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Food & Nutrition / Health / Dental Health Themes/Thematic Units (6 products)

teaching supplies - foodFood & Nutrition Thematic Unit

Grade Level: Preschool - 1st Grade
Price: $9.99
Product #: 1002373
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This reproducible resource is filled with ready-to-use lessons and cross-curricular activities.

The book is based on the following pieces of literature: Growing Vegetable Soup; Bread Bread Bread; and Gregory the Terrible Eater.

For each of these featured books, activities are included which set the stage for reading, encourage the enjoyment of the book, and extend the concepts gained. In addition, the theme is connected to the curriculum with activities in language arts, math, science, social studies, art, music, and life skills.

Suggestions and patterns for bulletin boards are additional time savers for the busy teacher. Furthermore, directions for student-created Big Books and culminating activities, which allow students to synthesize their knowledge in order to create products that can be shared beyond the classroom, highlight this very complete teacher resource.

This unit includes:

  • literature selections - summaries of three children's books with related lessons (complete with reproducible pages) that cross the curriculum
  • language experience and writing ideas - suggestions as well as activities across the curriculum
  • bulletin board ideas - suggestions and plans for student-created and/or interactive bulletin boards
  • curriculum connections - in language arts, math, science, art, music, and life skills such as cooking and physical education
  • group projects - to foster cooperative learning
  • culminating activities - which require students to synthesize theirlearning to produce a product or engage in an activity that can be shared with others
  • a bibliography - suggesting additional literature and nonfiction books on the theme
  • homework suggestions - extending the unit to the child's home

Pages: 80
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Health Theme Book Thematic Unit First GradeStaying Healthy

Grade Level: First Grade
Price: $5.95
Product #: WR00852
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Activities develop health skills while reinforcing comprehension in young students and important health concepts in older students. Includes information drawn from the health curriculum found in most elementary schools, plus up-to-date data and food pyramids. These engaging stories and stimulating activities will help students make a connection between what they are learning and real life.

Students make many decisions that affect heir health. To make the right choices, they need to understand the importance of a healthy lifestyle and believe that achieving it can be fun. Through a series of engaging lessons and activities, this teaching practice book helps students achieve that goal.

Staying Healthy for Grade 1 teaches:

  • Self-awareness and respect for others
  • The importance of good nutrition and safety practices
  • Some of the causes and consequences of illness
  • The roles of various health-care professionals

This teaching resource book provides opportunities for students to practice a variety of reading, writing, and language skills. It also helps them build concept development in math, science, social studies, research, and art. The information and activities in this workbook can easily be used as part of cross-curricular lesson plans that encourage investigation as well as oral and written communication.

48 pages, full color, paperback.
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Health Theme Thematic Unit Second GradeStaying Healthy

Grade Level: Second Grade
Price: $5.95
Product #: WR00853
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Activities develop health skills while reinforcing comprehension in young students and important health concepts in older students. Includes information drawn from the health curriculum found in most elementary schools, plus up-to-date data and food pyramids. These engaging stories and stimulating activities will help students make a connection between what they are learning and real life.

Students make many decisions that affect heir health. To make the right choices, they need to understand the importance of a healthy lifestyle and believe that achieving it can be fun. Through a series of engaging lessons and activities, this teaching practice book helps students achieve that goal.

Staying Healthy for Grade 2 teaches:

  • The link between good nutrition and good health
  • Basic rules for safety at home and away from home
  • How to attain and maintain healthy habits
  • How to get help in case of an accident
  • The importance of the five senses

This teaching resource book provides opportunities for students to practice a variety of reading, writing, and language skills. It also helps them build concept development in math, science, social studies, research, and art. The information and activities in this workbook can easily be used as part of cross-curricular lesson plans that encourage investigation as well as oral and written communication.

48 pages, full color, paperback.
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Health Theme Book Thematic Unit Third - Fourth GradeStaying Healthy

Grade Level: Third - Fourth Grade
Price: $5.95
Product #: WR00854
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Activities develop health skills while reinforcing comprehension in young students and important health concepts in older students. Includes information drawn from the health curriculum found in most elementary schools, plus up-to-date data and food pyramids. These engaging stories and stimulating activities will help students make a connection between what they are learning and real life.

Students make many decisions that affect heir health. To make the right choices, they need to understand the importance of a healthy lifestyle and believe that achieving it can be fun. Through a series of engaging lessons and activities, this teaching practice book helps students achieve that goal.

Staying Healthy for Grades 3-4 teaches:

  • The functions of the body's vital systems
  • The correlation between exercise and good health
  • Healthful eating habits
  • The causes of and appropriate responses to disease
  • The danger resulting from the misuse of tobacco, alcohol, and other harmful substances
  • That emotional health is part of overall physical health

This teaching resource book provides opportunities for students to practice a variety of reading, writing, and language skills. It also helps them build concept development in math, science, social studies, research, and art. The information and activities in this workbook can easily be used as part of cross-curricular lesson plans that encourage investigation as well as oral and written communication.

