Fourth Grade Class Materials

This Nurture Curriculum is designed to allow schools to provide their students with highly interactive wellness lessons appropriate for the students’ developmental stages. Students explore how to apply nutrition, fitness, and relaxation concepts to their lives. Fourth grade focuses on three main topics: Whole Grains, Healthy Lunches, and Sleep.

The materials are designed to minimize the amount of extra workload for teachers. All activities are linked to Common Core Learning Standards for English or Math. There are 3 activities every month:

Lesson – this is a 15 to 20 minute lesson on the topic of the month
PE Activity – this activity reinforces the monthly topic through physical games
Supplemental Activity – this classroom activity reinforces the topic through English or Math Common Core Learning Standards

We recommend spacing these activities so the students receive no more than one activity a week. This will require them to expend more effort to recall the concepts, thus helping to reinforce them.

Note: If this is the first year your school is implementing the curriculum there are two lessons which provide a strong foundation for all Nurture lessons. Given the developmental stage of 4^th graders, consider teaching MyPlate in September and incorporating Go and Slow food concepts into the MyPlate lesson.

Fourth Grade		Topic	Visuals	Teaching Aids	Handouts
October	Lesson	Hydration Station	Hydration Station Visual	Water, Liquid Measuring Cup, Large clear cup	.
	PE Activity	Elephant Tag	.	2 Pool Noodles	.
	Supp Activity	Beverage Math	.	.	.
November	Lesson	Thankful for Food	Thankful for Food Visual .	..	Thankful for Food Parent Handout . Thankful for Food Parent Handout Spanish
	PE Activity	Going the Distance	..	Stopwatch, 50 bean bags, 5 batons, Equipment to set up 5 obstacle courses	..
	Supp Activity	Thankful	..	..	..
December	Lesson	Whole Grains	Whole Grain Visual	Parts of Grain Sample, Whole Grain Samples, Popcorn seed and popped pop corn, optional	Whole Grain Parent Handout . Whole Grain Parent Handout Spanish
	PE Activity	The Grain Game	.	Stopwatch, 10 – 20 each of 2 different colored pennies	.
	Supp Activity	Asking for Whole Grains	.	Asking for Whole Grains Visuals . Asking for Whole Grains Visuals Spanish	.
January	Lesson	Identifying Whole Grains Lesson	Identifying Whole Grains Visual	..	Identifying Whole Grains Prent Handout . Identifying Whole Grains Parent Handout Spanish
	PE Activity	Capture the Whole Grain	..	5 yellow bean bags, 5 orange bean bags, tape to line center of room	..
	Supp Activity	..	..	..	..
February	Lesson	Fitness is Fun	.	Healthy Heart Log . Healthy Heart Log Spanish	Fitness is Fun – Especially when you do it together! . !Hacer Ejercicio es Divertido – Sobre Todo Cuando lo Hace en Familia!!
	PE Activity	Dance Party	.	Dance Party Handout . Dance Party Handout Spanish	.
	Supp Activity	Fitness Challenge	.	.	.
March	Lesson	Sleep	Sleep Visuals	Sleep Worksheet . Sleep Worksheet Spanish	Improving Sleep Parent Handout . Improving Sleep Parent Handout Spanish
	PE Activity	Yoga Tag	..	..	..
	Supp Activity	Alarm Arithmetic	..	..	..
April	Lesson	Pack A Better Lunch	Pack a Better Lunch Visuals	.	Healthy Lunch Ideas Parent Handout . Healthy Lunch Ideas Parent Handout Spanish
	PE Activity	.	.	.	.
	Supp Activity	Yoga: Balance Poses	.	.	.
May	Lesson	Pack a Better Lunch	..	Food Cards Large .. Food Cards Large Backs	..
	PE Activity		..	..	..
	Supp Activity	Peter Packed a Picnic	..	..	..