Grade 4

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Identify role models who demonstrate positive emotional health.1a.4.1

Describe situations that trigger strong emotions and safe and unsafe ways to respond.1a.4.2

Identify respectful ways to show empathy to others. 1a.4.3

Describe how personal choices and behaviors impact self-worth. 1a.4.4

Identify how to recognize and build on personal strengths. 1a.4.5

Describe the benefits of healthy peer relationships.1a.4.6

Describe how relationships and interactions with others affect emotions. 1a.4.7

Identify ways trusted adults can help you or someone else deal with difficult emotions or situations. 1a.4.8

Explain physical and emotional reactions to stress.1a.4.9

Identify the need to discuss long-lasting troublesome feelings with a trusted adult.1a.4.10

Identify troublesome feelings and signals for support for which someone should seek help.1a.4.11

Explain the importance of telling a trusted adult if someone is in danger of hurting themselves or others.1a.4.12

Identify when to report aggression, bullying, or violence.1a.4.13

Demonstrate what to do if you or someone else is being bullied.1a.4.14

Describe the impact of conflict, discrimination, and violence on mental and emotional health. 1a.4.15

Describe how to use nonviolent means to solve interpersonal conflict.1a.4.16

Describe how peers, media, family, society, and culture influence ideas about body.1a.4.17

Describe feelings and emotions associated with loss and grief.1a.4.18

Explain the benefits of medicines when used correctly. 1b.4.1

Describe potential risks associated with inappropriate use of over the-counter and prescription medicines including addiction. 1b.4.2

Explain the difference between medicines, legal drugs, and illegal drugs.1b.4.3

Recognize that products can be harmful to self and others if absorbed, inhaled, or ingested.1b.4.4

Identify short and long-term effects of alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine.1b.4.5

Identify the environmental impact of alcohol and nicotine products.1b.4.6

Identify parents, caregivers, or other trusted adults (e.g., counselors and other health care professionals) that students can talk with about relationships, puberty, and health.1c.4.1

Explain the relationship between consent, personal boundaries, and bodily autonomy.1c.4.2

Identify sexual orientation as a person’s physical and/or romantic attraction to an individual of the same and/or different gender. 1c.4.3

Identify the physical, social, and emotional changes that occur during puberty.1c.4.4

Explain how the onset and progression of puberty varies considerably. 1c.4.5

Identify human reproductive systems including medically accurate names for internal and external genitalia and their functions. 1c.4.6

List ways to prevent injuries in the community.  1d.4.1

Identify ways to reduce injuries from animals and insect bites and stings. 1d.4.2

Identify safety precautions for playing and working outdoors in different kinds of weather and climates. 1d.4.3

Explain the importance of sharing all information with parents, guardians, or trusted adults.1d.4.4

Create a list of trusted people/community resources to notify or contact if sexual mistreatment, grooming, harassment, abuse, assault, and/or exploitation occur.1d.4.5

Demonstrate verbal and nonverbal ways to ask trusted adults for help, including how to report unsafe, scary or harmful situations in the home, school, or community.  1d.4.6

Identify words and actions that appropriately express affection or other positive feelings toward trusted adults and other important people. 1d.4.7

Identify how participation in gangs and hate groups can lead to violence. 1d.4.13

Identify that a gang is a group of people involved in wrongful or delinquent activities.1d.4.14

Identify that a hate group is a type of gang that claims their identity is superior to that of others and does not value the human rights of all people.1d.4.15

Describe safety procedures to follow if in the presence of a firearm.1d.4.16

Demonstrate what to say and do when witnessing or experiencing something that feels uncomfortable, unsafe, or disrespectful.  1d.4.17

Explain that it is never a person’s fault if someone causes them to feel unsafe.1d.4.18

Explain the importance of eating a variety of nutritious foods. 1e.4.1

Identify the benefits of eating a wide variety of foods as they relate to nutrient categories.1e.4.2

Summarize the benefits of eating a variety of nutritious foods.1e.4.3

Explain the benefits of drinking water versus other beverages. 1e.4.4

Explain nutritious eating patterns and the importance of consistent meals and snacks.1e.4.5

Analyze the benefits of eating in moderation and in line with the idea that “all foods fit.” 1e.4.6

Describe the benefits of personal health care practices.1f.4.1

Describe how to keep food safe from harmful germs including how to avoid cross-contamination. 1f.4.2

Explain why sleep and rest are important for proper growth and good health. 1f.4.3

Identify symptoms that are associated with common childhood chronic diseases or conditions such as asthma, allergies, diabetes, and others.1f.4.4