Overview
Today's classrooms present students with many health and wellness challenges, ranging from social and emotional well-being to physical health. Therefore, students and their families must have a solid foundation of health knowledge to make informed decisions and maintain good health.
Organizing a health and wellness week at school is an exciting and interactive way to promote wellness among students, families, and staff. Imagine you have been tasked with organizing the schoolwide health and wellness week. As a way to get all staff, students, and families involved, create a weeklong plan of daily activities that encourage healthy living. Additionally, consider the local healthcare providers you can invite to present or share information with students and families.
Using a free online digital platform (Canva, Genially, PowerPoint), choose one of the following deliverables to share with parents and colleagues:
- Digital calendar
- Website landing page
For each day, your digital resource should include the following:
- One health and wellness theme and learning objectives that support the theme. Consider the National Health Education Standards or the health standards from the state in which you plan to teach when creating themes, objectives, and activities.
- One health/wellness activity to complete at school each day. One day should include a children’s picture book that aligns with the daily theme or objective and one day should incorporate math content or skills.
- One health/wellness activity that can be completed at home each day.
- The name and link for a local provider or community group and a description of how their services support the activities each day.
Additionally, write a 150-300 word reflection that addresses the following:
- Explain how the activities you chose support students’ overall health and wellness.
- Describe the specific health outcomes you were trying to have students achieve and how you will know the activities provided were successful in supporting students and families in achieving those outcomes.
- Provide two possible obstacles that you may encounter while planning a schoolwide health week, such as family attendance, diverse physical and health needs, etc., and how you can resolve or address those challenges.
Support your deliverable with 2-3 scholarly resources.
Submit a link to your deliverable, your reflection, and your resources as a single document.
Ensure your link can be viewed by others prior to submitting.
Note: The link to this assignment may be added as an artifact to the teacher toolkit you created in ELM-211.
While APA Style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite Technical Support Articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
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