Grade 2 Health Colorado standards Standards

Physical and Personal Wellness

Identify eating and drinking behaviors that contribute to maintaining good health.

Explain the importance of choosing healthy foods and beverages.

Identify the benefits of drinking plenty of water

Describe the benefits of eating breakfast every day.

Identify a variety of healthy snacks.

Understand that the body exhibits signals that tell people when they are hungry and when they are full.

Identify the recommended serving size and sugar content found on a nutritional label.

Recognize basic childhood chronic diseases.

Identify problems associated with common childhood chronic diseases or conditions, including but not limited to asthma, allergies, type-1 diabetes, and epilepsy.

Communicate concern to a parent or trusted adult when a person is having an allergic reaction or difficulty breathing.

Identify the purpose of vaccinations.

Social and Emotional Wellness

Utilize knowledge and skills to develop a positive self-concept.

Identify the characteristics of someone who has personal qualities that are important to you.

Identify the personal traits that best represent who you are and why they are important.

Describe the importance of being aware of one’s own feelings and of being sensitive to the feelings of others

Express intentions to treat self with care and respect.

Utilize knowledge and skills to develop an awareness of others and maintain healthy relationships.

Summarize the importance of respecting the personal space and boundaries of others.

Discuss the importance of thinking about the effects of one’s actions on other people.

Describe how you will use pro-social behaviors such as cooperation, being sensitive to the feelings of others, helping others, and being respectful of others.

Describe the benefits of a friendship.

Describe how to make and maintain friendships.

Prevention and Risk Management

Identify the dangers of using tobacco and marijuana products and exposure to secondhand smoke.

Describe the dangers of using tobacco or non-prescribed marijuana.

State reasons why and identify strategies to avoid secondhand smoke from tobacco and marijuana.

Demonstrate the ability to assertively refuse an unwanted item or pressure from a peer.

Identify safe and proper use of household products.

Access information regarding safe and proper household products (e.g., using trusted adults, warning symbols on labels).

Explain that taking medications incorrectly can be harmful, including vitamins.

Articulate the proper and safe use of products and substances found in the home that can be harmful if used inappropriately.

Identify the dangers of edible marijuana or tobacco products.

Demonstrate how to respond appropriately to various types of bullying.

Identify examples of physical bullying.

Identify examples of social bullying (e.g., rumors, gossiping, excluding others).

Describe the difference between verbal and nonverbal bullying (e.g., dirty looks, sticking out the tongue).

Identify why making fun of others is harmful to self and others

Explain how to advocate for yourself and someone else who is being bullied.

Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills to prevent injury or to ask for help in an emergency or unsafe situation.

Demonstrate how to make a decision to call 911 or other emergency numbers for help.

Demonstrate effective refusal skills to avoid unsafe situations.

Describe the use of safety equipment for specific activities and sports such as biking.

Identify ways to reduce or prevent the risk of injuries around water.

Develop an awareness of how modern technology can create a distraction that leads to unsafe situations (e.g., looking down in a crowd, unaware of traffic, awareness of others).