Health Education Standards and Resources
Students in grade four learn and apply health skills to the following health areas: disease prevention, nutrition, healthy relationships (relationship skills), and drug-abuse prevention, including alcohol, tobacco, and other harmful substances. Students distinguish fact from fiction and set simple goals (self-management) for promoting personal health and preventing disease. Students assume personal responsibility for helping promote health at school and in the community, which aligns with responsible decision making as a critical part of healthy social and emotional development.
Health Education Resources for all of Grade Four
- Grade 4 Health Education Standards of Learning Word / PDF
- Grade 4 Health Instruction Resource Links Word / PDF
Body Systems
- Lesson 1 - Grade 4 - The Immune System PDF
- Lesson 2 - Grade 4 - Germs and the Immune System PDF / PPT
- Lesson 3 - Grade 4 - Spread Love, Not Germs PDF / PPT
- Lesson 4 - Grade 4 - What Am I? Who Am I? PDF / PPT
- Lesson 5 - Grade 4 - Disease Simile PDF
- Lesson 6 - Grade 4 - Parts of Speech and the Immune System PDF
- Lesson 7 - Grade 4 - Immune System PDF / MOV
Community/Environmental Health
- Lesson 1 - Grade 4 - Air Pollution PDF
- Lesson 2 - Grade 4 - Healthy Air PDF
- Lesson 3 - Grade 4 - Air Pollution and Trees PDF
- Lesson 4 - Grade 4 - Helping Our Environment (Planting Trees) PDF
- Lesson 5 - Grade 4 - Working Out with Watersheds PDF
- Grade 4 Student Engagement and Assessment Ideas
- Air, Air, Everywhere: Teacher's Guide and Activities - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Grades 3-5
- EPA - Alternatives to Taking Car K-2 Coloring Book
- EPA - K-5 Play It Safe with Your Ears – Safe Sounds
- Healthy Lungs- Exercise and AIr Quality 10 Top Tips
- National Safety Council Teachers Guide-Indoor Air Quality
- Ozone, Air Quality, and Asthma - Kids Health
- Teach Health and Physical Education Using the Environment
Mental Wellness/Social and Emotional Skills
- Lesson 1 - Grade 4 - Social Emotional Skills Lessons Overview PDF
- Lesson 2 - Grade 4 - Circle of Control with a Hershey's Kiss PDF / PPT
- Lesson 3 - Grade 4 - Conflict Resolution PDF / MOV
- Grade 4 Student Engagement and Assessment Ideas
- CA Media Smarts Body Image Lesson - Avatars
- Creating Safe Spaces - Social Emotional Lessons
- Fit4TheClassroom Lesson - Mood Music
- Joyful Mind Blog - Mindfulness in the Classroom - Suggestions
- K-5 Lesson - Introduction - Mindful Bodies & Listening
- Kids Health Gr 3-5 Feeling Sad Teacher's Guide
- KidsHealth Gr 3-5 Conflict Resolution Teacher's Guide
- KidsHealth Gr 3-5 Empathy Teacher's Guide
- KidsHealth Gr 3-5 Getting Along Teacher's Guide
- KidsHealth Gr 3-5 Peer Pressure Teacher's Guide
- KidsHealth Gr 3-5 Self Esteem Teacher's Guide
- KidsHealth Gr 3-5 Stress Teacher's Guide
- Lesson - Responding to Teasings and Put Downs
- Mindful Schools - K-5 Lesson - Introduction to Mindful Bodies and Listening
- Open Up - Getting to Know You Lesson
- Open Up - Tools of Friendship Lesson
- Open Up -Empathy Lesson - How are You Feeling
- Open Up - It's All in Your Viewpoint Lesson
- PE Central - Mental Health Scenarios
- PE Central - Emotion Discovery with DDR
- PE Central - Emotions in Motion
- PE Central - Lesson on Feelings
- PE Central - Problem Solving Door
- PE Central - Sound of Music (Stress Management)
- PE Central - Stress Hot Potato
- PE Central - What Is Stress?
- Together Counts - Foundations of Wellness - Gr 3-5
- Together Counts - Full Esteem Ahead Lesson - Gr 3-5
- Welcoming Schools User's Guide
- When Grief Enters the Classroom Teacher's Guide
- Y Project Cornerstone - A Story about Teases and Put Downs
- Building A Culture of Health Through Safe and Healthy Elementary School Recess (Grades K-5)
- CASEL Guide 2013 - Preschool and Elementary School Edition (Grades K-5)
- Compendium of Preschool Through Elementary School Social‐Emotional Learning and Associated Assessment Measures (Grades K-5)
- Implementing Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support (Grades K-5)
- Improving Social Emotional Skills In Childhood Enhances Long-Term Well-Being and Economic Outcomes (All Grades)
- MCSCP Lesson 4.1.1_What Does Respect Look Like in School?
