Context:
The Children's Literature Review was created in the spring of 2007 under the advisement of Traci Mitchell, for a Health Education course (HED 3645) at Appalachian State University. The project review's David Wiesner's book, "June 29, 1999," as a method of incorporating health with children's literature. There is also a follow up activity attached that can be done in conjunction with reading the text.
Impact:
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Objectives:
4.02 Explore a variety of foods and beverages for good health, including unfamiliar and culturally diverse foods.
4.04 Associate common foods with their origins.
Students will be able to read about, discuss, plant, and consume various types of vegetables over the course of this activity. Allowing students to explore vegetables, and understand their importance in their daily diet will help lead them to creating a healthy lifestyle for themselves in the future.
Alignment:
This project meets the following North Carolina Standards for Elementary Teachers:
Standard 5: Elementary teachers have an understanding of the major concepts of healthful living.
Indicator 1: Teachers understand the foundations of good heath and help students understand the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.
In this artifact, I have expressed an understanding of the importance of emphasizing to students the benefits of eating healthy foods. I have used the text as a way to present students to new, healthy foods that they may have not been previously exposed to. The text is used to generate enthusiasm and excitement about vegetables. By providing an opportunity for students to grow their own vegetables, I have emphasized the importance of vegetables to a healthy lifestyle. Students will grow, learn about, and eat the vegetables in their garden.
Indicator 2: Teachers are alert to major health issues related to children.
One major health issue relating to children today is the overwhelming rise of childhood obesity, as well as Type II Diabetes. Students who do not follow a healthy and appropriate diet are more susceptible to these types of health risks. As a teacher, I feel that it is my responsibility to model appropriate healthy diet decisions, and give students resources for understanding why vegetables are essential to their lifestyle.
Standard 7 : Elementary teachers use developmentally appropriate strategies to design and deliver instruction in all areas of the elementary curriculum.
Indicator 1: Teachers develop and implement the pacing and alignment of curriculum that is consistent with the NC SCOS, LEA standards and pacing guides, and national standards in all subject areas.
This review provides teachers with a developmentally appropriate study of healthy foods for students in the kindergarten. The activity is aligned with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study, Health Objectives 4.02 and 4.04.
Indicator 2: Teachers understand and use an interdisciplinary approach to teaching by connecting and integrating language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, healthful living, and arts concepts and processes, with appropriate technologies to enhance their teaching.
This lesson uses the children's literature text June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner to introduce and study vegetables. The text is meant to spark the student's interest in the vegetables, as well as to introduce them to new vegetables that they may not have already known.
Indicator 3: Teachers promote new learning by using students’ prior knowledge, misconceptions, and interests when designing lessons.
Students are encouraged to express to the class any prior knowledge of vegetables they have. They are encouraged to discuss what vegetables that they to eat, and discuss what vegetables that they would like to try. Some students may have misconceptions that all vegetables taste bad, and may not have tried several kinds. While discussing with other students, and through class discussion, students will learn that there are vegetables that everyone likes, as well as learn the importance or incorporating them into their daily diet.
Indicator 4: Teachers implement a variety of teaching and communication strategies for instruction.
This activity provides students with the opportunity to read, hear, discuss, plant, and eat vegetables. By employing all of these different types of communications, students will learn about them to their highest potential.
Standard 13: Working alone, or with healthful living specialists, elementary teachers create opportunities for student development and practice of skills that contribute to good health.
As students read this text and learn different types of vegetables they will begin to see their importance in the everyday lifestyle of a healthy individual. Teachers will then model appropriate health behaviors by emphasizing the necessity of portions of healthy foods that should be eaten everyday. Students will have an opportunity to grow their own garden, and practice the skill of eating these appropriate portions at school, a skill they would then transpose to their daily lives.
Children's Literature Review
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