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Fifth Grade Curriculum and Standards

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Violence and Injury Prevention

Essential Questions

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Skills

Assessments

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Keep Safe Indoors

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List ways to eliminate common safety hazards at home.

List ways to eliminate common safety hazards at school.

Describe some common fire hazards and some rules for fire safety.

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Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 6 Lesson 1
8/1/2007

10.3.6.A ~ Safety and Injury Prevention ~ Explain ...

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Keep Safe Outdoors

How to Handle Emergencies

Facts on First Aid

Play it Safe

Violence and Injury Prevention

Describe safety precautions pedestrians should follow.

Describe safety rules to follow when you ride bicycles, scooters, or skateboards.

List safety rules to follow in the water.

Describe safety rules to follow when you ride in a car.

List safety rules to follow during different weather conditions.

Explain how to assess an emergency situation.

Describe how to prepare for an emergency.

Describe what safety measures to take in case of a natural disaster.

Describe how to administer first aid for minor injuries.

Describe CPR and rescue breathing.

List examples of violence.

Describe ways to express anger and resolve conflict without violence.

Explain where victims of violence and abuse can get help.

Describe some characteristics of gangs.

Identify ways to avoid gangs.

Identify ways to avoid guns and knives.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 6 Lesson 2
9/1/2007

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 6 Lesson 3
9/1/2007

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 6 Lesson 4
9/1/2007

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 6 Lesson 5
9/1/2007

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 6 Lesson 6
9/1/2007

10.3.6.A ~ Safety and Injury Prevention ~ Explain ...

10.3.6.B ~ Safety and Injury Prevention ~ Know and...

10.3.6.C ~ Safety and Injury Prevention ~ Describe...

10.3.6.D ~ Safety and Injury Prevention ~ Analyze ...

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Mental and Emotional Health

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What are Health and Wellness?

Plan for a Healthy Life

Your Personality and Character

Discuss how life skills can help you take responsibility for your health.

Explain how a healthful behavior and a risk behavior differ.

Identify 10 areas of health.

Describe why you need health knowledge and how to get it.

Describe how to set and achieve short- and long-term health goals.

Explain how to make a health behavior contract.

List the 6 traits of good character.

Explain the parts of a healthy personality.

Name actions that show you have a healthful self-concept.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 1 Lesson 1
10/1/2007

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 1 Lesson 2
10/1/2007

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 1 Lesson 3
10/1/2007

10.1.6.E ~ Concepts of Health ~ Identify and descr...

10.2.6.A ~ Healthful Living ~ Explain the relation...

10.2.6.C ~ Healthful Living ~ Explain the media’s ...

10.2.6.D ~ Healthful Living ~ Describe and apply t...

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Mental and Emotional Health

Essential Questions

Content

Skills

Assessments

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Your Emotions

Taking Charge of Your Health

Managing Stress

Identify emotions.

Describe strategies for coping with strong emotions.

Describe strategies for improving your mental health.

List and apply the steps you can take to make responsible decisions.

Describe things that might influence your choices, including peer pressure.

Describe the skills you can use in resisting pressure to make a wrong decision.

Describe what stress is and how it affects your body.

Explain strategies for stress management.

Describe ways to bounce back from hard times.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 1 Lesson 4
11/1/2007

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 1 Lesson 5
11/1/2007

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 1 Lesson 6
11/1/2007

10.1.6.E ~ Concepts of Health ~ Identify and descr...

10.2.6.A ~ Healthful Living ~ Explain the relation...

10.2.6.C ~ Healthful Living ~ Explain the media’s ...

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Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

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Drugs and Your Health

Alcohol and Health

Describe the differences among drugs, medicines, prescription medicines, over-the-counter (otc) medicines, and illegal drugs.

List important safety precautions involved with taking medicines.

Describe the signs of drug misuse and abuse.

List the short- and long-term effects of alcohol use.

Explain why laws prohibit children from drinking alcohol.

Describe the link between drinking alcohol and injury and disease.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 7 Lesson 1
12/1/2007

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 7 Lesson 2
12/1/2007

10.1.6.D ~ Concepts of Health ~ Explain factors th...

10.1.6.E ~ Concepts of Health ~ Identify and descr...

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Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Essential Questions

Content

Skills

Assessments

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Tobacco and Health

Other Drugs to Avoid

List several toxins found in tobacco smoke.

Describe the short- and long-term effects of tobacco use on the body.

Describe the laws governing tobacco use by a minor.

Explain the link between tobacco use and disease.

