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Dear Parent/Guardian:
My name is Ms. Fritz and I will be your child’s Health teacher for this school year. To facilitate the communication process, listed below is an overview of the units and topics to be covered in 7th grade.
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Health and Wellness
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1. Four areas of Health and Wellness
2. Influences on Health and Wellness
3. Using the Nine life skills
4. Wellness poster
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Decisions and Goals
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1. Influences
2. Values
3. 6 steps to decision making
4. Decisions freeze frame skits
5. Action plans
6. Setting personal goals (map)(assessment)
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Healthy Relationships
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1. Character traits
2. Self –esteem
3. Different kinds of relationships
4. Qualities of friendship
5. Types and sources of conflict and conflict resolution
6. Effective communication
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Fitness and Nutrition
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1. Benefits/components of fitness
2. Injury prevention
3. New food pyramid
4. Nutrients
5. Serving sizes
6. Nutrition labels
7. Fitness plan
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Tobacco, alcohol, drugs
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1. What is substance abuse
2. Why do people do it
3. Research project
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During the class, students will be able to ask questions, which will be answered factually and in an age appropriate manner. Each student’s privacy will be respected, and no one will be put on the spot to ask or answer questions that reveal personal information.
Under Massachusetts law and School Committee policy, you may exempt your child from any portion of the curriculum that primarily involves sexual education or sexuality issues. To exempt your child, simply send me a letter requesting that your child be exempt from this portion of the curriculum.
If you have any question or concerns regarding the units or content, please feel free to contact me at 781-326-7500 x2315 or email me at kfritz@westwood.k12.ma.us. For more in depth class information visit my website at http://westwood.k12.ma.us/~kfritz/index .
Wellness Department
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