Elementary Physical Education and Health Methods-C367 (PreAssessments) Questions And Answers 2022
A first-grade student has justbegun school for the
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a schoolroom tent that was set up in fields where her parents picked vegetables. The student is
resisting going to the restroom to wash her hands before lunch.
How should the teacher modify this activity to take into consideration the family's influence on the
student's health? - Correct Answer- Sanitation in her previous school was different, so the student
should be eased into a new routine.
While teaching a unit on the problems of illicit drug use, the teacher eels that factual information about
drugs is having little impact on the students. The teacher feels the students do not approve of drug use
but fears they will not be able to communicate this to thier peers.
How should this teacher encourage the students to achieve this skill? - Correct Answer- The teacher
should provide opportunities for students to identify their feelings and personalize the information on
drugs.
A teacher is helping students resolve a conflict on the playground and would like to promote student
leraning of conflict management and resolution.
How can the teacher meet this goal? - Correct Answer- Teach students to name the problem and
identify solutions before implementing their decision.
A fourth-grade teacher has been working with two students to resolve a conflict. The students have
agreed on a solution to the problem.
What should the teacher do to help the students implement and evaluate the plan? - Correct AnswerObserve the students to make sure the plan is working.
The teacher wants to involve family and community members in the development of tornado-safety
emergency procedures.
How can the teacher meet this goal? - Correct Answer- Develop a basic action plan that guides families
and community members to safety during a tornado.
A second-grade teacher is planning a learning activity to help students learn effective ways to respond
if approached by an adult stranger who asks them for directions to a nearby store.
How can the teacher effectively meet the objective? - Correct Answer- Have students role-play running
to a safe place and telling an adult they trust about the sittuation.
Which activity supports a first-grade teacher's goal to help her students be safe if a fire occurs at
home? - Correct Answer- Invite firefighters to school to show students what firefighters look like and
explain how they help.
A new student in the school district is HIV positive. Although this information is not disclosed,
administration wants to implement safety practices in case an accident should occur with this student.
How should the school communicate information to parents about these new safety practices? - Correct
Answer- Include the school's policy statement concerning HIV students in the parent handbook.
What should a teacher do when a child complains of a stiff neck and has a high fever? - Correct
Answer- Call the parents and advise them to seek prompt medical care.
What would be a sign of a serious head injury? - Correct Answer- The student is unable to remember
events that happened before the accident.
Which action would be appropriate for a teacher to take to aviod transmission of strep throat? - Correct
Answer- Have infected students stay home from school until they have been free of fever for 24-48
hours.
How is the health of children impacted when they fail to wash their hands regularly? - Correct AnswerThere is an increased risk for infectious diseases.
A student reports stomach pain and feels like he is going to vomit. The teacher noticed he ate three
brownies for lunch.
How should the teacher respond to this incident? - Correct Answer- Send the student to the school
nurse and inform the parents of the symptoms that were observed.
A school would like to provide assistance to students feaced with any type of medical emergency while
at school. They are especially reconsidering their policies for handling life-threatening situations.
Which policy should they put in place to handle these situations? - Correct Answer- They should make
sure that someone who is trained in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is always present
in the school.
Which elementary student is showing signs of physical neglect? - Correct Answer- A student who plays
outside without adequate supervision.
Which material should be classified as hazardous when found on school grounds? - Correct Answer- A
bottle of ant spray.
Which age-appropriate strategy would help a first-grade teacher help the students understand how to
dress more appropriately for the weather? - Correct Answer- Provide each student a boy and girl doll
with a variety of clothing and then roll a "seasons" dice and dress the dolls in clothes that fit the season
rolled.
A fifth-grade teacher notices that bullying behavior is occurring in the classroom. The teacher wants to
design a policy that will help eliminate the bullying behavior.
Which policy would be appropriate? - Correct Answer- Students should report bullying to an adult.
Which activity appropriately helps a teacher assist students in making better decisions about which
adult should be trusted to help them if they are lost? - Correct Answer- The teacher reads the students
a story about a lost boy who has to find help and then has the students role-play being the lost child, a
stranger, a policeman, and other trusted adults so they can practice choosing the correct adult to ask
for assistance.
Which activity should a third-grade teacher incoporate into a unit on pedestrian safety? - Correct
Answer- Take students to a cross walk and demonstrate looking left, right, and left again.
Which information should be included in an elementary health lesson about caffeine? - Correct AnswerCaffeine can affect a person's ability to sleep.
What is an appropriate way for a teacher of an elementary classroom to offer nutritional information on
healthy food to families? - Correct Answer- Have the students take home the healthy foods chart they
colored in school.
