Grade 1
FIT4KIDS
Hanna Ealey, Mary
Roundtree, Corinn
Bernarding, Chelsi Dyer
WHAT IS FIT 4 KIDS?
MAIN GOAL: Get the kids
moving in the class room
and promote a healthy
eating habit!
• A non-profit organization that was created by Sports Backers with the help
of the Robins foundation. By 2012, they were finally able to launch their first
school-based program at five elementary schools in Richmond, Henrico, and
Chesterfield.
•By the first year, they reached around 3700 children in the Greater
Richmond region through the programs such as: Active Recess, Wellness
Integration, and Learning Gardens.
•The program’s vision: “grow our programs, show success and sustainability,
and to inspire schools and divisions to adopt and lead their own ongoing
wellness programming.”
GOAL
Using Fit4Kids lets us as adults and educators take an active role in
reducing childhood obesity and bettering their overall health. The main
goal is to increase physical activity and promote proper nutrition. If we
slowly begin to implement some of their ideas, we will begin to see an
increase in children’s state of mind and physical health. We feel as
though it would be a good idea to get our physical education teachers
involved and share our SOLs with them so that we may come up with
activities together. In doing this, we can increase our students activity
levels and have them start thinking critically while also strengthening
their motor skills.
BENEFIT
•Inactive parents causes a lack of motivation in children to eat healthy and exercise
regularly (This could be because in todays society both parents work).
•These programs give students the proper tools to be able to continue a healthy
lifestyle for life.
•Getting children hooked on moving instead of sitting in front of the television is
important because statistics have shown “that children who exercise regularly are
likely to do the same as adults.” (pg. 13).
•“When we exercise, particularly if the exercise requires complex motor movement,
we’re also exercising the areas of the brain involved in the full suite of cognitive
functions” (pg. 41).
•“Blood flow shifts back almost immediately after you finished exercising, and this is
the perfect time to focus on a project that demands sharp thinking and complex
analysis” (pg. 54).
ACTIVE RECESS
“While many schools are eliminating recess due to academic pressures,
student conflict, and inadequate facilities, Fit4Kids partners with schools to
ensure fun, physically-active, and meaningful play opportunities during
recess.”
Recess coaches
- Trained by Playworks where they learn and create games for recess time that are
fun, physically-active, and engaging. These games are meant for all children, no
matter the disability.
- Reduced bullying on the playground as well as better focus in the classroom
Help with the students physical, emotional, social development, and also prepare the
brain for learning.
Games you can play: Sharks and Minnows, Watch your Back Tag, Relay Race,
Circuit Walk, and Switch
WELLNESS INTEGRATION
“Empowers elementary school teachers to incorporate movement and
health promotion messages into the classroom.”
Way to do this? By creating Active Lesson Plans
Wellness Integration specialists create lesson plans that incorporate
physical activity. They also help teachers to see how getting the kids to
move helps stimulate the brain, increase focus and alertness, enhance
mood, improves memory, and boosts students test performance.
In addition, Wellness Integration Specialists have created fitness and
running clubs, hosted family fun and fitness nights, and placed stationary
bikes and stability balls around schools that use them.
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL
Today, only 15% of students will walk or bike to school. This is a 35%
decrease compared to the amount of students who walked forty years ago.
This is a good start for children to get their recommended 60 minutes of
physical activity!!!!
International Walk to School Day - held annually on the first full week of
October
WEEK-AT-A-GLANCE
Monday
Tuesday
Language Arts
Wednesday
Language Arts
Thursday
Language Arts
Friday
9:00am-10:00am
Language Arts
10:00am-10:15am
Brain Break
10:15am-11:15am
Math
Math
Math
Math
-Active Lesson
Math
11:15am-11:45pm
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
11:45pm-12:45 pm
Music
Art
Computer
PE
Library
12:45pm-1:15pm
Active Recess
Recess
Active Recess
Recess
Active Recess
1:15pm-2:15pm
Social Studies
Social Studies
-Active Lesson
Social Studies
Social Studies
Social Studies
2:15pm-3:15pm
Science
Science
Science
Science
Science
Brain Break
Language Arts
Brain Break
YEAR-AT-A-GLANCE
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
March
April
Two active
lessons per
week
Add brain
breaks
alternate
days
Add active
recess on
alternate
days
Increase to
three active
lessons per
week
Add brain
breaks
everyday
Increase to
four active
lessons a
week
Decrease by Four active
lessons, 2
one active
active
recess
recesses
and brain
breaks
everyday
May
Active
lessons and
brain
breaks
every day.
At least 2
active
recesses a
week
GET YOUR SENTENCE ON!
PURPOSE & SOL – The student will use semantic clues in syntax to expand
vocabulary when reading.
Language Arts 1.7
IMPLEMENTATION –
1. Split the class into 5 groups with 4 people in each group.
2. Give each group a set of notecards that has one word on each card.
3. Have the students take one card each and arrange themselves in the correct
order of the sentence.
4. Once they have correctly placed the words in order to complete the sentence
have them act it out.
ANIMAL CLASSIFICATIONS
PURPOSE & SOL: The investigate and understand that animals, including humans,
have basic needs and certain distinguishing characteristics.
Science 1.5c
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5.
IMPLEMENTATION Split class into two-four groups
Give each group a set of picture cards
Students form a single file line and one at a time they do the motion of the animal
they pick to the appropriate heading (if a frog, hop to heading), then move to back
on line.
Continue until all picture card are sorted.
I will go over to each heading and if an animal is in the wrong spot I will have a
student do the movement to the spot it belongs in.
FAMOUS FACE RACE
PURPOSE & SOL – Students will practice correctly identifying famous Americans by
their name/face and their contribution to society.
SOL History 1.2
IMPLEMENTATION –
1. Put your students together in groups of 4 or 5.
2. Each group will align at the starting point parallel to the pictures of the famous
Americans.
3. For the first round, lay out the cards in front of each students group that has only
the person’s name on it. Have them travel to the picture doing a movement, then
do an exercise when they get to the picture, and race back to the group.
4. Repeat the same directions for the second round, but this time have the
flashcards say the Famous American’s contributions to society.
TROUBLE
PURPOSE AND SOL - SOL: Math 1.5 - The student will recall basic addition facts with
sums to 18 or less and the corresponding subtraction facts.
IMPLEMENTATION –
1. Split the class into 4 equal groups and have them choose a team leader (the team
leader will be the one answering the questions)
2. Each team will stand in a different corner of the “game board” and that will be their
“home” corner, with the exception of the team leaders who will stand in the middle.
3. The teacher will call out a number sentence such as “2+4=?”
4. The first team leader to answer correctly gets to choose one of the addends and move
one of their players who will hop that amount of spaces.
5. The object of the game is to get all of their team members around the board and back
into their home corner first.
6. If a member of another team is already occupying the square in which your player
lands on, the previous square holder will be sent back to their home corner.
RESOURCES
“Active Recess” - -http://richmondfamilymagazine.com/article/greaterrichmond-fit4kids/
“Walk to School” http://www.virginiadot.org/programs/srsm_srts_international_walk_to_schoo
l_day.asp
“SRTS” - http://www.virginiadot.org/programs/ted_Rt2_school_pro.asp
“Brochure” file:///C:/Users/Owner/Downloads/VA_SRTS_Brochure_2014_v2.pdf
“Fit4Kids” - http://grfit4kids.org/
Sparks: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and The Brain. By John
J. Ratey, MD