Grade 3 Health Idaho Standards

Describe the relationship between healthy behaviors and personal health.

Identify examples of emotional, intellectual, physical, and social health.

Describe ways in which a safe and healthy school and community environment can promote personal health.

Describe ways to prevent common childhood injuries and health problems.

Describe when it is important to seek health care.

Describe the impact of health behaviors on body systems.

Describe how the family influences personal health practices and behaviors.

Identify the influences of culture on health practices and behaviors.

Identify how peers can influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors.

Describe how the school and community can support personal health practices and behaviors.

Describe ways that technology can influences personal health.

Identify characteristics of valid health information, products, and services.

Locate resources from home, school, and community that provide valid health information.

Demonstrate effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills to enhance health.

Demonstrate refusal skills that avoid or reduce health risks.

Demonstrate nonviolent strategies to manage or resolve conflict.

Demonstrate how to ask for assistance to enhance personal health.

Identify health-related situations that might require a thoughtful decision.

Analyze when assistance is needed when making a health-related decision.

List healthy options to health related issues or problems.

Predict the potential outcomes of each option when making a health-related decision.

Choose a healthy option when making a decision.

Describe the outcomes of a health related decisions.

Set a personal health goal and track progress toward its achievement.

Identify resources to assist in achieving a personal health goal.

Identify responsible personal health behaviors.

Demonstrate a variety of healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal health.

Demonstrate a variety of behaviors that avoid or reduce health risks.

Express opinions and give accurate information about health issues.

Encourage others to make positive health choices.

Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.

Students will analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behavior.

Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.

Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.

Students will comprehend core concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health including: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs; Nutrition and Physical Activity, Injury Prevention and Safety; Mental, Emotional and Social Health; Prevention and Control of Disease; Consumer and Community Health; Growth, Development and Family Life; and Environmental Health.

Practice Healthy Behavior

Accessing Information

Goal Setting

Comprehend Core Concepts

Analyzing Influences

Decision Making

Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.

Advocacy

Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and products and services to enhance health.

Interpersonal Communication