Today we started the Nutrition portion of our Health unit.  Food group serving recommendations are now being shared with a visual known as My Plate rather than a food pyramid.  Each day we are focusing our learning on a different food group.  We will learn what foods are in that group, the recommended serving size for a 6-8 year old that gets a minimum of 30 minutes of exercise a day, and how these foods help our bodies.  Students will also have the chance to taste foods from each food group.  (A special thanks to the families that are sending in these foods!) You can check out www.choosemyplate.gov to find out more information and adult serving recommendations. You can also click here to see the study guide for this unit: Nutrition study guide

I will update this post each day with information and pictures about our learning so check back!

10/31 Fruit Group: We learned children should have 1 to 1/2 cups of fruit each day.  Fruits help our bodies heal cuts and bruises. We tasted grapes and strawberries.  Yum!

11/1 Vegetable Group: We learned children should have 1 1/2 cups of vegetables every day.  Vegetables help our bodies grow, stay healthy, and see better. We tasted cauliflower!

11/3 Physical Activity: We learned that being healthy includes more than just eating healthy.  It’s so important to be active every day.  Children should try to get at least 60 minutes of physical activity per day.  Each day for Health class we are doing a quick workout with Fresh Start Fitness from Go Noodle.  We are learning some great exercise moves that kids can do during TV commercials or as breaks during video game playing.  These few minutes of active time are just a start to being healthy.

Grain Group: We learned children should eat 5 ounces of grain foods each day.  At least half of these should be whole grain foods.  1 ounce= a slice of bread or 1/2 a cup of cooked rice or pasta. Grain group foods give our bodies energy. We tasted whole grain crackers, popcorn and pretzels.

11/4 Protein Group: The protein group consists of meat, nuts, dried beans and eggs.  We learned children should eat 4 ounces of protein each day. Protein group foods help us build muscle.  We tasted ham and turkey.

11/7 Dairy Group: The dairy group contains food that are made from milk.  These foods help us build strong bones and teeth. It is recommended  that children eat or drink 2 1/2 cups of dairy foods each day. We tasted cheese sticks and loved them! (Sorry, I forgot to take pictures.)

Harvest Day on PhotoPeach

Check out what Mr. Goodman wants for his music students in this amazing project: Help Us Rock Out With Ukuleles!.

Mr. Goodman is using Donors Choose.org to request things for his students. It’s an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need.

If you chip in to help his classroom (or any other one on the site), you’ll get photos from the classroom and thank-you notes to see the impact you made.

***Make a donation before Friday and the Donors Choose organization will match your donation of up to $50.00 – Just use promo code  –  LIFTOFF – at checkout!!

This week many students and teachers chose to participate in spirit days for Red Ribbon Week. This year’s theme was “You only live once…Choose to be drug free!”

Monday was Apple Crunch Day- Choose healthy foods. Everyone got an apple at the cafeteria.

Tuesaday we could Choose the winning team and wear sports team apparel.

Wednesday was “REaDy, get set, Choose to be drug free” by wearing red.

Thursday we could Choose fun that will not hurt us by participating in crazy dress up day.

Friday we got to Choose physical fitness by wearing sneakers. All Brecknock staff and students walked around the Brecknock campus before the start of school.

Today we celebrated excellent student behavior with our monthly Star party. Each day our Students are Taking Academic Responsibility by making good choices at school. They start the day with 4 stars and try to keep them all day or even earn an extra star for excellent behavior. Teachers kept track of student scores all month and averaged them to see who was invited to celebrate good behavior at our S.T.A.R. Party. Any student that averaged 3 stars or higher was invited to watch the movie Spookley the Square Pumpkin today. Students who averaged 4 stars or higher were “Rock Stars” and were rewarded with popcorn and VIP up front seating for the movie. We are so happy that this month no second graders averaged less than 3 stars and had to attend the “Work Room” to discuss their behavior choices. Now we’ll begin working on making good behavior choices for November.

On Monday we started a new math unit that focuses on problem solving. Here is the study guide to show what we’ll be learning.

This week we focused on learning how addition and subtraction facts are related in fact families.  Today we did an activity where students had to walk around the room looking for other students who were in their fact family.  You know facts are related if they use the same numbers (example: 2+3=5, 3+2=5, 5-2=3, 5-3=2). Once students found their family they posed for a “family photo”.

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Today it was announced that our class is the Golden Warm Fuzzies winner for the week! The Golden Warm Fuzzies are an award given by the Guidance Counselor, Mrs. Horbal, during her weekly guidance lesson.  It is earned by the class who showed the greatest leadership, respect, responsibility, and kindness in that week.  I’m so proud of our homeroom!

Fire Prevention Day on PhotoPeach

On Friday we celebrated excellent student behavior with our first monthly Star party. Each day our Students are Taking Academic Responsibility by making good choices at school. They start the day with 4 stars and try to keep them all day or even earn an extra star for excellent behavior. Teachers kept track of student scores all month and averaged them to see who was invited to celebrate good behavior at our S.T.A.R. Party. Any student that averaged 3 stars or higher was invited to bring toys or games to play with for 30 min. of the day. Students who averaged 4 stars or higher were “Rock Stars” and got to have an ice pop.  The kids had a great time sharing toys and games and playing together. This month all students in our class were Stars or Rock Stars!  Yipee! Now we’ll begin working on making good behavior choices for October.