Health Unit Plan

Month/Week Grade Topics Suggested Tasks/Activities Goals and Objectives Notes/Comments

Safety rules and helpers
Safe and unsafe play
Month 1 K How to Stay Safe Personal Safety
Being responsible
Careless and careful behavior
Rules of safe play
Safe and unsafe fire prevention
1 Look Out! routines
Safe vs. unsafe
Safety rules and laws
Emergencies: getting help,
acting quickly
Protecting the brain
2 Let's Stay Safe Predicting consequences of actions
Staying safe at home and away
Responsible safety strategies
Identifying emergencies
3 Safe at Home, Safe Away Communication skills for emergencies
Safety hazards
Things that hurt your body
Common sense
responsibilities
4 Community Safety Making safe decisions
Defining first aid
Helping others
Rules for emergencies
Decision-making steps
First aid skills
5 First Aid Facts Major vs. minor emergencies

Month/Week Grade Topics Suggested Tasks/Activities Goals and Objectives Notes/Comments

Functions of and care routines
for the five sense
Heeding body signals
How senses protect you
Month 2 K The Five Senses Responsible self care
Identifying body parts and functions
safety routines to protect body
Heeding body signals
1 Head to Toe Talking and listening
Parts and functions of the brain
Various ways to be smart
2 How You Think Thinking skills
 Parts and functions of the eye
Practicing and seeing new things
Eye problems & protection
3 The Better to See You With Eye care standards
Teeth and dental care
Oral Health
Mouth structure
4 Let's Talk Teeth Dental products and professionals
Functions of nervous system
Explain parts of the brain
How the brain sends and receives
5 Central Nervous System messages

Month/Week Grade Topics Suggested Tasks/Activities Goals and Objectives Notes/Comments

Healthful food choices
Safe food handling
Healthful vs. unhealthful
Month 3 K Healthful Food Food groups
Role of food
Effects of healthful and unhealthful
foods
How food turns into energy
1 Why Do We Eat? Food handling methods
Role of nutrients
Classifying and evaluating foods
Choosing healthful snacks
2 The Wide World of Food Identifying influences on food choices
Nutrition and digestion
Reading food labels
Nutritional guidelines
Influences on eating habits
3 Let's Eat! Food groups
Digestive process
Calories
Food labels
4 The Digestive System Responsibility for eating and exercising
Responsible approach to food choices
Predicting results of good nutrition
5 You Are What You Eat Influences on food choices

Month/Week Grade Topics Suggested Tasks/Activities Goals and Objectives Notes/Comments

Defining family and team
Identifying love, trust, and caring
Month 4 K The Family Team Family similarities and differences
 How our lungs work
Define oxygen and carbon dioxide
Parts of the body in the respiratory
1 How I Breathe system
Heart functions
How exercise affects the heart
2 Your Heart Taking care of the body
Naming local community helpers
Predicting the effect of no laws
3 Community Health Community service
Effects of smoking
Difficulty of changing habits
Addictions: physical and psychological
Second-hand smoke
4 No Smoking Finding resources for help
Function of the respiratory system
Describe each function of each feature
explain the process of respiration
(inhaling and exhaling)
5 Love Your Lungs How smoking affects the lungs

Month/Week Grade Topics Suggested Tasks/Activities Goals and Objectives Notes/Comments

Growing and changing
Self awareness
Month 5 K My Body is Special! self management
1 Talk and Listen
Identifying special qualities in self
and others
Respecting self and others
How family changes affect feelings
Coping with fear
2 When I Feel Afraid Communicating and helping others
Positive character traits
Uniqueness of self and others
3 I like Your Attitude! Values and goals
Hormones and body changes
Meaning of growing up physically and
emotionally
Managing strong emotions
4 It's My Body Practicing good hygiene
How to deal the uncomfortable emotions
Describing feelings and how to cope
with them
5 Those Crazy Emotions Identify resources for help
Month/Week Grade Topics
Month 6 K Going to the Doctor and Dentist
1 Happy, Sad, and In Between
2 Babies and How You Grew
3 My Family, Your Family
4 Be Cool, Keep Clean!
Suggested Tasks/Activities Goals and Objectives Notes/Comments
What doctors, dentists, nurses do
Responsibilities while sick
Knowing emergency phone numbers
Good hygiene
Medicine rules
Seeing unique qualities in self and
others
How to identify feelings and ways
to help others
Friendship
Empathy
Self management of emotions
How babies grow and change
Knowing the stages of life
Needs of growing people
Defining the word 'family'
Different types of families
Respecting the importance of the family
Pride in culture
Community safety laws and regulations
Resolving conflicts peacefully
Different forms of violence and triggers
Personal goals for community safety

