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How to Teach Students About Death in the Health Education Classroom (or Any Classroom)

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Use Age-Appropriate Materials For elementary students, simple stories or discussions about the natural life cycle can be a gentle introduction. Preschool) PBS Kids — When a Pet Dies (Elementary School) PBS Kids Go! Jessica shares lessons, assessments, and curriculum suggestions on social media ( @CoachMatheson ).

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Add Movement to the School Day to Boost Student Physical Activity and Learning

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If you ask most elementary students what their favorite subjects are, the most common answers are usually physical education and recess. Elementary students get the majority of their movement during the school day in physical education (PE) and recess. They perform better on standardized and functional assessments.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Student Survivors are Leading the Way in School Safety

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This PSA highlights the Los Angeles County START campaign, an acronym for “School Threat Assessment Response Team.” ” The School Threat Assessment Response Team (START) was designed to address the need for comprehensive threat prevention and management program in school settings.

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Mike Graham, PE Teacher, Partners with PLT4M

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Mike Graham, PE teacher and founder of PE 4 Every Kid, is joining forces with PLT4M to enhance elementary physical education for students and teachers alike. Together, this partnership marks a major step in bringing a comprehensive, developmentally appropriate elementary PE curriculum to schools nationwide. Mike won Elementary P.E.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Ohio School Nurse Rachel Ocampo’s, Assessment Skills Save the Life of a Third Grader!

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The story of the third grader at Parkside Elementary School highlights the critical role that school nurses play in ensuring the well-being of students. T he timely intervention of the school’s licensed nurse, Rachel Ocampo, proved to be life-saving for Kassie Machado’s daughter, Mia.

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Teaching Lacrosse in Physical Education Using the New USA Lacrosse Curriculum

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In addition, you will see various assessments that align with those outcomes. The most important part is making sure what you write is assessed during the lesson. As you navigate the new curriculum you will find specific grade-level outcomes (GLOs) that can serve as the focus of your instruction. Additional Resources.

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The National PE Standards Set the Structure — You Provide the Paint

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Assessments are used in standards-based education to determine the ongoing progress of students, which will drive instruction choices, and to document that students have reached mastery of the standards for each grade.”. In 2018, he was named SHAPE Maryland Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year.