Which service is provided by the Hunger-Free Kids Act? - Correct Answer- More nutritional choices in
lunch programs.
Which is a characteristic of valid nutritional information? - Correct Answer- It is provided by a
government agency.
What is an apprpriate strategy to help kindergartners make healthy food choices? - Correct AnswerProvide information without being judgmental.
What would be an appropriate policy to ensure elementary students remain adequately hydrated at
school? - Correct Answer- Ensure access to drinking water throughout the school day.
A teacher would like to encourage the class to make good nutritional choices when given no adult
guidance.
Which instructional strategy is appropriate to meet this goal? - Correct Answer- Set up a pretend store,
give each student ten dollars to buy food for one meal, and have them check the nutritional content of
what they bought.
A teacher notices that most students are not eating breakfast. The teacher stresses the importance of
eating a nutritious breakfast every day and procides an incentive for students to eat breakfast each
morning.
What are two potential benefits of more students eating breakfast? - Correct Answer- -Decrease in
absences
-Fewer incidents of tardiness
Which infection is associated with consuming unqashed fruits and vegetables and undercooked ground
beef? - Correct Answer- E.coli
How does culture influence students' nutritional habits? - Correct Answer- It influences food choices the
students make.
A second-grade teacher would like to have students prepare the food that will be served at that
evening's family literacy night.
What should be included in this teacher's food safety plan? - Correct Answer- Make sure all students
wash thier hands well before beginning to help with the food preparation.
An elementary school nurse would like to encourage teachers to do their part in reducing the spread of
illness among the staff.
Which policy should the school put in place? - Correct Answer- Hands should be washed every time the
restroom is used.
A fifth-grade health teacher wants to provide an activity to promote food-safety when preparing food.
Which learning activity would help achieve this goal? - Correct Answer- Students read a thermometer to
determine safe food temperatures.
Why is it important to incorporate movement and physical activity into the elementary classroom? -
Correct Answer- It allows students to improve health through active movement.
Why should a teacher address the topic of active lifestyles with elementary students? - Correct AnswerTo promote a healthy body.
A first-grade physical education teacher develops a unit on learning to toss a ball. The teacher wants to
incorporate team building into the lesson plan.
How should the teacher accomplish this goal. - Correct Answer- Allow each student to toss the ball to
another student.
A student's parents talk to the teacher about heir child's poor hand-eye coordination. The parents feels
thier child is below developmental age-level in ability to track objects in space.
Which activity could the student practice to help improve this skill? - Correct Answer- Juggling
After a unit on a healthy eating, a physical education teacher wants the students to voluntarily promote
what they have learned about living healthy lifestyles at a parents' night event at the school.
Which strategy should the teacher use to accomplish this goal? - Correct Answer- Encourage students
to create a display identifying the importance of nutrition for the event.
A group of third-graders are playing soccer. The ball accidentally hits a player's hand and the students
begin to argue whether it is a violation or not.
Which strategy can the teacher use to help the students learn to resolve disagreements during
activities? - Correct Answer- Require each team to call fouls and penalties and use the teacher as an
arbitrator if agreement cannot be reached.
When playing a group challenge game, two boys continue to dominate their group and refuse to let
anyone else win. With this happening, this group coninues to perform poorly in the game.
Which strategy should the teacher use to help improve the group dynamic? - Correct Answer- Have
team members rotate roles.
A teacher is working with fifth graders on football skills. As the teacher watched a student, the teacher
notices that the student is using the student's own body to stop the ball before catching it.
Which mature skill can the student use to become better at catching the ball? - Correct Answer- Use
hands to catch ball and then bring to the body.
A physical education teacher wants to plan games that help her second-grade students feel physically
challengd.
Which strategy would help these students value the activity because it physically challenges them? -
Correct Answer- Have students play math games using their bodies to make the number shapes.
The regular classroom teachers in an elementary school want to help students see the importance of
physical activity. They plan to encourage students to be physically active throughout the day, not just in
physical education class.
How should the teachers implement this plan? - Correct Answer- Lead the students in a three-minute
activity break about once per hour.
A third-grade student is severely overweight. Her mother says the student has been overweight since
birth. The student wants to be more physically active, but does not know what to do. When attempting
to keep up with the other students on the playgound, the student gets out of breath, sweaty, and
complains of feeling sick. The students, the student's mother, and the physical education teacher
discuss a plan to help the student become more physically fit and decrease body fat.
Which strategy would mostly likely result in this student setting a fitness goal and coninuing to make
progress towards it? - Correct Answer- The teacher, parent, and student agrees the stduent move for
15 minutes, three time a day, even if the student moves at only a slow walk. [Show Less]