Grade 1 Health Mississippi standards Standards

Work collaboratively in small groups to achieve a common goal.

Understand the importance of influencing others to make healthy choices.

Demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.

Identify healthy habits that ensure good hygiene.

Contrast safe and risky behaviors.

Explain ways family members work together to obtain and maintain healthy behaviors.

Demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.

Set a personal health goal and track progress toward its achievement.

Demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.

Identify safe and unsafe behaviors.

Explore a variety of physical activities.

Identify guidelines for making wise food choices.

Demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.

Demonstrate attentive listening skills to build and maintain healthy relationships.

Describe the difference in verbal and nonverbal communication.

Demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.

Identify sources of health products and services in the community.

Discuss the roles of emergency workers.

Explain the roles of various types of workers in the field of health.

Demonstrate the ability to access valid health information and products and services to enhance health.

Introduce technologies that influence health.

Identify factors that contribute to individuality.

Analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health.

Recognize that health problems should be detected and treated early.

Identify reasons for taking medicine.

Introduce healthy snacks.

Identify items appropriate for sharing and items not appropriate for sharing.

Identify ways of preventing and controlling disease.

Comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.