Grade 1 Health CA Core Standards

Health Promotion - All students will demonstrate the ability to promote and support personal, family, and community health.

Practicing Health-Enhancing Behaviors - All students will demonstrate the ability to practice behaviors that reduce risk and promote health.

Goal Setting - All students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.

Decision Making - All students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

Interpersonal Communication - All students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health.

Accessing Valid Information - All students will demonstrate the ability to access and analyze health information, products, and services.

Analyzing Influences - All students will demonstrate the ability to analyze internal and external influences that affect health.

Essential Concepts - All students will comprehend essential concepts related to enhancing health.

Personal and Community Health

Health Promotion - All students will demonstrate the ability to promote and support personal, family, and community health.

Practicing Health-Enhancing Behaviors - All students will demonstrate the ability to practice behaviors that reduce risk and promote health.

Decision Making - All students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

Interpersonal Communication - All students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health.

Accessing Valid Information - All students will demonstrate the ability to access and analyze health information, products, and services.

Analyzing Influences - All students will demonstrate the ability to analyze internal and external influences that affect health.

Essential Concepts - All students will comprehend essential concepts related to enhancing health.

Injury Prevention and Safety

Accessing Valid Information - All students will demonstrate the ability to access and analyze health information, products, and services.

Analyzing Influences - All students will demonstrate the ability to analyze internal and external influences that affect health.

Essential Concepts - All students will comprehend essential concepts related to enhancing health.

Growth and Development

Describe how living things grow and mature.

Explain the importance of effective dental and personal hygiene practices.

Describe characteristics of safe and unsafe places.

Identify ways to reduce risk of injuries while traveling in an automobile or bus (e.g., wearing a safety belt).

Demonstrate proper lifting and carrying techniques for handling heavy backpacks and book bags.

Define simple conflict resolution techniques.

Identify refusal skills when in personal-safety situations (e.g., use a clear "no" statement, walk or run away, change subject, delay).

Identify anatomical names of major internal and external body parts.

Identify the importance of sun safety.

Identify labels of products that give information about cautions and dangers.

Identify a variety of behaviors that promote healthy growth and development.

Discuss the importance of preventing the transmission of germs.

Discuss the meaning of basic safety-related signs, symbols, and warning labels.

Describe how members of a family have various roles, responsibilities, and individual needs.

Identify ways to prevent the transmission of communicable diseases.

Identify safety hazards in the home, at school, and in the community.

Describe symptoms of some common health problems and illnesses, including chronic diseases (e.g., asthma, allergies, diabetes, influenza).

Identify ways to reduce risk of injuries at home, at school, and in the community.

Explain the difference between communicable diseases and noncommunicable diseases.

Explain the importance of telling an adult if someone is in danger or being bullied.

Discuss how individual behavior affects the environment and community.

Distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate touching.

Identify materials that can be reduced, reused, or recycled.

Explain why the back seat is the safest place for young people to be when riding in a vehicle equipped with air bags.

Identify emergency situations (e.g., injuries, abductions, fires, floods, earthquakes).

Define and explain the dangers of weapons and the importance of telling a trusted adult if you see or hear about someone having a weapon.

Explain why sleep and rest are important for proper growth and good health.

Explain how family and friends influence positive health practices.

Describe internal and external influences that could lead to or prevent injury or violence.

Recognize parents, guardians, and other trusted adults as resources for information about growth and development.

Identify individuals in the school and in the community who promote health.

List people to go to for help if feeling unsafe or threatened.

Explain why parents or guardians keep a health record for their child.

Demonstrate effective communication skills when asking for assistance with health-related problems.

Describe how to report dangerous situations.

Demonstrate effective communication skills in an emergency situation.

Identify ways to report inappropriate touching.

Use a decision-making process to evaluate how personal hygiene behaviors promote one's health.

Analyze steps to take in emergency or potentially dangerous situations.

Identify the benefits of using nonviolent means to resolve conflicts.

Assess reasons for reporting weapons possession.

Analyze why wearing a helmet when biking, skateboarding, or in-line skating increases safety.

Make a plan to practice dental and personal hygiene.

Demonstrate proper toothbrushing and flossing techniques.

Practice ways to stay safe at home, at school, and in the community.

Demonstrate techniques for preventing disease transmission (e.g., covering sneezes and coughs, frequent handwashing).

Practice emergency, fire, and safety plans at home and at school.

Demonstrate proper ways of protecting oneself from the sun and ways to select and apply sunscreen.

Explain appropriate protective gear and equipment.

Demonstrate appropriate behaviors during fire drills, earthquake drills, and other disaster drills.

Educate family and peers to protect against skin damage from the sun.

Encourage others to practice safe behaviors in the classroom and on the playground.

Demonstrate the ability to support other students who have chronic diseases and conditions (e.g., asthma, allergies, diabetes, and epilepsy).