.
Students will understand the flow of oxygen into the body and carbon dioxide out of the body. Click below for a quick BrainPop video.
Today we will discuss our digestive system. The students will understand what the digestive system does, and will learn that most of what we eat (nutrients, vitamins, water, fat, etc) enters the bloodstream during this process. The students will also have a great idea how to take care of their digestive system.
Today we will discuss going to the doctor's office. What are the things that happen at the doctor's office? Why do people go to the doctor's?
Today students will learn about their 5 senses. They will try to find something at their house that they can smell, taste, see, touch and hear. We will discuss how our five senses can keep us safe (fire/smoke alarms, heat, smell of rotten eggs added to natural gas to warn us, police car, ambulance, etc)
Today we will discuss our 206 bones! What do bones do? What do bones protect? What does bone marrow make? Today we also colored a My Body worksheet and we discussed some of the major organs.
Show the students The Magic School Bus-Inside the Human Body (DVD)!
Let students touch the human body models in the HEART class. All students will use hand sanitizer afterwards.
Today students will learn about their muscular system. What are muscles attached to? What helps our muscles grow? What foods are good for our muscles?
Let students touch the human body models in the HEART class. All students will use hand sanitizer afterwards.
Today students will learn about their muscular system. What are muscles attached to? What helps our muscles grow? What foods are good for our muscles?
Today students will learn how very important exercise is for our entire body! How many minutes a day should we be exercising? Can I exercise at home? In my bedroom? Outside? What chores around the house are good for our bodies/need many muscles? How many muscles in my body?
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Students will learn how to take great care of their teeth! We will also understand some parts of the teeth, and the foods that will help and hurt our teeth. Click below for a quick video.
I will learn what happens at the dentist...exams and cleaning.
Click below for a quick video!
Students will learn about what happens to their baby teeth and why we get adult teeth.
Students will watch Gena's Tooth Adventure and make a book about caring for your teeth!
Click below for a quick video on losing baby teeth.
Students will watch Gena's Tooth Adventure and make a book about caring for your teeth!
Click below for a quick video on losing baby teeth.
taking_care_of_teeth.pdf | |
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Students will learn about cold, flu and germs. We will discuss how to stay as healthy as we can be. They will also understand that some germs are normal/healthy. Students will understand they must try to keep their hands out of their eyes, nose and mouth!
Students will learn how to keep free of head lice! What items should we never use from our friends (hats, scarves, brushes, combs, hair ties, etc)?
Germs
Students will understand that medicines are drugs, and if used correctly, are good drugs. Students should never accept medicine from anyone other than parents, doctor/nurse and people that have been given permission from their parents.
Students will learn how to take care of their lungs/respiratory system (eat healthy, exercise, get good sleep, and stay away from smoking) and understand how it works.
settinggoalsstayingclean-hygeine.pdf | |
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Week 4
Nutrition
Nutrition
Week 5
Feelings, Friendships, Caring, Appreciating, Sharing
Feelings, Friendships, Caring, Appreciating, Sharing