Health

Comprehension: Immune System (elem)

Two reading comprehensions (Your Immune System, Keeping Your Immune System Healthy) clearly and simply explain how the immune system works and how to keep it working.

Comprehension: Nutrition Overview (upper elem/middle)

One page overview of the basics of nutrition with comp questions, vocabulary list, word search puzzle.

Comprehension: Nutrition: Fats; The Good, the Bad, the Necessary (elementary)

A one page reading comprehension on the nutrition of fats and their connection to energy, with comp questions, matching, fat diary and coloring activities.

Unit: Food Pyramid (elem/upper elem)

This unit is a great enhancement to a nutrition lesson, and also works well as a "stand alone". Based on the 2005 food pyramid guide, and featuring imaginative writing prompts, real-life nutrition analysis, graphing, and more.

Comprehension: Respiratory System (elem)

Three reading comprehensions (Your Respiratory System, Diseases of the Respiratory System, Take Care of your Respiratory System) clearly and simply explain how the respiratory system works and how to keep it working.

Booklet: Healthy Choices (primary)

Short, easy to read sentences about health, and then space for students to write about their own healthy choices.

Comprehension: Digestive System (upper elem/middle)

Three reading comprehensions (Your Digestive System, Diseases of the Digestive System, Take Care of Your Digestive System) clearly and simply explain how the Digestive system works and how to keep it working.

Comprehension: Blood and Circulation (upper elementary/ middle)

Learn the differences between arteries, veins, and capillaries, as well as other functions of the circulatory system, with this fact-filled reading comprehension.