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Welcome to my Health/Physical Education Wiki! Here you will find all of your assignments for April 20th-April 24th. Each assignment has to do with why it is so important for each one of us to maintain a healthy lifestyle in order to live a full, fun, and fantastic life!

__ Monday :__   __Tuesday:__
 * Are you the right food choices for your body? Watch this video on [|Nutrition Education & Healthy Balance.]
 * After you have finished watching the short film, pick a partner and discuss why you think it is important to be healthy both at home and at school. What kinds of things do you think you could do in order to improve your healthy living? In what ways could these actions benefit your health in the long run?
 * Now, take a look at this [|poster]  and see which of the activites you would like to do at school with your classmates.
 * Type all of your responses on Kidspiration (in paragraph form) and be prepared to discuss your responses at the end of the week. Title this section of your Kidspiration project "Active Actions and Healthy Homes."
 * Complete the [|Health Search Scavanger Hunt]  online. All of your answers can be found on the website. [[image:http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/12/01-07/scavenger_hunt.png width="135" height="110" align="right"]]
 * Print the Scavenger Hunt first so you can turn it in at the end of class.
 * After you have completed the Hunt, listen to the podcast below.
 * [|Reduce Your Health Risk]

 __Wednesday:__ <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"> *NOTE: DRESS IN COMFORTABLE CLOTHES AND SNEAKERS ON FRIDAY!* <span style="font-size: 156.25%; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> __Thursday:__ <span style="font-size: 125%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"> <span style="font-size: 125%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"> *REMINDER: DRESS IN COMFORTABLE CLOTHES AND SNEAKERS TOMORROW!*
 * <span style="font-size: 125%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">Using the information you have learned from the past two days, create a flyer to hang in the hallway advertising to the school why you t [[image:http://www.tmonews.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/read-all-about-it-end1.jpg width="119" height="140" align="right"]]<span style="font-size: 125%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">hink it is important to be healthy and stay active in school and at home.
 * <span style="font-size: 125%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">Make sure you add photos relating to the topic and you use correct grammer and punctuation.
 * <span style="font-size: 125%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">You should use Microsoft Word on the classroom computers to complete this assignment.
 * <span style="font-size: 125%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">Print out your flyer when you are finished and tape it to the whiteboard in the front of the classroom.
 * <span style="font-size: 125%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">Are you aware of your specific food needs for your body? Using the computers, go to this [|website] <span style="font-size: 125%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);"> and click on the MyPyramid Plan link on the left hand side. Fill in the information necessary to find out how much of each food group your body needs each day.
 * <span style="font-size: 125%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">Now that you have a pyramid plan designed specifically for you, find acitivties on the web (or you can use ones you already know of) and certain foods that will help you stick to your Pyramid Plan.
 * <span style="font-size: 125%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">List these activites and foods on the Kidspiration project you started on Monday. Mark todays work as "Happiness the Healthy Way!"
 * <span style="font-size: 125%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">Be sure to add a sample picture of each activity and food to make your project more exciting!

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<span style="font-size: 156.25%; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"> __Friday:__
 * <span style="font-size: 125%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">When you arrive to class in the morning, remove your flyer from the whiteboard at the front of the classroom and print out your finished Kidspiration project. Be sure that your project includes pictures, your responses from Monday under "Active Actions and Healthy Homes", and your ideas from Thursday labeled "Happiness the Healthy Way!"
 * <span style="font-size: 125%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">Go to the recess field and enjoy all the activities set up for you! Today is a Class Olympics and all of the activites arranged are activities that you can do at home with your family and friends in order to get everyone around you active and moving.
 * <span style="font-size: 125%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">Some of the activities include a jump rope contest, running races (use stopwatches), and hula hoop contests (use a radio player).
 * <span style="font-size: 125%; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">There will also be water and fruit available for a snack. Enjoy!

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