Grade 3 Health Arkansas standards Standards

Students will promote physical, social, and emotional health for self and others.

Students will investigate healthy and unhealthy behaviors related to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, while understanding the physical, psychological, and legal consequences for self and others.

Students will apply concepts of how food choices impact the overall health of self and others, and investigate how different types of eating disorders damage body systems.

Students will demonstrate healthy relationships and interaction with others, utilize effective communication skills (verbal, non-verbal, and online), and differentiate between healthy and unhealthy behaviors, and how those behaviors impact relationships with peers and adults.

Students will demonstrate the ability to apply their understanding of human growth and development, including awareness of their own and others’, related to body systems.

Human Growth and Development

I can classify the major functions of the body systems, identify which body parts are in each system, and how to keep my body systems healthy.

I can distinguish how the body systems mature and how heredity impacts growth and development.

Healthy Skills and Relationships

I can demonstrate appropriate verbal and nonverbal communication skills.

I can compare behaviors that demonstrate respect as well as disrespect of self and others.

I can predict consequences of healthy and unhealthy behaviors, including their impact on self and others.

I can effectively communicate my thoughts and opinions to my peers in a healthy manner.

Nutrition

I can make healthy food choices based on nutritional information.

I can discuss healthy and unhealthy food intake patterns and the consequences of both.

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

I can discuss avoidance strategies for alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use.

I can discuss physical and psychological damage resulting from long-term use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Personal Health and Safety

I can develop strategies for lifetime behavior and activity that promote health and wellness.

I can identify people and resources that promote health and safety.

I can identify behaviors associated with physical, mental, and verbal abuse and resources that aid in avoiding them.

I can recognize potentially abusive situations as a threat to personal safety.