podcast script

Hi Families!

Our first grade class is continuing their unit on the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. The next topic in this unit focuses on the advantages of exercising. With exercise we can feel good and take care of our body at the same time.

Another important aspect of living a healthy lifestyle is exercising. To start off the section on exercising, we as a class created an asset map. By creating this map, it gave me an idea of where we stood as a whole in terms of knowing how important fitness truly is. This asset map hangs in a common location within the classroom so that students can not only add important information to it along the way, but also because it shows the progress we have made from the first day. Oh how much we are learning!

I also presented the class with a short digital story on the importance of exercising. This story focused on a few different facts such as:

- Fitness helps you feel better and have more energy.

- Children and teens that are fit have more drive and focus better at school.

- When you stay active, you burn more calories, even when your body is at rest.

- Improving your fitness is good for your heart, lungs, bones, and joints.

The next lesson we are going to work on teaches the students the difference between an active heart rate, and a heart rate at rest. This will be hands on activity and the students will be able to see the difference between the two heart rates. An active heart is a healthy heart!

I will be keeping a classroom blog throughout these lessons on exercise, so students and parents can log on and view our progress as we learn more about staying healthy and active. Also, feel free to share ideas and ways you and your family stay active and fit on the blog.

Thanks for the support!