Grade 4 Health Washington Standards

Create a balanced daily food plan.

Classify nutrients found in foods.

Describe how each nutrient contributes to a healthy body.

Identify impact of high-sugar and high-caffeine drinks.

Explain how to use information found on a Nutrition Facts label.

Describe why individuals have different caloric needs.

Identify ways to balance caloric intake and expenditure.

Identify foods that are high in fat and low in fat.

Describe benefits and consequences of consuming fats.

Describe how vitamins and minerals contribute to disease prevention.

Identify ways to prevent injuries in recreational activities.

Describe how to prepare for an emergency.

Understand basic first aid for minor injuries.

Explain how potentially violent situations can be avoided.

Explain importance of communicating and interacting safely when using electronic media.

Label medically accurate names for body parts, including internal and external reproductive anatomy.

Understand physical, social, and emotional changes occur during puberty.

Recognize puberty and physical development can vary considerably.

Understand reproductive organs allow living things to reproduce.

Understand how communicable diseases are transmitted.

Define sexual orientation.

Describe characteristics of healthy friendships and other relationships.

Compare and contrast high and low self-esteem.

Understand the connection between self-esteem and healthy decision-making.

Explain emotional reactions to stress.

Describe relationship between attitude and stress.

Explain how stress management techniques positively impact health.

Compare and contrast bullying, teasing, harassment, and intimidation.

Understand differences between medically accurate use and abuse of prescriptions and over-the-counter medicines.

Understand tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana are illegal for minors.

Describe reasons people use tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.

Describe harmful effects of medicines tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana.

Determine benefits of abstaining from or discontinuing use of tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana.

Identify dimensions of health.

Describe personal hygiene needs associated with the onset of puberty.

List ways to prevent debilitating or life-threatening diseases.

Identify ways to keep the immune system strong.

Describe how family, school, community, peers, media, and technology influence food and beverage choices and eating behaviors.

Identify influences on violence and violence prevention.

Identify how friends and family can influence ideas regarding gender roles, identity, and expression.

Explain importance of communicating with trusted adults about relationships.

Understand ways family, friends, and peers can have a positive or negative influence on relationships.

Understand influences of family, culture, and media on body image.

Identify how peers, media, and technology influence decisions related to tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana.

Identify how culture influences health decisions and behaviors.

Compare and contrast Nutrition Facts labels for nutrition information.

Identify resources that can help achieve a healthy eating goal.

Investigate validity of health and wellness information, products, and services.

Demonstrate ways to show respect for all people.

Demonstrate positive ways to communicate differences of opinion and feelings while maintaining relationships.

Explain how expression of emotions may impact others.

Understand how to express empathy.

Demonstrate how to respond appropriately to bullying, harassment, and intimidation.

Describe how to ask for help to avoid situations in which others are using tobacco, alcohol, or marijuana.

Demonstrate appropriate strategies to manage or resolve conflict.

Recognize steps to a decision-making model.

Predict potential long-term outcomes of a health-related decision.

Develop a plan to achieve a healthy eating goal.

Create a personal health goal and track progress toward achieving it.

Describe practices and behaviors that promote safety and reduce or prevent injuries.

Disease Prevention

Nutrition

Reproduction

Social Emotional Health

Label Literacy

Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying

Caloric Intake and Expenditure

First Aid

Use and Abuse

Healthy Relationships

Sexual Health

Injury Prevention

Violence Prevention

Beverages

Dimensions of Health

Self-Identity

Stress Management

Body Image

Growth and Development

Nutritional Planning

Expressing Emotions

Analyzing Influences

Wellness

Decision-Making

Hygiene

Safety

Prevention

Access Valid Information

HIV Prevention

Disease Prevention

Goal-Setting

Anatomy and Physiology

Self-Esteem

Food Groups and Nutrients

Communication

Effects

Substance Use and Abuse

Strike/Volley, Hands and Arms

Students will apply knowledge of concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics related to movement and performance.

