First 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. First grade focuses on three main topics: Go and Slow Foods, Fruits and Vegetables, and Basic Needs for a Healthy Body.

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 is a short activity that reinforces the monthly topic
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.

First Grade		Topic	Visuals	Teaching Aids	Handouts
October	Lesson	Food for Fuel: Go or Slow?	Go or Slow Visuals . Go or Slow Visuals Spanish	Go or Slow Worksheet	Go vs. Slow Foods . Go vs. Slow Foods Spanish
	PE Activity	Go Slow Relay	.	Food Cards Small . Food Card Information	.
	Supp Activity	Go Slow Cartoon	.	Go or Slow Cartoon Worksheet . Go or Slow Cartoon Worksheet Spanish	.
November	Lesson	Energy Balance	Energy Balance Visual . Energy Balance Visual Spanish	.	Energy Balance Parent Handout . Energy Balance Parent Handout Spanish
	PE Activity	Energy Balance Exercises	.	hula hoops, basketballs, other balls	.
	Supp Activity	Hungry or Full?	.	.	.
December	Lesson	Fruits and Veggies	Healthy Body . Healthy Body Spanish	MyPlate Poster . MyPlate Spanish	Fruit and Veggie Parent Handout . Fruit and Veggie Parent Handout Spanish
	PE Activity	Fruit and Veggie Spud	.	Dodge ball	.
	Supp Activity	Fruit and Veggie Math	.	.	.
January	Lesson	Fitting in More Fruits and Veggies	Fitting in Fruit and Veggies Visual	.	Fitting in Fruits and Veggies Parent Handout . Fitting in Fruits and Veggies Parent Handout Spanish
	PE Activity	F&V Red Light/ Green Light	.	.	.
	Supp Activity	Calculating Fruit & Veggie Consumption		Fruit and Veggie Challenge . Fruit and Veggie Challenge Spanish
February	Lesson	Fitness is Fun	.	.	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	My Healthy Heart	.	My Healthy Heart Worksheet . My Healthy Heart Worksheet Spanish	.
March	Lesson	Grow A Strong Body	Growing a Strong Body Visuals	Want or Need Worksheet	Strong Bodies: Wants & Needs . Strong Bodies: Wants & Needs Spanish
	PE Activity	Indy 500	.	.	.
	Supp Activity	Need or Want	.	.	.
April	Lesson	Where does food come from?	Where does food come from visual . Where does food come from Visual Spanish	Pencils and How do we get our food	Where does food come from parent handout . Where does food come from parent handout Spanish
	PE Activity	Farmer and the Crow	.	.	.
	Supp Activity	TBD	.	.	.
May	Lesson	From Slow to Go	From Slow to Go Pictures	.	.
	PE Activity	Simon Says Go/ Slow	.	.	.
	Supp Activity	All about Me	.	.	.