- MCSCP Lesson 4.1.2_What Does Respect Look Like at Home?
- MCSCP Lesson 4.1.3_Respect for All Inside and Outside of School
- MCSCP Lesson 4.1.4_Similar and Different
- MCSCP Lesson 4.1.5_Talk It Over and Work It Out!
- MCSCP Lesson 4.1.6_Tic Tac Toe, Get Off My Toes
- MCSCP Lesson 4.2.1_Conflict Mediation – Part 1: Getting Ready
- MCSCP Lesson 4.2.1_Conflict Mediation: Practice Princeton Brookings-Social and Emotional Learning (All Grades)
- Social Emotional Learning In Elementary School - Preparation for Success (Grades K-5)
- The Positive Impact of Social and Emotional Learning for Kindergarten to Eighth-Grade Students-Findings from Three Scientific Reviews (Grades K-8)
- Toolkit for Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention K-12
- Wallace Foundation 2017 - Navigating Social and Emotional Learning from the Inside Out (All Grades)
Nutrition
- Lesson 1 - Grade 4 - Nutrition PDF
- Lesson 2 - Grade 4 - Nutrition Superheroes and Villains PDF / PPT
- Lesson 3 - Grade 4 - Cholesterol Tag PDF
- Lesson 4 - Grade 4 - Serving Size PDF
- Lesson 5 - Grade 4 - Nutrition PDF / PPT / MOV
- Lesson 6 - Grade 4 - Fat PDF / MOV
- Lesson 7 - Grade 4 - Protein PDF / MOV
- Lesson 8 - Grade 4 - Food Label Intro PDF / MOV
- Grade 4 Student Engagement and Assessment Ideas
- 101 Tips for Teaching Nutrition
- AHA Balance It Out Elementary Teachers Guide
- AHA -Food As Fuel Activity
- AHA It takes a Heart to be a Hero 2012-2013 Elementary Teachers Guide
- AHA It takes a Heart to be a Hero 2013-14 Elementary Teacher Guide
- CDC BAM Tip Sheet - Energy
- CDC BAM Tip Sheet - Nutrition
- Education World - Popcorn Nutrition - How Nutritious are Your Snacks
- KidsHealth Gr 3-5 Food Labels Teacher's Guide
- KidsHealth Food Allergies Grade 3-5
- KidsHealth Healthy Eating Grades 3-5
- KidsHealth Poster - Choose Water and Milk
- KidsHealth Poster Start Your Engines with a Healthy Breakfast
- KidsHealth Poster- 5-2-1-Almost None
- KidsHealth Poster- Eat Fruits and Veggies
- PE Central - Nutrition Station Circuit
- Serving Up My Plate Curriculum - Grades 3-4
- Serving Up My Plate Curriculum Poster 2
- Serving Up My Plate Curriculum Poster
- Serving Up My Plate Parent Handout
- Serving Up My Plate Tipsheet - Be A Fit Kid
- Serving Up My Plate Tipsheet - Making Great Tasting Snacks
- Shape America - What's in My Fast Food
- Together Counts - Wellness Lessons
- Together Counts - What Is Energy Balance
- Together Counts - What's the Pattern
- Utah Education Network Design-a- Meal
Physical Health and Disease Prevention/Health Promotion
- Lesson 1 - Grade 4 - Physical Activity and Sleep PDF
- Lesson 2 - Grade 4 - Our Community's Health PDF
- Lesson 3 - Grade 4 - You Are What You Eat PDF / PPT
- Lesson 4 - Grade 4 - Health Promotion Newspaper Performance Task PDF
- Lesson 5 - Grade 4 - Disease Awareness Prevention PDF
- Lesson 6 - Grade 4 - Disease Prevention PDF
- Lesson 7 - Grade 4 - Disease Prevention / Health Promotion PDF / PPT
- Lesson 8 - Grade 4 - Sleep PDF / MOV
- Lesson 9 - Grade 4 - Germ Prevention PDF / MOV
- Grade 4 Student Engagement and Assessment Ideas
- 101 Tips for Teaching Nutrition
- AHA Balance It Out Elementary Teachers Guide
- AHA - Food as Fuel Activity
- AHA It takes a Heart to be a Hero 2012-2013 Elementary Teachers Guide
- AHA It takes a Heart to be a Hero 2013-14 Elementary Teacher Guide
- CDC BAM Tip Sheet - Energy
- CDC BAM Tip Sheet - Nutrition
- Education World - Popcorn Nutrition - How Nutritious Are Your Snacks
- KidsHealth Avoiding Colds and Flu Grades 3-5
- KidsHealth Gr 3-5 Food Labels Teacher's Guide
- KidsHealth Poster - Choose Water and Milk
- KidsHealth Poster Start Your Engines with a Healthy Breakfast
- KidsHealth Poster- 5-2-1-Almost None
- KidsHealth Poster- Eat Fruits and Veggies
- PE Central - Nutrition Station Circuit
- Serving Up My Plate Curriculum - Grades 3-4
- Serving Up My Plate Curriculum Poster 2
- Serving Up My Plate Curriculum Poster
- Serving Up My Plate Parent Handout
- Serving Up My Plate Tipsheet - Be A Fit Kid
