Mississippi K–6 health standards

Explain how childhood injuries and illnesses can be prevented or treated.

Describe relationships between personal health behaviors and individual well-being.

Describe the functions of the five senses.

Identify the food groups of the Choose My Plate.

Identify healthy helpers in the community.

Demonstrate ability to work in group settings without interfering with others.

Explain healthy ways to express feelings.

Identify positive and negative ways to get attention.

Identify ways families meet the needs and wants of each family member.

Identify characteristics of a friend.

Identify healthy foods to include snacks and drinks.

Identify healthy activity choices.

Explain how to set personal health goals and track progress toward achievement.

Define germs and list methods of protection from illness.

Recognize strangers and how to respond.

Recognize health services in the community that promote health and safety (i.e., firefighter, sanitation worker, police officer, paramedics, etc.).

Identify and review the unit vocabulary.

Identify ways of preventing and controlling disease.

Identify items appropriate for sharing and items not appropriate for sharing.

Introduce healthy snacks.

Identify reasons for taking medicine.

Recognize that health problems should be detected and treated early.

Identify factors that contribute to individuality.

Explain the roles of various types of workers in the field of health.

Discuss the roles of emergency workers.

Identify sources of health products and services in the community.

Describe the difference in verbal and nonverbal communication.

Demonstrate attentive listening skills to build and maintain healthy relationships.

Identify guidelines for making wise food choices.

Explore a variety of physical activities.

Identify safe and unsafe behaviors.

Set a personal health goal and track progress toward its achievement.

Explain ways family members work together to obtain and maintain healthy behaviors.

Contrast safe and risky behaviors.

Identify healthy habits that ensure good hygiene.

Work collaboratively in small groups to achieve a common goal.

Identify and review the unit vocabulary.

Identify how dietary habits affect health.

Discuss ways to prevent injury.

Explore some of the causes of illnesses and chronic disease.

Discuss ways in which the environment can contribute to illnesses or diseases (i.e., air pollution, water).

Describe how the media (i.e., Terrance the Rat) influences health choices.

Identify health products and services for daily use.

Describe the roles of various community resources (i.e., hospital, Department of Health, voluntary health agency, home health) that aid in preventing illness.

Identify ways to communicate care, consideration, and respect of self and others.

Demonstrate refusal skills to enhance health (i.e., just say no, don’t talk to strangers.

Identify individual differences and the value of those differences.

Explain how goal-setting enhances healthy behaviors.

Identify fair methods for settling conflicts.

Demonstrate and explain proper use of seat belts.

Identify stress associated with different situations (i.e., recital, leadership role, disagreement with a peer, and visit to the principal’s office).

Identify negative effects of using alcohol, tobacco, and drugs.

Demonstrate an ability to influence others to become involved in healthy community projects.

Identify and review the unit vocabulary.

Identify types of childhood injuries and illnesses and ways of prevention and treatment.

Recognize and describe the relationship between personal health behaviors and individual well-being.

Define nutritional terms on food labels (i.e., fats, calories, etc.).

Analyze how the media influences thoughts and feelings about healthy behavior.

Identify ways that health care technology can impact personal health.

Investigate how the availability of health services affect the community.

Identify and discuss hazardous products.

Demonstrate ways to communicate needs, wants, and feelings through verbal and non- verbal communication.

Develop a personal health plan and track progress toward achievement.

Demonstrate ways to avoid and reduce threatening or stressful situations.

List personal rights and responsibilities of individuals at home and school.

Describe characteristics needed to be a responsible friend and family member.

Identify and understand the importance of contributing to the community.

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Identify and review the unit vocabulary.

Identify the relationship between health behaviors and individual well-being.

Distinguish between communicable and non- communicable diseases.

Identify and practice strategies to reduce the spreading of germs.

Identify and discuss serving sizes as recommended by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Explore differences in cultural diets.

Analyze ways health care technology can enhance personal health.

Demonstrate the ability to locate resources from home, school and community that provide valid health information.

Distinguish between fact and opinion in health information.

Identify ways to be sensitive to the feelings of others to include disabled and chronically- ill persons.

Explain how exercise enhances health.

Explain the impact of substance abuse on the individual, family, and community.

Identify factors that influence decision- making.

Apply a decision-making process to address personal health issues and problems.

Develop a personal health plan and track progress toward achievement.

Illustrate safety and injury prevention techniques.

Distinguish between medicine use and misuse.

Identify the characteristics of a good friend.

Demonstrate healthy choices outside the school environment.

Discuss ways that family time promotes healthy lifestyles.

Identify and review the unit vocabulary.

Describe how participation in physical activity affects the body.

Discuss how the body’s defenses against disease work.

Identify ways the body’s defense system can be improved.

Distinguish between healthy and unhealthy snacks.

Explore various eating habits and how they relate to family culture and lifestyles.

Describe the way technology affects health.

Analyze ways in which the media influences buying decisions regarding health products, medicine, and food.

Locate and evaluate the functions of community agencies and health care professionals.

Identify the impact of health services (i.e., ambulance service, rescue squad) in the community.

Identify and discuss the use and impact of health products (i.e., sunscreen, toothpaste).

Demonstrate verbal and non-verbal skills to communicate care, self- control, and respect for all.

Demonstrate refusal and conflict resolution skills needed to develop and maintain healthy relationships with peers, family and others in socially acceptable ways.

Demonstrate an awareness of safety through modeling.

Explore the characteristics of habits and how habits affect personal health.

Identify health goals and evaluate strategies/skills for attaining personal health goals.

Examine health and fitness assessments and their role in developing a plan for life long fitness.

Identify responsibilities of a family.

Develop strategies to encourage and influence others in making healthy choices (i.e., healthy food choices, abstaining from alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use).

Identify and review the unit vocabulary.

Analyze how health education and promotion benefits individuals (i.e., reduces number of doctor visits, premature deaths, and chronic diseases).

Explore ways health promotion reduces healthcare costs.

Discuss how body hygiene, posture and one’s self-image affect overall health.

Describe the benefits and threats of technological advances to healthy living.

Relate how information presented in the media affects the attitude of our population toward health related issues.

Research current health promoting products and services.

Demonstrate strategies to manage conflict in healthy ways.

Examine how to handle difficult interpersonal situations through effective communication.

Identify forms of exercise that help us to be healthier.

Define the responsibility a community has to help its members maintain good health.

Demonstrate ways to practice helpful behaviors and build health skills.

Explain and give examples of the use, misuse and abuse of substances.

Describe various communication methods that accurately express health opinions and issues.

Investigate ways that Indoor Air Quality Can be improved in the classroom.

Identify ways natural resources can impact human health.