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SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

• Suggest standards for suitable snacks that students might bring to school (e.g., carrots, apples, celery).
• Invite students to brainstorm a list of foods. Then discuss which ones contribute to good health (refer to Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating, Revised). Ask students to illustrate healthy foods by making clay models or selecting pictures from magazines. They can then combine their illustrations to make displays of healthy snacks or meals.
• Ask students to list healthy activities they participate in. Encourage them to discuss this subject with their families and collect further ideas to expand the list.
• Set expectations for hygiene in the classroom (e.g., washing hands, covering mouth when coughing).
• Present students with images of family members engaged in either work or leisure pursuits. Ask students to suggest how each of the activities might affect health. Develop awareness of the value of a balanced lifestyle.
• Introduce a song about health, using a familiar children’s tune (e.g., "Row, Row, Row Your Boat") and new lyrics (e.g., "Milk, meat, grains, and fruit; these will help me grow; to be strong and tall and well; health from head to toe").
• In pairs, have students share things families can do that are healthy. Poll students to determine how many engage in each of the suggested activities. Results can be shown in a bar graph.
• Ask students to interview an adult family member (or other caring adult) to obtain ideas of healthy family activities. These can be represented in pictures or words on pieces of cardboard that students share with the class and then cut out to contribute to one or more class mobiles.

SUGGESTED ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES

• Look for evidence of students’ knowledge of factors that contribute to health. For example:

  Print Materials

• Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating, Revised
• HeartSmart Kids (K–3)
• Student WorkSafe K/1 Module
• Substance Abuse Prevention Primary

  Multimedia

• B.C. Life Skills

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