- Serving Up My Plate Tipsheet - Making Great Tasting Snacks
- Shape America - What's in My Fast Food
- Together Counts - Wellness Lessons
- Together Counts - What Is Energy Balance
- Together Counts - What's the Pattern
- Utah Education Network Design-a-Meal
- CDC BAM Tip Sheet - Physical Activity
- CDC BAM Tip Sheet - Stress
- KidsHealth - Fast Break - NBA Fit Classroom Lesson
- KidsHealth - NBA Fit Tip Sheet - Get Stronger
- KidsHealth - NBA Fit Tip Sheet - Run Faster
- KidsHealth - NBA Fit Tip Sheet - Eat Right
- KidsHealth - NBA Fit Tip Sheet - Reach Higher
- KidsHealth Gr 3-5 Fitness Teacher's Guide
- KidsHealth Gr 3-5 Screentime Teacher's Guide
- KidsHealth Gr 3-5 Sleep Teacher's Guide
- KidsHealth Poster- 5-2-1-AlmostNone copy
- PE Central - Heart Power
- PE Central - Interactive Heart Rate Worksheet
- Shape America - Healthy Heart Transport Lesson
- SHAPE America - Musical Spots Fitness Edition Lesson
- Utah Education Network - Calorie Burning
Safety/Injury Prevention
Substance Abuse Prevention
- Lesson 1 - Grade 4 - ATOD Risks and Refusal PDF
- Lesson 3 - Grade 4 - Tobacco Yucks PDF / PPT
- Lesson 4 - Grade 4 - Tobacco Use PDF / PPT
- Lesson 5 - Grade 4 - Tobacco and E-cigarette Prevention PDF
- Grade 4 Student Engagement and Assessment Ideas
- Partnership to End Addiction - Marijuana Talk Kit for Parents, Caregivers, and Educators
- PE Central Drug Abstinence Skills
- On the Rocks Resource Guide
- Virginia ABC Elementary Guide
- Kids Health - Dealing With Peer Pressure
- NIDA Brain Power Curriculum for Grades 4-5
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Generation Rx – Elementary Prescription Rx ToolkitTrivia Game (PowerPoint)Candy or Medicine Game (PowerPoint)Good Choice or Bad Choice Game (PowerPoint)
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Generation Rx – Elementary Prescription Rx Toolkit (Spanish)Trivia Game (Spanish) (PowerPoint)Good Choice or Bad Choice Game (Spanish) (PowerPoint)
Violence Prevention
- Lesson 1 - Grade 4 - Violence Prevention Skills PDF
- Lesson 2 - Grade 4 - Body Language Charades PDF / PPT
- Lesson 3 - Grade 4 - Double Talk PDF / PPT
- Lesson 4 - Grade 4 - For the Birds: Differences between Bullying, Teasing, and Taunting PDF / PPT
- Lesson 5 - Grade 4 - Conflict Resolution PDF / MOV
- Grade 4 Student Engagement and Assessment Ideas
- Active Listening Lesson - Grades 3-6
- Be a Bucket Filler Lesson - K-5
- Be a Bucket Filler Lesson - Messages
- Be a Bucketfiller Lesson - Examples
- Be an Upstander and Say Something Lesson
- Bullying Lesson - Grades 2-3 - National Crime Prevention Council
- Conflict Management Lesson - Grades 3-5 - National Crime Prevention Council
- Diversity Lesson- Grades 3-5 - National Crime Prevention Council
- Have You Filled a Bucket Today Lesson - Grades 2-5
- KidsHealth Teacher's Guide Bullying Gr 3-5
- KidsHealth Teacher's Guide Gr 3-5 Sportsmanship
- Let's-Be-Friends Grades 2-3 Curriculum
- Many Ways to Resolve Conflict Lesson 3-8
- PACER - Elementary School Educational Lesson Plan
- PACER - What to do About Bullying Tips
- Protect Yourself Rules Lesson Video Prescreening - Guidance
- Protect Yourself Rules Lesson
- The Power of Words K-5
- Trustworthiness Lesson Grades K-4 - Keller Independent School District
Physical Education Standards and Resources
In grade four, students make continuous progress across all fundamental motor patterns. Proficient movement patterns are possible as students combine locomotor and manipulative skills in increasingly complex situations. Students create sequences in educational dances and gymnastics. They apply movement concepts and principles and knowledge of anatomical structures in individual movement performances, and tactical strategies in modified activities. Fitness assessment is appropriate at this grade level, and students interpret the results of their assessments and set personal goals based on the results. Students exhibit appropriate etiquette, integrity, and conflict-resolution skills; and they apply proper rules and procedures.
