Fifth Grade

Student will be able to:

Explain what it means to be healthy.

Describe the relationship between health and wellness.

Explain how to keep their physical,mental/emotional,and social health in balance

Student will be able to:

Identify skills that will help them stay healthy.

Describe ways to promote their health and health of others.

Avoid use of tobacco,alcohol and other drugs.

Students will be able to:

Determine the kinds of decisions they make.

Discuss how their decisions reflect their character.

Explain how to make resposible decisions.

Explain how decisions affect their health.

Students will be able to:

Explain the importance of having goals.

Define the steps in setting goals.

Explain steps to reach goals.

Explain the roles of their values when they make decisions.

Students will be able to: Explain self-concepts.

Determine influences of self-concept.

Explain how to build positive self-concepts.

Sixth Grade Health -

Student will be able to:

Identify the three aspects of health.

Explain the three aspects of health.

Describe the relationship between health and wellness.

 Explain the importance of having goals.

Define the steps in setting goals.

Student will be able to:

Define heredity and discuss the influences of heredity on health.

Define "environment' and discuss the influeces of environment on health.

Explain how their health choices may be influenced by other external factors.

Students will be able to:

Describe the harmfull effects of using tobacco products.

Explain why tobacco leads to addiction.

Describe the harmful effects of smokeless tobacco.

Identify the dangers of secondhand smoke. 

Student will be able to:

Explain why health skills are important.

Identify skills to improve each  knowledge and behavior.

Identify skills to maintain personal health and safety.

Identify skills that help them interact with others.

Student will be able to:

Identify and describe the benefits of physical activity.

Identify and discuss ways to improve the three elements of fitness:strength flexibility and endurance.

Identify the effects of tobacco on athletic performance.

Students will be able to:

Identify the major parts of the skeletal and muscular system and discuss the functions of these systems within the body.

Describe what they can do to keep their skeletal and muscular systems healthy.

Identify parts of the circulatory system.

Discuss ways to take care of the circulatory system.

Students will be able to: Explain why health skills are important.

Identify skills to improve health knowledge and behavior.

Identify skills to maintain personal health and safety.

Identify skills that help them interact with others.

Seventh Grade

Student will be able to:

Define health and wellness.

Describe physical growth that occurs during the early teen years.

Understand the mental and emotional changes that occur.

Understand why relationships may change.

Students will be able to:

Describe ways to develop positive health habits.

Expain what risks are,how they can be identified,and the consequences of risk behaviors.

Discuss the importance of practicing abstinence from risk behaviors.

Describe the cosequences associated with cumulative risks.

Students will be able to:

Describe the harmful effects of using tobacco products.

Identify ways to stay substance free.

Student will be able to:

Discuss the types of decisions they make that affect their health.

Explain the role of their values when they make their decisions.

Explain why you should think about your values when making a major decision.

Students will be able to:

Explain the differnce between positive and negative stress.

Identify the causes of stress.

Describe the effect of stress on the body.

Identify ways to manage stress.

Students will be able to:

Identify the parts of the circulatory system and the function of each.

Discuss the two types of circulation.

Explain the most important function of blood.

Discuss what they can do to take care of their own circulatory systems.

Students will be able to: Recognize the signs of good mental health.

Differentiate self-comcept from self-esteem.

Explain ways to improve their self-esteem.

Discuss how their thoughts, behaviors, and attitudes affect the way they feel about themselves.