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K–12 Standards

Grade 5

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Wellness Promotion and Disease Prevention

  • 1

    Identify seven dimensions of total wellness (e.g., physical, emotional, social, intellectual, spiritual, environmental, and occupational).WE.5.1

  • 2

    Describe the importance of proper nutrition and appropriate food choice.  WE.5.2

  • 3

    Recognize potentially dangerous situations (e.g., bullying, harassment, drug use, criminal activities) and know how to obtain help.WE.5.3

  • 4

    Identify environmental hazards (e.g., poisonous plants, insect bites/stings, pollution).WE.5.4

  • 5

    Describe precautions and reactions to extreme weather conditions.WE.5.5

Wellness Information and Service

  • 6

    Describe how family, peers, community, and culture influence and support personal health practices and behaviors.WE.5.6

  • 7

    Identify legal and illegal drugs.WE.5.7

  • 8

    Discuss ways that technology can have a positive and negative influence on personal health.WE.5.8

  • 9

    Discuss how media may influence future behaviors (e.g., tobacco and alcohol use, violence, relationships). WE.5.9

Wellness Behaviors

  • 10

    Analyze and interpret nutritional value food labels. WE.5.10

  • 11

    Identify effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills (e.g., body language, restating, listening).WE.5.11

  • 12

    Demonstrate refusal skills to avoid risky behaviors or situations (e.g., drug use, criminal activity, being alone with a stranger, inappropriate digital communication).WE.5.12

  • 13

    Demonstrate assertive responses when asking for help in an emergency.WE.5.13

  • 14

    Set a personal health goal, identify resources to assist in achieving the goal, and track progress toward its achievement.WE.5.14

  • 15

    Distinguish between safe, risky, or harmful relationships and list strategies to reduce threatening situations (e.g., anger management, positive peer-pressure).WE.5.15

  • 16

    Demonstrate techniques for managing stress (e.g., exercising, meditation).WE.5.16

  • 17

    Identify strategies to change unhealthy behaviors.WE.5.17

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