Grades 1, 2, 3, 4

Other Connecticut Health & Physical Education sets

• Grades Pre-K, K
• Grades 5, 6, 7, 8
• Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Demonstrate the ability to locate valid health information, products and servicesE.2.1

Demonstrate the ability to locate resources from home, school and community that provide valid health informationE.2.2

Describe factors that may influence the selection of health information, products and servicesE.2.3

Discuss ways to obtain information about human growth and development from family, school personnel, health professionals and other responsible adultsE.2.4

Identify responsible health behaviorsE.3.1

List personal health needsE.3.2

Compare behaviors that are safe to those that are risky or harmfulE.3.3

Demonstrate strategies to improve or maintain personal health by examining influences and rules that affect decisionsE.3.4

Develop and practice safety techniques to avoid and reduce injury and diseaseE.3.5

Identify and practice skills to manage stressE.3.6

Describe how family and culture influence personal health behaviorsE.4.1

Explain how media and technology influence personal and health behaviorsE.4.2

Explain how family, school and peers influence personal healthE.4.3

Identify and explain how the media may influence messages one may receive about body imageE.4.4

Practice verbal and nonverbal communication as a means of enhancing healthE.5.1

Demonstrate characteristics needed to be a responsible individual within their group, school, family and communityE.5.2

Describe emotions and how they can affect an individual's behaviorE.5.3

Identify and demonstrate healthy ways to express needs, wants and feelingsE.5.4

Identify, discuss and demonstrate ways to communicate care, consideration and respect for themselves and others without bias, abuse, discrimination or harassment based on, but not limited to, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, marital status, mental retardation, mental disorder and learning and/or physical disabilityE.5.5

Demonstrate active listening skills to build and maintain healthy relationships with peers and family membersE.5.6

Demonstrate avoidance and refusal skills to enhance healthE.5.7

Identify possible causes of conflictE.5.8

Demonstrate family, peer, school and community strategies to prevent, manage and resolve conflicts and identify adults who might assist, when appropriateE.5.9

Demonstrate the ability to apply a decisionmaking process to enhance healthE.6.1

Explain when to ask for assistance in making health-related decisionsE.6.2

Predict outcomes of positive health decisionsE.6.3

Demonstrate the ability to apply the goalsetting process to enhance healthE.7.1

Describe a variety of methods to convey accurate health information, concepts and skillsE.8.1

Express opinions about health issues based on accurate health informationE.8.2

Identify and describe community agencies that advocate for healthy individuals, families and communitiesE.8.3

Describe ways to encourage and support others in making positive health choicesE.8.4

Identify ways to work cooperatively in small groups when advocating for healthy individuals, families and schoolsE.8.5

Demonstrate positive ways to show care, consideration and concern for others (e.g. persons living with HIV/AIDS, diabetes, cancer)E.8.6

Promote positive, healthy interpersonal relationships with respect and appreciation for each otherE.8.7

Demonstrate developmentally mature form in the fundamental movement skills: locomotor, nonlocomotor and manipulative, in a closed environment (skills in isolation)E.9.1

Demonstrate simple applications combining locomotor, nonlocomotor and manipulative skills to participate in developmentally appropriate movement and fitness activitiesE.9.2

Explore and adapt fundamental movement skills in a variety of dynamic environmentsE.9.3

Acquire beginning skills for a few specialized movement formsE.9.4

Participate in a variety of modified games, developmentally appropriate tasks, activities, creative movement, dance and playE.9.5

Demonstrate an understanding of what the body does, where the body moves, how the body performs the movement and relationships that occur in movementE.10.1

Recognize critical performance skill elements in self and others using movement vocabularyE.10.2

Demonstrate knowledge of rules, safety practices and procedures of specific activitiesE.10.3

Engage in a variety of moderate to vigorous developmentally appropriate physical activities on a regular basisE.11.1

Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of movements and how they affect the bodyE.11.2

Apply the understanding of physical activity concepts to developing movement sequences and game strategiesE.11.3

Engage in appropriate physical activity during and outside of school that promotes the development and improvement of physical fitness levelE.11.4

Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between activities and physical fitness components (e.g., cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, nutritional status and body composition)E.12.1

Recognize physiological indicators (e.g., heart rate, body temperature, perspiration, thirst) of exercise during and after physical activityE.12.2

Understand the results of formal fitness testing and correctly associate these results with overall physical fitness, nutritional levels and personal health statusE.12.3

Maintain a wellness log including exercise and food intake for a set period of timeE.12.4

Understand, participate in the development of, and follow classroom rules; follow activity-specific rules, safety practices and procedures; and demonstrate etiquette and good sportsmanship in a variety of physical activity settingsE.13.1

Work independently or cooperatively and productively with partners or in small groups to complete assigned tasksE.13.2

Demonstrate behaviors that are sensitive to individual differences (e.g., physical, gender, cultural/ethnic, social and emotional) that can affect group activitiesE.13.3

Develop skills needed for resolving conflicts peacefullyE.13.4

Express and identify feelings about participating in physical activity and begin to make choices based on those feelingsE.14.1

Use physical activity as a means of selfexpressionE.14.2

Use physical activity as a positive opportunity for social and group interactionE.14.3

Experience personal challenges through physical activityE.14.4

Understand that practicing activities increases specific skill competenceE.14.5

Experiment with new physical activitiesE.14.6