Objectives
- A fit-check is a self-awareness tool to help students with healthy decision-making.
Lesson Plan
Being fit is not just about what you eat or drink or how you move. Being fit is about having enough energy and motivation to make healthy nutrition and physical activity choices. Four key factors of well-being help you to be fit:
- Mood: Motivate Your Mood
- Food: Think Your Food
- Recharge: Recharge Your Energy
- Move: Move Your Body
This unit will help students connect the four parts of fit with everyday choices by teaching them how to do a fit-check. A fit-check is a tool for the moments when a child needs to make a choice. Your students will learn to be mindful and stop to think about their energy and mood before making a choice—then decide the best choice, the fit choice!
Set The Stage
Ask kids to raise their hands if they have seen a stop sign on the road while they are in the car or on the bus. Ask students to explain what the purpose of a stop sign is.
To use this with your students click here.
Captivate
Making Choices
Noah and Carmen both walk to different locations. What are the obstacles they run into? What are their choices?Educate
Making Healthy Choices
The fit-check is a tool to help you to stop and think about making healthy choices.Activate
Reminders Help Us Make Healthy Choices
Students make a fit-check sign to remind themselves to stop and think about fit choices.Option: Download the fit-Check Door Sign template.
Close the Lesson
In this lesson we learned to stop and think about choices. When we take the time to think, we make better choices.
Grade: K-2
Time: 20 Minutes
What You'll Need
Resources
Materials
- Slideshow
- Markers
- Poster Board or White Board
Health Education Standards
- Standard 1: Core concepts-Self-control and impulse-control strategies
- Standard 2: Analyze Influences
- Standard 4: Interpersonal Communication
- Standard 5: Decision-Making
Social and Emotional Learning Competencies
- Self-Awareness
- Self Management
- Responsible Decision-Making