Grade 3 Health Colorado standards Standards

Physical and Personal Wellness

Demonstrate the ability to make and communicate appropriate food choices.

Describe a variety of nutritious breakfast foods.

Plan a meal based on the food groups.

Explain the concepts of eating in moderation.

Demonstrate refusal skills in dealing with unhealthy eating situations.

Identify how family, peers, and media influence healthy eating.

Social and Emotional Wellness

Utilize knowledge and skills to treat self and others with care and respect.

Identify the characteristics of someone who has self-respect and positive self-esteem.

Acknowledge the value of personal and others’ talents and strengths.

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

Discuss the importance of treating others the way you would like to be treated.

Give examples of skills that develop and maintain healthy relationships as well as strong friendships.

Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills to support positive interactions with families, peers, and others.

Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication skills necessary to express emotions, personal needs, and wants in a healthy way.

Describe positive ways to show care, consideration, and concern for others.

Identify how to show respect for individual differences.

Demonstrate how to communicate about personal boundaries directly, respectfully, and assertively.

Identify potential conflicts that arise within relationships and strategies to resolve those conflicts.

Prevention and Risk Management

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

Identify the short- and long-term physical effects of using tobacco, marijuana, and exposure to secondhand smoke.

Describe the dangers of prolonged exposure to secondhand smoke and demonstrate strategies to avoid exposure.

Understand that marijuana, illegal drugs, prescription drugs, alcohol, and tobacco can be addicting, but can be treated.

Describe the benefits of abstaining from or discontinuing tobacco and nonprescribed marijuana use.

Demonstrate the ability to assertively refuse an unwanted item.

Describe pro-social behaviors and skills that enhance healthy interactions with others.

Give examples of pro-social behaviors such as helping others, being respectful of others, cooperation, consideration and being kind.

Set a goal and a plan to be helpful and supportive to another person at school or at home.

Describe how responding to anger can be positive and/or negative.

Demonstrate strategies for self-control that can manage anger and other strong feelings in positive ways.

Identify ways to prevent injuries at home, in school, and in the community.

Define how injuries can occur at home, in school and in the community.

Create a personal safety plan and explain how it will be used at home, in school, and in the community (e.g., bike safety, pedestrian safety, emergency situations).

Identify safety rules around modern technology, including the internet.