Week 4: 9/20-9/24

Nutrition & Fitness

Students will define the term "wellness" and evaluate their personal level of wellness
Students will list the seven dietary guidelines and create a visual representation of these guidelines to be hung in the classroom.
Students will increase their cardiovascular endurance by walking 2.8 miles twice a week.

Monday: 2.8 mile walk
Tuesday: Personal Wellness Inventory
Wednesday: Dietary Guidelines PP
Thursday: Finish PP, create Dietary Guideline chain (we will finish this on Tuesday)
Friday: 2.8 mile walk

Ed Careers

Students will discuss their initial impressions of the grade level and students that they will be working with throughout the semester.
Students will compare and contrast their initial impression with how they feel after one week of interning.
Students will increase their understanding about the career of education by interning in an elementary classroom.

Monday: At elementary site
Tuesday: At elementary site
Wednesday: First Impressions (1 page paper due next Wednesday)
Thursday: At elementary site
Friday: At elementary site

*don't forget to pick up your orange attendance sheet from Mrs. Schakel!!

Teaching Academy

Students will become familiar with the crisis in schools that is happening in America.
Students will discuss how they are impacted by educational reform efforts.

Monday: Ed Reform notes
Tuesday: You Tube clip—ShiftHappens, Ed Reform discussion
Wednesday: Watch "Schools in Crisis" with Oprah & Bill Gates
Thursday: Finish video, read “Dropout Nation”
Friday: Dropout nation reflection, discussion