Grade 4 Elementary Health Scope and Sequence
Purpose: The Elementary Health Scope and Sequence document is intended to provide teachers with an outline to teach the class. The course has been set up to account for 45 days of instruction at the elementary school. Topics, indicators, and resources have been identified for each day of the unit. At the end of each unit, you will find “Suggested Resources” for reference purposes. There are “buffer days” built in to allow for reteaching, extension, or adjustment of days based on various reasons why a class may be missed. Teachers may select additional and/or replacement resources for any lesson, but the goal is that teachers stay aligned with the sequence of topics. It is not expected that all teachers will be teaching the same topic every day; however, all teachers should be within a couple of days of the scope and sequence based on need.
Units
Unit 1: Mental and Emotional Health
4 days
Standards | Disciplinary Vocab Words for the Unit - Key Acronyms and Mnemonics |
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Week | Topic | Lesson Outline: |
1 | Understanding Emotional Health | Objectives: Describe attributes of an emotionally healthy individual; identify potential role models who demonstrate positive emotional health; differentiate between healthy and unhealthy emotional responses. Activities: Feelings sort; emotions video; improv activity |
2 | Troublesome Feelings | Objectives: Identify characteristics of someone who has self-control; Identify nonviolent ways to manage anger and troublesome feelings; Demonstrate self-control techniques Activities: “Who’s In Control” reading sheet, Scenario activities, |
3 | Empathy Part 1 | Objectives: Define empathy; Describe the challenges and the benefits of acting with empathy, demonstrate empathetic decision-making in various scenarios. Activities: Movement activity, Empathy video and discussion, scenarios, and empathy cards |
4 | Empathy Part 2 | Objectives: Recognize opportunities for offering empathy to others; demonstrate empathetic decision-making in various scenarios; describe the power of empathy to affect positive change. Activities: Movt. activity, video, team challenge |
Unit 2: Substance Abuse Prevention
2 days
Standards | Disciplinary Vocab Words for the Unit - Key Acronyms and Mnemonics |
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5 | Home Safety Detective | Objectives: Describe ways to stay safe from safety hazards in the home; Identify how household products are harmful if ingested or inhaled.
Suggested Activities: “Safety at Home” activity; “Safety Rules” Activity |
6 | Environmental Impacts | Objectives: Suggested Activities: |
Unit 3: Family Life
3 days
Overview:
Standards | Disciplinary Vocab Words for the Unit - Key Acronyms and Mnemonics |
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7 | Puberty and Adolescence | Objectives: Describe changes that take place during puberty; Differentiate between physical and social/emotional changes in puberty Suggested Activities: Growing and Changing Survey, video and discussion. |
8 | Healthy Relationships | Objectives: Define a healthy vs. an unhealthy relationship; Activities: “Circle of Trust” Activity; Healthy/Unhealthy friendship answer key |
9 | Trusted Adults | Objectives: Identify trusted adults that one could talk to about a relationship Activities: “Identifying Trusted Adults” Activity |
Unit 4: Safety Violence and Prevention
Anchor Standards Addressed
4 Days
Standards | Disciplinary Vocab Words for the Unit - Key Acronyms and Mnemonics |
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Week | Topic | Lesson Outline: |
10 | Staying Safe at Home, School, and in the Community | Objectives: List ways to prevent injuries at home; List ways to prevent injuries in the community; Identify equipment needed for protection in sports and recreational activities. Activities: “My Safety Rules” activity; Newsprint station activity |
11 | Peer Pressure and Dares | Objectives: Assess personal safety practices; Identify ways to reduce risks of injury in several situations. Activities: “How Safe and I?” Activity |
12 | Digital Citizenry | Objectives: Describe digital citizenship and what it means to be a digital citizen; Describe strategies to use technology safely, legally, etc.
Activities: Group activity, safety articles |
13 | Catch up |
Unit 5: Healthy Eating
3 days
Standards | Disciplinary Vocab Words for the Unit - Key Acronyms and Mnemonics |
1.e.4.1 Explain the importance of eating a variety of nutritious foods. ie.4.2 Identify the benefits of eating a wide variety of food as they relate to nutrient categories. 1e.4.3 Summarize the benefits of eating a variety of nutritious foods. 1.e.4.5 Explain nutritious eating patterns and the importance of consistent meals and snacks 1e.4.6 Analyze the benefits of eating in moderation and in line with the idea that “all” foods fit. |
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Week | Topic | Lesson Outline: |
14 | Eating Healthy: The Big Picture View | Objectives: Name the food groups and a variety of nutritious choices for each food group. Activities: “Focus on Food Groups” Activity |
15 | Foods Help Your Body in Different Ways | Objectives: Identify the amount of food from each group that a child needs daily; Identify the jobs different food groups do for the body. Activities: Family Sheet; “What’s on My Plate” activity |
16 | My Daily Eating and Activity Goal | Objectives: Set a realistic goal related to improving healthy eating; Identify resources that can help achieve a personal goal to improve healthy eating or physical activity behaviors. Activities: Journal Activity; Goal Activity Sheet |
Unit 6: Disease Prevention and Control
2 Days
Standards | Disciplinary Vocab Words for the Unit - Key Acronyms and Mnemonics |
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Week | Topic | Lesson Outline: |
17 | Habits of Good Health | Objectives: Describe the benefits of personal health practices. Describe ways to prevent the spread of germs that cause infectious diseases. Activities:” Healthy Habits: How am I Doing?” Activity; Carousel chart activity |
18 | Communicable vs. Non-communicable Disease | Objectives: Explain the difference between communicable and non-communicable diseases; Students will identify general causes of disease and methods of prevention.
Activities: Think, Pair Share activity, DIsease Card Charting Activity |