Open/Switch Enrollment for APS Employees is October 1 through 16

Non-Traditional Instruction for Elementary School

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Download the PDF: NTI for Elementary School Heath Education (PDF)
created by DeAndre Florence.

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Kindergarten

Kindergarten NHES
NHES	Prompt
#1: Concepts	Safety. Talk to a parent/guardian about why washing your hands and taking a bath is important. Talk to a parent/guardian how you can keep from getting hurt when playing with others.
#2: Analyzing Influences	Safety. Talk to a parent/guardian about people in your life that help you make choices. What choices do they help you make?
#3: Accessing Resources	Talk to a parent/guardian about who do you go to when you don’t feel good at school and home.
#4: Interpersonal Communication	Talk to a parent/guardian about how you let someone know that you are listening to the person speaking. Talk to a parent/guardian about what you do to let people know how you are feeling in a safe, healthy way.
#6: Goal Setting	Talk to a parent/guardian about three things you can do to be healthier. Talk to a parent/guardian about who you would go to help you reach your goals.
#7: Self-Management	Talk to a parent/guardian about how germs/viruses/diseases are spread from person to person.
#8: Advocacy	Talk to a parent/guardian about what someone could do to encourage others to keep from getting sick.

Grade 1

Grade 1 NHES
NHES	Prompt
#1: Concepts	Talk to a parent/guardian about appropriate ways to express the following emotions: sadness, anger, and happiness.
#2: Analyzing Influences	Talk to a parent/guardian about what family members do to make someone sad, mad, and happy.
#3: Accessing Resources	Talk to a parent/guardian about the people at school and in your family that are responsible for keeping you safe and healthy.
#4: Interpersonal Communication	With your parent/guardian, show and tell them what it means to be a good listener. Talk to a parent/guardian about different people that you trust to share your feelings, needs, and wants with.
#5: Decision Making	Talk to a parent/guardian and come up with a list of three situations that you can solve on your own and three others that you would need help with.
#6: Goal Setting	Talk to a parent/guardian about what someone could do to improve your body, the way you think, and how you handle your emotions. Talk to a parent/guardian about what you can do if you were in danger (fire, stranger, crossing the street).
#7: Self-Management	Talk to a parent/guardian about how to keep from getting sick.
#8: Advocacy	Talk to a parent/guardian what the family can do to be healthier.

Grade 2

Grade 2 NHES
NHES	Prompt
#1: Concepts	List three positive things that would happen if you are respectful, kind, safe, responsible at school or home. Why is it harmful/hurtful to make fun of someone based on the way the person looks?
#2: Analyzing Influences	List three things a community could do to help you make healthy/good choices.
#3: Accessing Resources	List five adults that keep you safe and healthy at school and in the community. List one adult you would go to when you don’t feel safe.
#4: Interpersonal Communication	Talk to a parent/guardian about their favorite topic. As you talk to each other, show them what it looks like to be a good listener.
#5: Decision Making	Give two situations that you can make decisions on your own. Give two situations that you will need help making a decision.
#6: Goal Setting	List three people who would support and encourage you to reach a healthy goal.
#7: Self-Management	Give five actions that can cause harm to someone.
#8: Advocacy	Draw a picture to encourage other students to be physically active.

Grade 3

Grade 3 NHES
NHES	Prompt
#1: Concepts	Share or draw five dangerous behaviors that might lead to injuries.
#2: Analyzing Influences	Explain how your friends sometimes influence good and bad behaviors. Watch three commercials and then write down how each one made you feel. List five different ways that your community affects the choices you make.
#4: Interpersonal Communication	Talk to a parent/guardian about different types of refusal skills that you can use to avoid or reduce bad situations.
#6: Goal Setting	What is a "goal"? What is an example of a short-term goal? What is an example of a long-term goal? Choose one: Create a short-term goal for your physical, mental, or emotional health.
#7: Self-Management	Why is it important to develop positive health habits? List five things you can do to reduce or prevent sickness and injuries.
#8: Advocacy	Write what you believe people can do to improve people’s health.

Grade 4

Grade 4 NHES
NHES	Prompt
#1: Concepts	What does it mean to be emotionally healthy? Within one to two sentences, answer why it is harmful to tease or bully someone.
#2: Analyzing Influences	What is a community? Explain how a community can support healthy behavior and decisions.
#3: Accessing Resources	What are "resources"? List five resources that can provide health services.
#4: Interpersonal Communication	Give three healthy ways to manage or resolve conflicts.
#5: Decision Making	List the essential steps needed to make a healthy decision.
#6: Goal Setting	Create a long-term goal to improve your physical health.
#8: Advocacy	What is an advocate? Create a poster to advocate for classmates to make a good decision around drinking water.

Grade 5

Grade 5 NHES
NHES	Prompt
#1: Concepts	What is a "healthy behavior"?
#2: Analyzing Influences	What is considered the media? How does media influence people’s thoughts and feelings about healthy behaviors?
#3: Accessing Resources	What is a resource? What does "valid" mean? Name three different ways you can tell if a resource is valid or not.
#4: Interpersonal Communication	Show a parent/guardian four refusal skills to help avoid or reduce harm/injuries.
#5: Decision Making	Give one example when you do not need help deciding. Give one example when you would need help to decide.
#6: Goal Setting	Select a goal. Then, tell how friends and family can help you reach that goal.
#7: Self-Management	What can you do to protect yourself in cold weather? Create a list of daily practices that you do each day to stay healthy.
#8: Advocacy	What is an advocate? Draw a picture that advocates things people could do to improve their health.