Elementary Health and Guidance Curriculum Overview

• Kindergarten
• Grade 1
• Grade 2
• Grade 3
• Grade 4
• Grade 5

Guidance

Guidance, which is integrated into other curriculum areas, helps to establish goals, expectations, support systems and experience for all students. It is designed to enhance student learning by helping students acquire and use lifelong learning skills in three broad areas of development: academic, career and personal/social. The curriculum employs developmentally appropriate strategies to enhance academics, provide career awareness, encourage self-awareness, foster interpersonal communication skills and convey life success skills for all students. The guidance and health curricula complement each other to provide knowledge and skills in the area of drug prevention.

Resources
Variety of district-selected materials

Topics
Students will acquire knowledge and skills in the following areas:

• Improved academic self-concept
• Improved learning
• Plan to achieve goals
• School success
• Career awareness
• Organization and time management
• Self-knowledge
• Interpersonal relations
• Personal safety

Health

Kindergarten
Development of self-awareness (emotionally, socially and physically) and the best ways of keeping well (healthy decision-making) are emphasized. Topics introduced in the first years are reviewed and discussed in more depth each year along with new topics. The health and guidance curricula complement each other to provide knowledge and skills in the area of drug prevention.

Resources
Your Health, Harcourt, Inc.

Topics
Mental/Emotional/Social

• Conflict resolution
• Cooperation and respect
• Self management
• Feelings
• Responsibility

Chemical Health

• Medicines
• Drugs

Safety and First Aid

• Bus safety
• Fire safety
• Pedestrian/bike safety
• Playground safety
• Emergencies
• Personal safety
• Stranger

Growth and Development

• Five senses

Communicable/Chronic Diseases

• Cleanliness
• Handwashing

Consumer Health

• Identify helpful adults

Environmental Health

• Reuse

Decision-Making

• Choosing healthy behaviors (decision-making model)
• Reinforcing healthy decisions (refusal skills)

First through Third Grades
Development of self-awareness (emotionally, socially and physically) and the best ways of keeping well (healthy decision-making) are emphasized. Topics introduced in the first years are reviewed and discussed in more depth each year along with new topics. The health and guidance curricula complement each other to provide knowledge and skills in the area of drug prevention.

First Grade
Resources
Your Health, Harcourt, Inc.

Topics
Mental/Emotional/Social

• Why I am special
• Conflict resolution
• Feelings
• Friendship

Chemical Health

• Medicines
• Drugs

Safety and First Aid

• Bus Safety
• Water Safety
• Pedestrian/Bike Safety
• Playground Safety
• Emergencies
• Personal Safety

Growth and Development

• Teeth and their care

Communicable/Chronic Diseases

• Germs
• Handwashing
• Staying healthy

Decision-Making

• Choosing healthy behaviors (decision-making model)
• Reinforcing healthy decisions (refusal skills)

Second Grade
Resources
Your Health, Harcourt, Inc.

Topics
Mental/Emotional/Social

• Sharing feelings
• Conflict resolution
• Cooperation
• Respect
• Differences

Chemical Health

• Medicine
• Illegal drugs
• Say NO to drugs

Safety and First Aid

• Fire safety
• Bus safety
• Emergencies

Nutrition

• Food guide pyramid
• Reading a food label
• Healthy food choices

Environmental Health

• Protecting the environment
• Saving energy and resources
• Reduce, reuse, recycle
• Pollution

Decision-Making

• Choosing healthy behaviors (decision-making model)
• Reinforcing healthy decisions (refusal skills)

Third Grade
Resources
Your Health, Harcourt, Inc.

Topics
Mental/Emotional/Social

• Character
• Stress
• Feelings
• Conflict resolution
• Respect
• Friendship
• Cooperation

Chemical Health

• Ways to say NO
• Medicine
• Inhalants

Safety and First Aid

• Bus safety
• Pedestrian safety
• Playground safety
• Self-protection

Body Systems

• Muscular
• Nervous
• Digestive
• Circulatory
• Respiratory
• Organs

Environmental Health

• Pollution
• Ozone
• Components of a healthy community
• Health impact of pollutants
• Noise pollution
• Second-hand smoke
• Water pollution
• Skin and eye care

Decision-Making

• Choosing healthy behaviors (decision-making model)
• Reinforcing healthy decisions (refusal skills)

Fourth Grade
Students learn to take responsibility for aspects of their health. Healthful decision-making is emphasized in all aspects of the curriculum. Topics introduced in the early years are reviewed and discussed in more depth, along with new topics. The human growth and development curriculum covers basic information about reproductive anatomy, physical and emotional changes during puberty and proper hygiene. Parents are invited to attend one of several evening sessions to experience the program with their child. The health and guidance curricula complement each other to provide knowledge and skills in the area of drug prevention.

Resources
Your Health, Harcourt, Inc.
Just Around the Corner for Girls/Boys, March Productions

Topics
Mental/Emotional/Social

• Conflict resolution
• Cooperation
• Respect
• Self Management
• Responsibilities

Chemical Health

• Refusal skills
• Tobacco, alcohol and drugs
• Secondhand smoke
• Influence of media

Safety and First Aid

• Self protection skills
• Bike safety
• Water safety
• Bus safety
• Fire safety
• Gun safety
• Playground safety
• Poison prevention

Growth and Development

• Skeletal system
• Changes associated with puberty and their own gender
• Structure of their own reproductive system

Nutrition

• Food pyramid
• Balanced menu
• Nutrients, vitamins and minerals
• Food labels
• Media influences

Decision-Making

• Choosing healthy behaviors (decision-making model)
• Reinforcing healthy decisions (refusal skills)

Fifth Grade
Students learn to take responsibility for aspects of their health. Healthful decision-making is emphasized. Topics introduced in the early years are reviewed and discussed in more depth, along with new topics. The (D.A.R.E. Program) Drug Abuse Resistance Education brings a uniformed police officer into the classroom to help students understand laws and issues surrounding drugs, develop skills to say no to drugs and alcohol, and discuss the consequences and alternatives to these chemicals. The human growth and development curriculum covers basic information about reproductive anatomy, physical and emotional changes during puberty, and proper hygiene. Parents are invited to attend one of several evening sessions to experience the program with their child. The health and guidance curricula complement each other to provide knowledge and skills in the area of drug prevention.

Resources
Your Health, Harcourt, Inc.
Just Around the Corner for Girls/Boys, March Productions
D.A.R.E.

Topics
Mental/Emotional

• Communication skills
• Managing emotion
• Managing stress
• Managing grief
• Conflict resolution
• Time management

Social

• Decision-making
• Peer pressure
• Respecting differences

Chemical Health

• Responsible drug use
• Drug abuse
• Staying drug free
• Alcohol
• Smokeless tobacco
• Secondhand smoke

Safety

• Amusement park safety
• Equipment safety
• Bike/pedestrian safety
• Bus safety
• Severe weather safety
• Fire safety
• Intruder safety
• Violence prevention
• Internet safety

First Aid

• Injuries
• Hazards
• Emergencies
• First aid steps

Growth & Development

• Changes associated with puberty and the opposite gender
• Hygiene
• Reproductive systems

Communicable/Chronic Disease

• Pathogens
• Stages of a disease
• Body defenses
• Identification and causes of communicable diseases
• HIV/AIDS

Consumer Health

• Influence of advertisements
• Wise consumer choices
• Consumer protection agencies

Decision-Making

• Choosing healthy behaviors (decision-making model)
• Reinforcing healthy decisions (refusal skills)