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Middle School Health Handout

Teacher Contact Information

      Miss Jayne Richards         978-779-2821, x2243             

      jrichards@nrsd.net           http://Teacherweb.com/MA/FlorenceSawyerSchool/MissRichards/

      Im now back on the second floor in Room 243.

General Information

         Health classes meet twice in the six day cycle. 

         Parent Newsletters, projects, and other health-related information will be posted on the site above.  You may access this site from the FSS web page.

         Classroom instruction will continue to be differentiated in order to meet the individual learning styles of all students.

Health Topics

The following are the outlines of the Health topics we plan to cover this school year for Grades 6-8.  Additional topics/lessons may be added if there are opportunities to link with other content areas or if issues/needs arise during the course of the year.

Grade 6

1.            Introduction of the National Health Education Standards Skills and Rubrics

2.            Respect & Responsibility Golden Eagle / Sawyer Star Program

3.            Character Traits - What they are and why they are important to us 

4.            Stress Management / Relaxation Techniques

5.            Protecting Your Health (part 1) - Alcohol & Tobacco   

6.            Nutrition 101 The Dietary Guidelines & what makes them important to being healthy

7.            Ecological Health - understanding the interdependence between the environment and physical health.

Grade 7

1.            Introduction of the National Health Education Standards Skills and Rubrics

2.            Respect & Responsibility Bullying, Teasing, and Harassment

3.            Protecting Your Health (part 2) Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs

4.            Stress & Stress Management Types, causes, effects

5.            Nutrition 201 - How to choose the right pyramid for you

6.            Fitness Planning / Life-long Fitness

7.            Body Systems Anatomy Skeletal, Muscular, Digestive, Cardiovascular, etc. 

Grade 8

1.      Introduction of the National Health Education Standards Skills and Rubrics

2.      Respect & Responsibility Conflict Resolution

3.      A Healthy You Melanoma, Eating Disorders, Depression , Anxiety & Stress

4.      Nutrition and the Media A look at what influences our eating habits

5.      Diseases and The Immune System Diseases and Illnesses during the WWII-era.       

6.      Growth & Development Decision-making skills; Refusal skills; Barriers to goals; Abstinence; STDs; Anatomy of the Reproductive System.

7.      First Aid and Safety Signs of choking, poisoning, broken bones, cardiac arrest, bleeding and what to do; Safety when staying home alone or babysitting         

Assessment

            The Health Education Assessment Project (HEAP) has created Assessment Rubric Cards and Assessment Skills posters (Student Tips) to help educators and students to make the connection between the assessment and achievement of the National Health Education Standards (Assessment Tools for Health Education, 2006, p205).  Massachusetts is one of 23 states participating in the nation-wide project, under the heading of Massachusetts Health Education Assessment Project (MHEAP). 

            There are two basic rubrics one for Standard 1 - Core Concepts, and one Generic Skills Rubric for Standards 2 through 8.  These are for scoring all student assessments for the National Health Education Standards core concepts and the related skills.  Please see the details of the Rubric Cards & Skills Posters on my website.  Students will be given this information at the beginning of the school year.

            An additional rubric will be created for each major project so that students will know the requirements for receiving a letter grade.

Students will be graded in the following categories:

         Projects & Presentations (100 points)

         In-class Assignments (25-50 points)

         Posters & Paragraphs (50 points)

         Homework (20-25 points)

Expectations

• It is expected that students will come to class prepared to learn and actively participate. 
• The students are expected to respect, listen, and work cooperatively with their classmates.
• Students will be keeping a portfolio of their completed work in a 3-ring binder.  It will be the students responsibility to keep this binder up-to-date.  Time will be given during Health class to keep this organized.

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