Catch

Hand Dribble

Safety

Receiving and Providing Feedback

Overhand Throw

Engagement in Physical Activity

Foot Pass/Kick

Health-Related Fitness

Locomotor

Pathways, Levels, and Relationships

Weight Transfer

Engagement in Fitness Activities

Foot Trap/Receive

Fitness Assessment

Underhand Throw

Personal Responsibility

Strike, Short Implement

Body Systems

Nutrition

Strategies

Rules and Etiquette

Students will demonstrate the knowledge and skills to achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical activity and fitness.

Foot Dribble

Students will demonstrate competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns.

Space

Students will recognize the value of physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and social interaction.

Benefit of Physical Activity

Strike, Long Implement

Speed, Direction, and Force

Rhythm

Balance

Working with Others

Nonlocomotor

Skill-Related Fitness

Challenge

Students will exhibit responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.

Social Interaction

Self-Expression and Enjoyment

Apply mature pattern in locomotor skills in a variety of lead-up activities and small-sided game play.

Demonstrate appropriate pacing in a variety of running distances.

Demonstrate mature pattern while passing with the feet to a moving partner in a static environment.

Demonstrate mature pattern while passing and kicking a ball in the air.

Demonstrate mature pattern while punting in isolation.

Demonstrate mature pattern while receiving with the foot when moving in a static environment.

Demonstrate mature pattern while foot-dribbling in a variety of lead-up activities and small-sided game play.

Demonstrate mature pattern while striking an object underhand in a variety of lead-up activities and small-sided game play.

Demonstrate emerging pattern while striking an object with a two-handed overhead pass, sending it upward.

Demonstrate mature pattern while striking an object with a short-handled implement, sending it forward.

Demonstrate emerging pattern while striking a tossed ball with a bat.

Demonstrate mature pattern while striking an object with a long-handled implement in a variety of lead-up activities and small-sided game play.

Apply mature pattern in nonlocomotor skills in a variety of lead-up activities and small-sided game play.

Apply static and dynamic balance in a variety of lead-up activities and small-sided game play.

Demonstrate weight transfer from feet to hands varying speed and using large extensions.

Demonstrate rhythmic combinations to perform a routine.

Demonstrate mature pattern in an underhand throw to a moving partner.

Demonstrate mature pattern in an underhand throw with accuracy.

Demonstrate mature pattern in an overhand throw for distance.

Demonstrate mature pattern in an overhand throw to a partner or target with reasonable accuracy.

Apply mature pattern in catching in a variety of lead-up activities and small-sided game play.

Demonstrate mature pattern while hand-dribbling continuously in general space with non-preferred hand.

Demonstrate mature pattern while hand-dribbling in general space in a variety of lead-up activities and small-sided game play.

Apply the concept of moving to open space and reducing open space in a variety of lead-up activities and small-sided game play.

Apply concepts of space, pathways, levels, and relationships in a variety of lead-up activities and small-sided game play.

Apply the concept of pacing in a variety of activities.

Apply concepts of direction and force when striking an object toward a designated area.

Demonstrate offensive and defensive strategies in lead-up activities and small-sided game play.

Describe impact of regular physical activity on health.

Actively engage in physical education class.

Classify fitness assessments to corresponding components of health-related fitness (cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, body composition).

Recognize components of the FITT principle (frequency, intensity, time, type).

Recognize components of skill-related fitness (agility, balance, coordination, power, reaction time, speed).

Use fitness assessment results to understand personal level of fitness.

Participate in developmentally appropriate activities to improve overall fitness.

Describe connections between body systems.

Create a balanced daily food plan.

Describe how each nutrient provides energy for the body.

Identify ways to balance caloric intake and expenditure.

Demonstrate responsible behavior in a variety of physical activity environments.

Apply etiquette in physical activities.

Demonstrate accepting and implementing feedback from peers.

Recognize importance of accepting students of all skill abilities into physical activity.

Demonstrate conflict resolution using a variety of strategies.

Apply safety principles in physical activities (with self, with peers, with equipment).

Understand that improving performance in challenging physical activities requires consistent practice.

Identify physical activities for the purpose of self-expression and enjoyment.

Describe social benefits gained from participating in physical activity.

Describe physical activities that promote camaraderie.