Health Fifth Grade
Amy Mojica
Summary: Introduction of class content, expectations, and assessments.
Establish rules of the classroom. Discuss general healthy influences on
three areas, personal, community, and environmental health. Discuss
the interactions between them.
Grade: Fifth Grade
Time Frame: 45-minute class period
Subjects: Health
Topics: Health, Classroom rules, Class expectations, Healthy influences
on Personal, Community and Environmental Health
Notes:
Standards: NYS Learning Standards for Health and PE 1, 2, 3
Essential Questions:
Identify one rule that should apply to our classroom?
Identify three healthy choices that would positively affect ones personal
health? Community health? Environmental health?
Knowledge and Skills:
Understand content and course expectations. Acknowledge the myriad
of healthy choices and factors that influence health, brainstorm
classroom rules, acquire homework worksheet and parent packet.
Performance Task: 1. Do Now 2. Create classroom rules
Performance Prompt: Complete the Do Now worksheet thinking about
our course content and classroom environment
Assessment/ Rubrics: 1. Complete the Do Now worksheet. 2. Thinking
about the course content, what are rules you would like to implement in
our classroom to create a positive and supportive learning
environment?
Sequence of Activities:
1. Do Now One
2. Introduction of teacher and course content
3. Introduce class expectations and assessments
4. Discuss classroom rules-use Do Now for answers
5. Scattagories game for Personal, Community, and Environmental
health issues- use Do Now for answers
6. Scattagories for Personal Community and Environmental- healthy
choices/influences
7. Hand out Parent Packet and Interview Assignment
Differentiated Instruction:
Seating chart for best classroom performance, activities include writing,
kinesthetic smart board usage, conversation, group activity, and
intrapersonal reflection
Resources:
Do Now One, Smart Board, Parent Packet, Interview assignment, paper
and markers