Creating healthy habits

Hygiene
Changes that occur in the body as you
5 Growing Up! age

Month/Week Grade Topics Suggested Tasks/Activities Goals and Objectives Notes/Comments

Identifying personal talents,
qualities, and feelings
Respecting self and others
Positive character traits
Month 7 K My Great Body! Self management of emotions
Muscles and bones
Exercising at all ages
How to cooperate
1 Growth and Development Social awareness of differences
 Identifying drug types (nicotine,
alcohol, street drugs)
Positive ways to solve problems
Drug free and safe communities
2 Drugs are Dangerous! Refusal skills
Defining a drug-free and safe
community
Rules and laws for medicines and drugs
3 Saying NO to Drugs & Smoking What is an addiction?
Media, peer, and behavioral influences
Emotions
Respect for self and others
Social, emotional learning skills
Character development (kindness,
4 Mental Health and Self Worth patience)
How drugs affect the body and mind
Identifying different types of drugs
Defining addiction
5 Truth About Drugs Identify where to get help

Month/Week Grade Topics Suggested Tasks/Activities Goals and Objectives Notes/Comments

Defining sick
Decision-making
Good hygiene
Month 8 K Getting Sick Medicine rules
Defining germs and how they spread
Contrasting sick and well
Respecting body signals
1 Get Well Soon Community helpers
How germs spread
Communicable vs. other illnesses
The immune system
Responsible vs. irresponsible behaviour
2 Germs! They Make You Sick Signs and symptoms of illness
Identifying a virus
Bacteria
Fungi
Hygiene routines
3 Things You Might Catch Transmission of germs
Hygiene routines for illness prevention
Relationship between disease and
healthy choices
Diseases associated with blood
4 Puzzled About Germs Empathy
 Defining viruses and HIV
The immune system and transmission
of disease
5 About Blood and Disease Respect for the body systems

Month/Week Grade Topics Suggested Tasks/Activities Goals and Objectives Notes/Comments

How to identify healthy and clean
communities
Good citizenship
Routines for a clean environment
Month 9 K Keeping Clean and Healthy Types of pollution
Basic needs of humans
Safe environment at home and
1 What I Need to Survive in the community
Environmental hazards and skin safety
Sun damage and protection
Rules for safe use of food and health
2 My Skin and Me care products
Different types of relationships
Communication skills
Negotiation and conflict resolution
3 Relationships Harassment and bully prevention
Function and care of the ear
Hearing problems
Disability awareness
4 Your Incredible Hearing Machine Different forms of communication
How balancing physical activity and
5 All the Right Stuff nutrition helps your overall health

Month/Week Grade Topics Suggested Tasks/Activities Goals and Objectives Notes/Comments

Choosing heart healthy activities
Benefits of exercise on heart and
muscles
Types of physical activity
Month 10 K Every Day, Play! Safety routines for physical activity
Benefits of exercise throughout life
Defining physical fitness
Types of physical fitness
Good sportsmanship and anger
1 Physical Fitness management

2 Muscles in Motion
3 Finding Out About Bones
4 Exercise!
5 Bones and Muscles
Benefits of exercise on the heart,
muscles, and bones
Injury prevention
Muscle control
Muscular impairments
Bones, joints, and exercise
Safety rules & injury prevention
Exercise and play
Fitness pyramid
Exercise and Muscles
Benefits of exercise
Practicing various forms of exercise
Relationship between exercise and
physical fitness
Self worth and stress reduction
Safety routines
Fitness goals
Good sportsmanship
Components of physical fitness