SCS Curriculum Vital Results - Personal Development

3. Vital Results - Personal Development

Healthy Choices

Draft July 1997

WORTH AND COMPETENCE 3.4 DEVELOPMENT:

Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds)

Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds)

Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds)

Students identify the indicators of intellectual, physical, social, and emotional health for their age and/or stage of development. This is evident when students:

3.4 Development Cross Referenced to Field of Knowledge Standards:

5.1-5.7,

5.14,

5.36-5.37,

6.3- 6.9,

6.12-6.14,

6.16-6.18,

6.20-6.25,

7.1-7.5,

7.11,

7.13-7.14,

7.18

· Identify with the teacher’s support differences in intellectual, physical, social, and emotional health.

· Know personal hygiene habits.

· Identify indicators of physical health.

· Identify and accept, with the teacher’s support, differences in intellectual, physical, social, and emotional health.

· Know personal hygiene habits.

· Begin to recognize the physical, emotional, social and intellectual changes of adolescents.

· Identify and accept, differences in intellectual, physical, social, and emotional health.

· Identify and understand the physical, emotional, social and intellectual changes of adolescents.

· Understand the importance of safe sex and its relationship with pregnancy and STD.

3.5 HEALTHY CHOICES:

Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds)

Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds)

Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds)

Students make informed, healthy choices that positively affect the health, safety, and well-being of themselves and others. This is evident when students:

3.5 Healthy Choices Cross Referenced to Field of Knowledge Standards:

5.1-5.7,

5.14,

5.36-5.37,

6.3- 6.9,

6.12-6.14,

6.16-6.18,

6.20-6.25,

7.1-7.5,

7.11,

7.13-7.14,

7.18

· Develop an awareness of how injuries can be prevented.

· Develop an awareness that alcohol, tobacco and other drugs affect the body in harmful ways.

· Begin to use strategies to manage emotions.

· Understand why it is important to wear a helmet when riding a bicycle.

· Identify and classify foods according to food pyramid.

· Understand difference between compliance and non-compliance within game rules and fair play.

· Demonstrate consideration of others in physical activity settings.

· Demonstrate an awareness of how injuries can be prevented.

· Explain the relationship between positive health behaviors and the prevention of injury, disease, alcohol, tobacco, and drug use.

· Demonstrate refusal skills to enhance health.

· Explain the functions of each food from the food pyramid and their relationship to health.

· Use strategies to manage emotions.

· Demonstrate compliance with game rules and fair play.

· Describe how risk factors are related to health issues.

· Explain relationship between positive and unhealthy behaviors.

· Develop a personal plan for health.

· Demonstrate ability to use resources that provide valid health information.

· Demonstrate use of strategies to manage stress.

· Demonstrate refusal and negotiation techniques for self preservation.

· Explain the functions of food groups and their relationship to health.

· Demonstrate selecting proper diet RDA.

3.6 FITNESS:

Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds)

Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds)

Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds)

Students exercise regularly, demonstrating competence in many movement forms, and proficiency in a few forms of physical activity. This is evident when students:

3.6 Fitness Cross Referenced to Field of Knowledge Standards:

5.1-5.7,

5.14,

5.36-5.37,

6.3- 6.9,

6.12-6.14,

6.16-6.18,

6.20-6.25,

7.1-7.5,

7.11,

7.13-7.14,

7.18

· Move in a controlled manner in a variety of ways in self space and general space.

· Exercise regularly.

· Know how to find their own heart rate.

· Understand what “heart rate” means.

· Describe health benefits of regular fitness activity.

· Select and participate regularly in physical activities to improve skill and health.

· Exercise regularly at least three times per week.

· Demonstrates an understanding of potential fitness benefits of various activities.

· Work to improve personal strength, endurance, and flexibility.

· Understand the relationship between diet, fitness, and exercise.

HEALTHY CHOICES	Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds)	Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds)	Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds)
3.4 DEVELOPMENT: Students identify the indicators of intellectual, physical, social, and emotional health for their age and/or stage of development. 3.5 HEALTHY CHOICES: Students make informed, healthy choices that positively affect the health, safety, and well-being of themselves and others. 3.6 FITNESS: Students exercise regularly, demonstrating competence in many forms, and proficiency in a few forms of physical activity.
Examples of Classroom Activities for Standards 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6. This will vary from team to team.	Team culture Use materials/equipment appropriately Local resource (school nurse) Drug and alcohol education	Team culture Personal health D.A.R.E. Drug and alcohol education Local resource (school nurse)	Team culture Social issues Drug and alcohol education Local resource (school nurse)
Examples of Assessment Strategies for Standards 3.4, 3.5, 3.6

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