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SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

• Have students identify and illustrate healthy habits and routines (e.g., brushing teeth, washing hands, combing hair, cleaning nails, ensuring adequate sleep). Encourage them to practise these habits.
• Propose this situation: "An alien has just landed on our planet and wishes to know the secret to a long and healthy life here." Challenge students to prepare a short oral response to the alien.
• As a class, make a chart that compares healthy activities from a variety of cultures.
• Create a class mural that features a human silhouette surrounded by various healthy foods. Show connections between the various foods and the body areas, systems, or functions that require their nutrients (e.g., milk products help build bones and teeth; meat and alternatives help build muscles and blood).
• Set up a series of stations, each with one healthy food item and information about its nutritional value. Students in groups can then use the information to determine and record the benefit of each food. Discuss the importance of a varied, balanced diet.
• Have each student complete the statement "Healthy living includes –––––––––––––– ," then share as a class. Comment as necessary. Ask them to reflect on where they acquired these facts or opinions (e.g., from talking with or observing family or friends) and to note this in their journals.
• Ask students to interview parents and one or more friends to obtain opinions on what factors contribute to healthy living. Have them create Venn diagrams showing the differences and similarities in the opinions that their parents and friends give them. Ask whether they agree with everything inside the centre portion of the diagram.

SUGGESTED ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES

• As students share their responses to the alien about the secret to a healthy life on this planet, ask them to list all the suggestions for the foods and activities that support a healthy lifestyle. Collect their lists and look for evidence that they:

• identified a variety of foods with high nutritional value
• included activities such as exercising, getting adequate sleep and fresh air, and practising good hygiene

As a class, compile a master list to post in the classroom for future reference.

• As students are engaged in activities related to healthy living, ask questions such as:

• What do you do to stay healthy?
• What are examples of nutritious foods?
• How do you know if something is good for you?
• What have you learned from your family and friends about staying healthy? From television and advertisements?

  Print Materials

• Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating, Revised
• HeartSmart Kids (K–3)
• Student WorkSafe 2/3 Module
• Substance Abuse Prevention Primary

  Multimedia

• B.C. Life Skills

  BC Ministry of Education Home Page