Health Education

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Health Education

• Grade 7
• Mrs. Kathy LaBombard

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Contact

• Email kathleen_labombard_at_whps.org
• Voice Mail 860.570.6500 x 1130

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National Health Standards

• West Hartford and the State of Connecticut follow
  the National Health Standards
• Every unit has a Core Concept and a Skill
  assessed.
• District-wide Common Assessments are from the
  Health Education Assessment Project
  (http//www.ccsso.org/Projects/SCASS/Projects/Heal
  th_Education_Assessment_Project/ )
• Guidelines for Success are posted on my webpage
• http//www.whps.org/school/sedgwick/teacherpages/l
  abombardk/09_10_LaBombard_StudentHealthGuidelinesF
  orStudentSuccess.pdf

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Violence Prevention

• Standard 1Students will comprehend concepts
  related to health promotion and disease
  prevention
• Standard 5 Interpersonal Communication
  (Refusal Skills) - Students will demonstrate the
  ability to use interpersonal communication skills
  to enhance health

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Violence Prevention

• Negotiation Story
• Refusal Skills
• Conflict Resolution
• Sexual Harassment
• Cyberbullying scenarios

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Human Growth DevelopmentHIV/AIDS

• Standard 1 Students will comprehend concepts
  related to health promotion and disease
  prevention
• Standard 5 Students will demonstrate the
  ability to use interpersonal communication skills
  to enhance health.

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Human Growth DevelopmentHIV/AIDS

• HIV transmission drawings
• HIV/AIDS timeline
• AIDS progression

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Substance AbuseAlcohol, MarijuanaRefusal Skills

• Standard 1Students will comprehend concepts
  related to health promotion and disease
  prevention
• Standard 6 Goal Setting - Students will
  demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting and
  decision-making skills to enhance health
• Standard 4 Analyzing Influences - Students will
  analyze the influence of culture, media,
  technology, and other factors on health

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Substance AbuseAlcohol, MarijuanaRefusal Skills

• Refusal Skills role-play
• Goal Setting
• Jeopardy Game
• www.KidsHealth.org

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Fetal Development

• Standard 1
• Students will comprehend concepts related to
  health promotion and disease prevention
• Standard 5 Students will demonstrate the
  ability to use interpersonal communication skills
  to enhance health.

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Fetal Development

• Fetal Development timeline
• Timeliner

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Healthy Active LifeNutrition

• Standard 1Students will comprehend concepts
  related to health promotion and disease
  prevention
• Standard 6 Decision Making Skills Students
  will demonstrate the ability to use
  decision-making skills to enhance health.

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Healthy Active LifeNutrition

• Food Pyramid http//www.mypyramid.gov/
• Portion Size
• Food Labels
• Fat, calories, sodium, cholesterol
• Food Choices
• Fast Food analysis - spreadsheets

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Technology

• Flip-cams
• Inspiration
• Publisher
• Paint
• Power Point (Jeopardy)
• Timeliner
• Clickers

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Unified Arts Rotation

• Art, Health, Music, Physical Education,
  Technology Education
• Art, Health and Tech Ed have 2 rotations a year
• Music has one rotation a year
• Phys. Ed has three rotations a year
• Each rotation is 36 days

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More Information

• Website
• http//www.whps.org/school/sedgwick/ ? Academic ?
  Unified Arts ? Mrs. LaBombard ? Rotation 1

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• Work is often turned in electronically
• Participation is 25 of grade
• Assessments are 25 of grade
• Other written work is 50 of grade

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Survey

• Five-year Plan for Curriculum Review
• Survey is on the whps.org website ? Offices
  ?Physical Education and Health on the left hand
  side.
• http//www.whps.org/physed/mainpage.htm

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Lets have a safe and healthy year!

• Students should contact me directly with
  questions or concerns.

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Samples

• Negotiation Story
• Violence Prevention Vocabulary Inspiration
• Metaphors
• Drug Free Goal Setting
• Literacy support
• Nutrition Fast Food Graphic Organizers