Explain how second-hand smoke can be harmful to health.

Describe the role drug abuse can play in someone's life.

Identify some illegal drugs.

List the effects of illegal drugs and drug abuse on the body.

List some prescription and over-the-counter drugs that should be taken with caution.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 7 Lesson 3
1/1/2008

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 7 Lesson 4
1/1/2008

10.1.6.D ~ Concepts of Health ~ Explain factors th...

10.1.6.E ~ Concepts of Health ~ Identify and descr...

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Essential Questions

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Skills

Assessments

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When Someone Abuses Drugs

Resisting Pressure

List the kinds of help available to people who abuse drugs.

Describe why people abuse drugs.

List sources of pressure to abuse drugs.

Explain how drug abuse can affect family and friends.

Describe ways family and friends can cop with drug abuse.

Explain how family, peers, and the school influence resistance to drugs.

Describe ways to resist pressure to use drugs.

List some important FDA regulations on tobacco, alcohol, and drugs.

Explain how to use resistance skills to avoid drug abuse.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 7 Lesson 5
2/1/2008

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 7 Lesson 6
2/1/2008

10.1.6.D ~ Concepts of Health ~ Explain factors th...

10.1.6.E ~ Concepts of Health ~ Identify and descr...

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Nutrition

Essential Questions

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Skills

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Your Basic Nutritional Needs

Aim for a Balanced Diet

List the important nutrients and the foods that provide them.

Describe how to use the Food Guide Pyramid to plan a balanced diet.

Explain the importance of the Dietary Guideline.

Describe what information is contained on a food label.

Identify and name influences on food choices.

Explain how to plan well-balanced menus.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 4 Lesson 1
3/1/2008

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 4 Lesson 2
3/1/2008

10.1.6.C ~ Concepts of Health ~ Analyze nutritiona...

10.1.6.E ~ Concepts of Health ~ Identify and descr...

10.2.6.B ~ Healthful Living ~ Explain the relation...

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Nutrition

Essential Questions

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Skills

Assessments

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Food That is Safe to Eat

Your Weight Manager

Explain how pathogens can get into food.

List and apply safety guidelines for handling food.

Describe the safety and social benefits of table manners.

Explain what weight management is.

Explain why and how to find and maintain a healthful weight.

Describe the causes, signs, and treatment of eating disorders.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 4 Lesson 3
4/1/2008

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 4 Lesson 4
4/1/2008

10.1.6.C ~ Concepts of Health ~ Analyze nutritiona...

10.1.6.E ~ Concepts of Health ~ Identify and descr...

10.2.6.B ~ Healthful Living ~ Explain the relation...

Growth and Development

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Your Body's Systems

Your Heart and Lungs

More Body Systems

Describe how the human body is organized.

Identify the functions of the skeletal and muscular systems.

Explain how body systems work together.

Explain how the circulatory system works.

Explain how the respiratory system works.

Describe the structure and function of the digestive system.

Describe the structure and function of the nervous system.

Describe the structure and function of the endocrine system.

Describe the structure and function of the urinary system.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 3 Lesson 1
5/1/2008

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 3 Lesson 2
5/1/2008

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 3 Lesson 3
5/1/2008

10.1.6.A ~ Concepts of Health ~ Describe growth an...

10.1.6.B ~ Concepts of Health ~ Identify and descr...

10.1.6.E ~ Concepts of Health ~ Identify and descr...

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Communicable and Chronic Diseases

Essential Questions

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Communicable Diseases

How Your Body Fights Infection

Signs of Illness

Chronic Diseases and the Heart

Chronic Disease: Cancer

Describe how pathogens spread and cause disease.

Explain how pathogens get into the body.

Distinguish between communicable and noncommunicable diseases.

List the stages of disease.

Describe how the body fights illness.

Identify ways to help strengthen your body's immune system.

List typical symptoms of common diseases.

Identify some common communicable diseases and their treatments.

List symptoms of heart disease and heart attacks.

Explain how to reduce the risk of heart disease.

Define chronic disease.

Describe the effects of cancer on the body.

Explain ways to reduce the risk of and treat cancer.

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 8 Lesson 1
5/1/2008

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 8 Lesson 2
5/1/2008

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 8 Lesson 3
5/1/2008

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 8 Lesson 4
5/1/2008

Health & Wellness: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill: Chapter 8 Lesson 5
5/1/2008

Mrs. Carolyn G. Way, Health Instructor, S.S. Palmer Elementary School, PASD, Palmerton, PA