48 pages, full color, paperback.
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my body thematic unitMy Body

Grade Level: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th grades
Price: $7.99
Product #: 1000211
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This book has been a classroom favorite for years! It is designed to provide information about the human body for the primary child. Parts of the human body are explained and illustrated. Patterns are included for life-size replicas that the children can make and take home.

It is our hope that if children learn about their bodies at an early age, they will not abuse them later. We hope they will join with us and become excited about learning what is going on inside the body and strive to stay healthy!

Pages: 40
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Dental Health Theme Thematic Unit Teacher Resource BookDental Health Theme Book

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $7.95
Product #: 2061059
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Save time and energy planning thematic units with this comprehensive teacher resource. Included in this book are units, single ideas to extend a unit, and a variety of reproducible activities. Use these activities to develop your own complete unit or simply to enhance your current lesson plans. You're sure to find everything you need for strengthening student learning about dental health!

Some of the features you'll enjoy include:

  • basic-skills reinforcement
  • literacy activities
  • math activities
  • craft ideas
  • learning centers
  • timesaving patterns and reproducibles

Pages: 48
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Five Senses Theme / Thematic Units (3 products)

five senses theme / thematic unit teaching suppliesFive Senses Theme Book

Grade Level: Preschool - Kindergarten
Price: $7.95
Product #: 2003233
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Save time and energy planning thematic units with this comprehensive teacher resource. Included in this book are units, single ideas to extend a unit, and a variety of reproducible activities. Use these activities to develop your own complete unit or simply to enhance your current lesson plans. You're sure to find everything you need for active learning fun!

Some of the features you'll enjoy include:

  • basic-skills reinforcement
  • language experiences
  • whole-class and small-group activities
  • skill-based games
  • literature connections
  • writing activities
  • timesaving patterns and reproducibles
  • follow-up and extension activities

Pages: 48
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Five Senses Theme Teaching Book Thematic UnitFive Senses Thematic Unit

Grade Level: First, Second, Third Grade
Price: $9.99
Product #: 1000270
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This reproducible teaching resource is filled with ready-to-use lessons and cross-curricular activities. Also included are management ideas, creative suggestions for the classroom, and a bibliography.

At its core are two high-quality children's literature selections: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse and The Little Red Hen.

For each of these featured books, activities are included which set the stage for reading, encourage the enjoyment of the book, and extend the concepts gained. In addition, the theme is connected to the curriculum with activities in language arts, math, science, social studies, art, music, and life skills.

Suggestions and patterns for bulletin boards and unit management tools are additional time savers for the busy teacher. Furthermore, directions for student-created Big Books and culminating activities, which allow students to synthesize their knowledge in order to create products that can be shared beyond the classroom, highlight this very complete teacher resource.

This thematic unit includes:

  • literature selections - summaries of children's books with related lessons (complete with reproducible pages) that cross the curriculum
  • poetry - suggested selections and lessons enabling students to write and publish their own works
  • planning guides - suggestions for sequencing lessons each day of the unit
  • language experience ideas - daily suggestions as well as activities across the curriculum, including Big Books
  • bulletin board ideas - suggestions and plans for student-created and/or interactive bulletin boards
  • homework suggestions - extending the unit to the child's home
  • curriculum connections - in language arts, math, science, social studies, art, music, and life skills (such as cooking and physical education)
  • group projects - to foster cooperative learning
  • a culminating activity - which requires students to synthesize their learning to create a product or engage in an activity that can be shared with others
  • a bibliography - suggesting additional literature and nonfiction books on the theme


Pages: 80
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Bulletin Board Set Spanish / English Five Senses
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Five Senses (Spanish/English) Bulletin Board Set

Price: $6.99 + $1.75 (This item requires an additional handling/packaging fee)
Product #: 4001459
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This set includes 2 title signs in English and Spanish, 10 1/2" x 6" picture cards with Spanish translation cards, and a poem. Great for early childhood theme-based learning.

Click the "Sample Pages" link for a printable Spanish-English translation guide.
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My Body Theme/Thematic Unit

my body thematic unitMy Body

Grade Level: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th grades
Price: $7.99
Product #: 1000211
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This book has been a classroom favorite for years! It is designed to provide information about the human body for the primary child. Parts of the human body are explained and illustrated. Patterns are included for life-size replicas that the children can make and take home.

It is our hope that if children learn about their bodies at an early age, they will not abuse them later. We hope they will join with us and become excited about learning what is going on inside the body and strive to stay healthy!

Pages: 40
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Creative Kids: Simple Science Fun
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