Course Standards
General Course Information and Notes
General Notes
The purpose of this course is to provide students with the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills necessary to make healthy choices with the overall goal of improving quality of life, as well as describe the relationships between a healthy behavior, environment and personal health.The content should include, but not be limited to the following:
- Core Concepts (mental/emotional, physical, and social health promotion , disease and injury prevention)
- Accessing Information (cultural influences, medical resources, emergency drills, school and community health)
- Internal and External Influences (available resources, products and services)
- Interpersonal Communication (conflict resolution, verbal and non-verbal, active listening and refusal skills)
- Decision Making (positive/negative healthy options and decisions)
- Goal Setting (short and long term health targets, personal health and small groups)
- Self Management (self enhancing responsible choices and healthy practices)
- Advocacy (positive promotion and modeling healthy choices)
Teaching from a well-written, grade-level textbook enhances students' content area knowledge and also strengthens their ability to comprehend longer, complex reading passages on any topic for any reason. Using the following instructional practices also helps student learning:
- Reading assignments from longer text passages as well as shorter ones when text is extremely complex.
- Making close reading and rereading of texts central to lessons.
- Asking high-level, text-specific questions and requiring high-level, complex tasks and assignments.
- Requiring students to support answers with evidence from the text.
- Providing extensive text-based research and writing opportunities (claims and evidence).
General Information
Course Number: 5008060
Course Path:
Section: Grades PreK to 12 Education Courses > Grade Group: Grades PreK to 5 Education Courses > Subject: Health Education > SubSubject: General >
Abbreviated Title: HEALTH - GRADE 4
Course Length: Year (Y)
Course Status: Course Approved
Grade Level(s): 4
Educator Certifications
One of these educator certification options is required to teach this course.
Student Resources
Vetted resources students can use to learn the concepts and skills in this course.
Original Student Tutorial
Digging Deeper: Inferences:
Learn the difference between explicit and implicit information, make an inference based on the information you read, and refer to details from the text to explain your thinking. This interactive tutorial will also help you learn about the largest turtle on earth, the Leatherback sea turle.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Student Center Activity
Edcite: ELA Reading Grade 4-5:
Students can practice answering reading comprehension questions with a text about online learning. With an account, students can save their work and send it to their teacher when complete.
Type: Student Center Activity
Parent Resources
Vetted resources caregivers can use to help students learn the concepts and skills in this course.