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- Acceptance of Personal Responsibility for Lifelong Health
- Standard 1
The student understands and demonstrates ways in which his or her health and well-being can be enhanced and maintained.
Students in grade two who meet this standard will be able to:
- Practice good personal hygiene, especially caring for teeth and gums.
- Participate regularly in active play and a variety of physical activities with a focus on the pleasure of being active.
- Describe the relationship between good nutrition and overall health.
- Develop and use effective communication skills to enhance social situations.
- Standard 2
The student understands and demonstrates behaviors that prevent disease and speed recovery from illness.
Students in grade two who meet this standard will be able to:
- Cooperate in regular health screenings.
- Describe actions to take if not feeling well.
- Standard 3
The student will understand and demonstrate behaviors that reduce the risk of becoming involved in potentially dangerous situations and know how to react to situations in ways that help to protect his or her health.
Students in grade two who meet this standard will be able to:
- Recognize emergencies and respond appropriately.
- Distinguish between simple personal injuries and ones that require adult attention.
- Identify appropriate and inappropriate touching.
- Demonstrate they can say no in a convincing way.
- Identify ways that alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs are harmful to the body.
- Explain the need for protective equipment.
- Practice behaviors that protect the body.
- Respect for and Promotion of the Health of Others
- Standard 4
The student will understand and demonstrate how to play a positive, active role in promoting the health of his or her family.
Students in grade two who meet this standard will be able to:
- Develop and use effective communication skills, including good listening skills.
- Identify feelings related to changes within the family and effectively express them to others in a positive way.
- Standard 5
The student will understand and demonstrate how to promote positive health practices within the school and community, including how to cultivate positive relationships with peers.
Students in grade two who meet this standard will be able to:
- Understand and follow school rules relating to health.
- Participate in school and community efforts to address local health and environmental issues.
- Identify ways to be a friend.
- Standard 6
The student will understand the variety of physical, mental, emotional, and social changes that occur throughout life.
Students in grade two who meet this standard will be able to:
- Identify in detail parts of the human body.
- Describe the cycle of growth and development in humans and other
animal species.
- Standard 7
The student will understand individual differences in growth and development.
Students in grade two who meet this standard will be able to:
- Identify abilities that increase because of growth and development.
- Informed Use of Health-Related Information, Products, and Services
- Standard 8
The student will identify products, services, and information that may be helpful or harmful to his or her health.
Students in grade two who meet this standard will be able to:
- Identify how health care workers contribute to personal and family health.
- Recognize that the media influences their choices.
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