Health Education for Kindergarten to Grade 5
Welcome to Health education at Weston Elementary School.
This year I will be using a new Health Education Program that is in line with the Common Core Curriculum Standards.
HealthTeacher, is a
comprehensive, skill- and assessment-based, elementary school health
education curriculum that focuses on the following nine units of study:
- Alcohol & other drugs
- Anatomy
- Community & environmental health
- Family health & sexuality
- Injury prevention
- Mental & emotional health
- Nutrition
- Personal & consumer health
- Physical activity
- Tobacco
HealthTeacher addresses functional knowledge relevant to the nine
units of study and has a particular focus on the development of a
specific set of skills that are essential for developing and maintaining
a healthy lifestyle. These personal, social, and interpersonal skills
enable individuals to enhance their overall health and wellness.
They are:
- Advocacy
- Communication
- Decision making
- Planning and goal setting
- Relationship management
- Self management
- Stress management
HealthTeacher utilizes a variety of assessment strategies that are
designed to plan instruction, motivate students, evaluate instruction,
assist the learning process, and measure student achievement. In
addition, assessment is authentic insofar as there are many strategies
within the curriculum that utilize near-to-real life situations to
evaluate whether students can translate what they have learned into
positive behavior and action.
Hope your child enjoys Health class!
Mrs. McGilvray
