The Eating Healthy Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 2nd graders a fun passage about healthy food plus six questions to check understanding. Answer key included—perfect for no-prep reading and nutrition practice at home or school.
Using this Jumping Jack Song (MP3), your students will be working up a sweat as they do jumping jacks along with the catchy beat.
Using this Jumping Jacks Song (Original Music Video), your students will be working up a sweat as they do jumping jacks along with the catchy exercise video.
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Using this Stretching Song (MP3), your students will cool down and stretch their muscles with perfect form along with the catchy beat.
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This Fitness Songs (MP3 Album) provides you and your students with seven fitness songs to get your class moving and fit in a fun and musical way!
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The Classifying Proteins, Grains, Fruits and Veggies Worksheet asks 2nd grade students to sort fifteen everyday foods into three labeled food groups. An answer key is included, so classifying practice checks itself.
Using this Walking Song (Original Music Video), your students will be working up a sweat as they walk along with the catchy beat.
The Brain Break Song (MP3) is perfect for classroom brain breaks, transitions, indoor recess, and physical activities.
Health & Fitness Reading Comprehension Workbook includes 38 Phonics-themed Stories. 5 test questions per story. Progress Reports.
The Stretching Video teaches stretching and how to stretch. This Stretching Fitness Video is a fun and educational fitness video that will get your kids up and moving. Perfect for classroom transitions, brain breaks, rainy days, and gym class.
Using these Fruit Flash Cards, students improve their fruit vocabulary by describing the colorful flash cards.
This dozen donuts reading comprehension worksheet gives 2nd grade students a short bakery story, four multiple-choice questions, and a written response. An answer key is included, so checking the work is quick.
Using this Sit Up Song (Original Music Video), your students will be working up a sweat as they do jumping jacks along with the catchy exercise video.
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Fuel up, move more, feel great
Second graders go beyond naming food groups. They learn what each group does for the body: protein builds muscles, grains give energy, fruits and vegetables bring vitamins that help them grow and fight off colds. They read about healthy choices, plan balanced meals and track how much they move. They also connect exercise, sleep, clean hands and brushed teeth to how they feel each day. The click comes when kids start reading labels and asking, "Is this an everyday food?"
Second graders are ready to read about health and make their own choices. These moves help them do both.
Give kids a short passage about eating healthy and ask them to find two reasons in the text for choosing an apple over chips. Reading for evidence turns a health lesson into a comprehension lesson too.
Why it works: mixing different kinds of problems in one practice set helped students do far better on a later test (Rohrer and Taylor, 2007).
Try it withEating Healthy - Reading Comprehension WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Kids draw a balanced plate for their favorite meal and label every food group. Then partners swap plates and check: is anything missing? Planning their own meal makes the food groups personal.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withMy Plate Drawing WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Brushing for a full two minutes is hard for seven-year-olds. Play a toothbrushing song as the timer during a pretend practice with a giant toothbrush, then send the song home for nightly brushing.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withBrush My Teeth SongSongsOpen it →Get kids moving and tasting while they learn.
VideosFollow along with a stretching song and name the muscles you're waking up.
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Flash CardsFlip fruit cards fast. Name the fruit, its color, and whether it grows on a tree or a vine.
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WorksheetsSort foods into proteins, grains, fruits and veggies, then build a shopping list.
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Second grade health usually covers food groups and balanced meals, exercise, sleep, hygiene, dental care and staying safe. Kids also learn why each healthy habit matters.
Use a plate model and real examples from their lunches. Have them sort foods, then plan one balanced meal. Talking about what each food group does for the body makes it stick.
Health guidelines suggest about 60 minutes of active play each day for school-age kids. Short brain breaks, recess and after-school play all count.
Absolutely! Health reading passages and workbooks let kids practice comprehension while they learn about nutrition and fitness. It's two subjects in one lesson.
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