Grade: Grade 3 Subject: Health Date: January 22, 2021

Stage 1: Desired Results

GLO(s):
o Wellness Choices: Students will make responsible and informed choices to maintain health and to
Learning
promote safety for self and others.
Outcome(s)
SLO(s):
o W – 3.4: The students will recognize factors that influence unique body characteristics, e.g., genetics,
body type, environment

Students will…
Learning o Determine what influences specific characteristics (e.g., hair colour, strength, hair style).
Objectives
o Create self-portraits highlighting the various characteristics which they possess.
“I can recognize that I am unique.”
Essential Questions:
o What causes us to be different from one another?
Students will know and/or be able to…
o List characteristics they possess and what influences those characteristics.

Stage 2: Assessment Evidence

Summative Formative
Completion of self-portrait/table Observations, student conversations
Assessment Assessment

Stage 3: Learning Experience

Prior to Lesson Create exemplar Resources to Bring Blank paper, YouTube video
Time Sequence and Description Notes
Introduction

Introduce students to unit  wellness choices.

3 min  What are some choices we make about who we are (ex. what we eat, if we’re
active, etc.)? What about choices we don’t get to control (ex. our genetics)?

Activity 1: Listing Personal Characteristics

*students will fill in
We are all unique – we have different personality characteristics, different physical traits table of traits to
etc. We are different for a number of reasons: attach to the back
10 min 1. Hereditary (genetics - ex. hair colour, eye colour) of drawings.
2. Environmental (ex. freckled from the sun)
3. Personal choice (ex. hair length, pierced ears)

Let’s think about the students at Lakeview and see what different characteristics we can
list.

Activity 2: LEGO Self-Portrait

Load YouTube drawing tutorial.

*will finish on Jan
40 min Students will complete a self-portrait in “LEGO” style. Students will need to include 2 26th.
genetic characteristics, 2 environmental characteristics and 1 personal choice
characteristic on their portrait.

Students can use crayons, coloured pencils or markers to colour.

Grade: Grade 3 Subject: Health Date: January 22, 2021

Closure

2 min Students will finish drawings on Tuesday Jan 26th.

Questions for the class – what are some healthy choices we can make that will make us
the best version of ourselves?

Dismissal at 11:40 am

Stage 4: Reflection
How the students responded to the lesson as planned and taught:

Specific strengths of the lesson plan and delivery:

Specific weaknesses in lesson plan and delivery:

What must be addressed to improve this plan?