Description

Ages: 11 and up

Grades: 6th-12th

RL: 2.5-4.5

Physical Health – High-Interest Reading Lessons

Help students make smart choices for a healthier lifestyle!

From nutrition and exercise to sleep, grooming, and avoiding risky behaviors, these high-interest lessons address real questions students ask every day:

• “What if I don’t like fruits and vegetables?”

• “How much sleep do I really need?”

• “Is vaping really that bad?”

• “What’s the difference between dieting and eating healthy?”

Using real-life scenarios and an easy-reading style, students explore important topics like balanced diets, moderation, exercise, good grooming, and the consequences of unhealthy habits such as junk food, drugs, and alcohol.

Standards-Based Reading & Writing Activities

• Locate Information

• Summarize

• Generalize

• Compare & Contrast

• Cause & Effect

• Form Opinions

• Draw Conclusions

• Identify Main Idea

• Make Inferences

• Use Context Clues

• Sequence Events

• Determine Author’s Viewpoint

• Analyze, Evaluate & Apply

Topics Include

• What does all that stuff on a nutrition label mean?

• I’m so tired of acne. What can I do?

• What’s the best exercise for me?

• What’s the difference between dieting and eating healthy?

• What does good grooming mean?

• How much sleep do I need, and why?

• How do I know if I’m at a healthy weight?

• What does it mean to listen to your body?

• Are drugs, drinking, and smoking really so bad?

Includes

✔️ 1 booklet