When should students be able to set their own bedtimes?

When should students be able to set their own bedtimes?
How old should they be?  What should parents take into consideration?
Write a persuasive essay using several reasons and supporting details.

Read this article, "What Sleep Is and Why All Kids Need It" and this one, "Why Do I Need Sleep?" for more information about sleep.

Click here to download a free checklist for editing persuasive essays.

Free Health Resources for Grades 3-6

 Organ Research Report @TPT or @TN

We are supposed to teach health, but that isn't a subject that usually gets curriculum updates.  Today I want to share with you two free assignments and a website I use for research.  Both assignments are available in my Teacher's Notebook and my Teachers Pay Teachers stores.  They each include rubrics for easy grading.

 

 Healthy Habits Poster Project @TPT or @TN

If you don’t have a set of health books on body systems, I recommend KidsHealth.org.  I have used this site for health resources and also as evidence in persuasive writing units.  The main page has sections for parents, children, teens, and educators.  

Organ Research Page

Today's Friday Freebie is a two-page mini-research project that I give my students for help.  The first page is a list of questions and the second is the rubric I use for grading.

Some years I have made this a group project and other years an independent one.  I always have students give short oral presentations for projects like these.  I let them have a buddy stand with them and hold any visuals.  (My students love to help each other give presentations, and it makes it more comfortable for beginning public speakers.)

To download Organ Research Report from my Google Drive, click here. 

To download a Healthy Habits Poster Research Project, click here.

Healthy Habits Poster Project

I enjoy teaching the systems of the human body to my fourth graders.  This year my group started out a little more squeamish than most, but I can see them start to become fascinated.

I have two goals for this unit:
1. Identify the organs for each of five body systems: digestive, respiratory, immune, circulatory and nervous.
2. Explain how to take care of your body.

The Healthy Habits Poster Project is a free mini research project that can be used as a culminating project to any health unit or as a stand alone project for students who need enrichment. This product contains an assignment sheet with a rubric for the students, a template for a works cited page, and a list of online resources. Common Core Standards are listed for this project.

You can download the Healthy Habits Poster Project here at my Teachers Pay Teachers store and also at my Teacher's Notebook store.

To download an Organ Research page, click here.