Four teachers will be working together as a team to prepare students to educate their peers through a school-wide health fair about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle. Using their knowledge of the material from both class discussion and independent research, the students will create a formal presentation and a display to teach peers about aspects of physical fitness in the form of a health fair. My class will work with the students from the three other classes to reach this goal.
My two participating classes are fifth grade students from Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School. While this unit is intended for fifth grade, it can be modified to encompass a variety of grade levels. The diverse population with in my class correlates to the 550 students who attend Betsy Ross. While half of the schools population is from New Haven, the remaining half is from various parts of New Haven County. According to STAR Math and Connecticut Mastery Test results, one of the participating classes will consist of students who test above the fifth grade level in mathematics. The other participating class is of average and below-average mathematics abilities. On account of their differences in ability, their mathematics curriculums differ, but their science curriculums are the same. Some modifications will be made in both classes for students with additional educational and social needs. Both classes are instructed based on the New Haven Public School Fifth Grade Science Curriculum. At Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School our mission is to fuse both the arts and academics together to build a richer and more meaningful education. This unit, in combination with the other three units, includes topics ranging from visual art, foreign language, language arts, and science. The unity of these topics meets the school expectations, as well as state and district requirements.
