Mrs. Andrews favorite &fast healthy Market Day items

1.  Wild Alaskan grilled salmon( protein, healthy fats)
2.  Vegetable fried rice ( most fried rice has alot of fat, but this only has one gram- grains, vegetables)
3.  Diced chicken tenderloins-I use this in everything- salads, soups, tacos,etc. (protein, low fat)
4.  Baja roasted corn blend- vegetables, black beans for protein)
5.  Oven ready boneless turkey breast (protein, low fat)
6.  Tilapia filets( high protein, low fat)
7.  Fruit singles( 100% fruit, no sugar added and taste great)
8.  Chicken stir fry kit (protein, low fat, vegetables)
9.  Snyder's snap pretzels (low fat, grains)
10.  Tropicana orange juice singles (100% fruit juice)

Top 10 unhealthy foods- you can eat these, just not too often or too much!

Anything fried
Cheesecake
Bacon/bologna/hot dogs
Soda
Donuts/cinnamon rolls
Anything with the word cream in it
Candy
High fuctose corn syrup products
Alfredo, cheese sauce, butter sauce
Mayonaisse

Top 10 healthy foods

There are many healthy foods.  These are the top ten healthy according to leading nutrition experts:
Skim milk
Greek yogurt
Almonds
Whole grain pasta and bread
Spinach
Olive oil
Avocados
Berries- blackberries, blueberries, raspberries
Salmon
Beans- black, brown, white

Nutrition unit

We have just completed our Tumbling unit in all grade levels.  K-2 students are finishing up their striking skills(hitting something with something else that is not your body- such as batting).  3rd-5th grade students are completing their soccer unit. All of those assessments have been sent home. Our next unit of study will be nutrition.  We will be learning about making healthy eating choices through discussions and games.  I have posted on the side of this blog links for the nutrition assignment.  If they lose their paper, you can print them at home. 

I have started a beginner assignment for students in 1st and 2nd grade to work on with their parents.  Eating habits are established by the time that a child is 6 years old, and it is easiest to influence them in a healthy way before the age of 12.  That is why it is so important to educate and encourage our children to eat healthy now.  Ask them about some of the games that we are playing to help learn nutriton facts.  They may be able to teach you something new!

Eating more vegetables would be a great goal for all students and adults.  When I visit the lunch room with 120+ students at a time, I walk the tables to check for vegetables.  I see an average of 7-10 students who have a vegetable at lunch. With the hot lunch program, there are two choices of vegetables every day.  Encourage your child to eat one every day!

May Watts Fall testing results 2010

I collected data from our Fall fitness testing that we just completed.  I wanted to see how our students were doing in the four required events in 1st grade through 5th grade.  Here are the results:

Class	Exceeds	Meets	Does not Meet	Healthy Zone
1C	6	5	14	11/25
1G	5	2	17	7/24
1P	10	5	9	15/24
1S	7	5	12	12/24
1W	9	9	8	18/26

Class	Exceeds	Meets	Does not Meet	Healthy Zone
2Ba	7	6	10	13/23
2Br	4	8	11	12/23
2C	5	6	14	11/25
2HB	5	7	14	12/26

Class	Exceeds	Meets	Does not Meet	Healthy Zone
3A	12	12	8	24/32
3Ba	13	5	12	18/30
3Br	4	9	16	13/39

Class	Exceeds	Meets	Does not Meet	Healthy Zone
4B	7	7	10	14/24
4C	6	6	13	12/25
4G	2	11	11	13/24
4W	9	12	5	21/26

Class	Exceeds	Meets	Does not Meet	Healthy Zone
5P	3	13	11	16/27
5S	5	8	13	13/26
5V	5	7	14	12/26
5G	8	6	13	14/27
School Total	132	161	223	273/496