Physical Education Resources for all of Grade Four
- Grade Four Physical Education Standards of Learning
- Virginia Standards of Learning - Physical Education Framework 2022 - Grade 4
- All Academic Language Cards for Grade 4
- Essential Strand Glossary - Grade 4
- Virginia Physical Education SOLs - EIP Goal Bank
- Adapted Physical Education Goal Bank (Excel file)
- Tools for Learning Olympic Games (Grades 3-5)
- Tools for Learning Paralympic Games (Grades 3-5)
- Tools for Learning Lacrosse Games (Grades 3-5)
- Tools for Learning Soccer Skills (Grades 3-5)
- Tools for Learning Personal and Social Responsibility (Grades 3-5)
- Tools for Learning Pickleminton (Grades 3-5)
- Tools for Learning Dance Skills (Grades 3-5)
- Tools for Learning about Estuary Conservation (Grades 3-5)
- Tools for Learning Bat and Ball Games (Grades 3-5)
Motor Skill Development
- Unit 1 - Grade 4 - Motor Skills Assessment 1 pdf
- Unit 2 - Grade 4 - Motor Skills Assessment 2 pdf
- Unit 3 - Grade 4 - Motor Skills Assessment 3 pdf
- Unit 4 - Grade 4 - PE Fitness Games pdf
- Unit 5 - Grade 4 - Throwing Games pdf
- Unit 7 - Grade 4 - Cooperative / Social Games pdf
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Unit 8 - Grade 4 - Dance Lessons
Anatomic Basis of Movement
- Unit 1 - Grade 4 - What Makes My Body Move pdf
- Unit 2 - Grade 4 - Bone Labeling pdf
- Unit 3 - Grade 4 - Body System Frenzy pdf
- Unit 4 - Grade 4 - Brain Master pdf
- Unit 5 - Grade 4 - Muscle Labeling pdf
- Unit 6 - Grade 4 - Muscle Application Assessment pdf
- Unit 7 - Grade 4 - Rollin' Bones pdf
- Unit 8 - Grade 4 - Cardio Tag pdf
- Unit 9 - Grade 4 - Find That Pulse pdf
- Unit 10 - Grade 4 - Soldier Tag pdf
- Unit 11 - Grade 4 - Cardiorespiratory Endurance pdf
Fitness Planning
- Unit 1 - Grade 4 - Exercise Intensity Introduction pdf
- Unit 2 - Grade 4 - Exercise Intensity Stations pdf
- Unit 3 - Grade 4 - Fitness Conferences pdf
- Unit 4 - Grade 4 - Fitness Goal Creation pdf
- Unit 5 - Grade 4 - Fitness Log Introduction pdf
- Unit 6 - Grade 4 - Fitness Goal Post-Conferences pdf
- Unit 7 - Grade 4 - Fitness Day pdf
- Unit 8 - Grade 4 - Touchdown Fitness pdf
- Unit 9 - Grade 4 - Fitness Planning Assessment 1 pdf
- Unit 10 - Grade 4 - Fitness Planning Assessment 2 pdf
Social Development
- Unit 1 - Grade 4 - Conflict Resolution pdf
Energy Balance
- Unit 1 - Grade 4 - Sugar Vortex pdf
- Unit 2 - Grade 4 - Sugar Crashers pdf
- Unit 3 - Grade 4 - Pedometer Tag pdf
- Unit 4 - Grade 4 - Nutrition Invade and Conquer pdf
- Unit 5 - Grade 4 - Energy Pin Down pdf
- Unit 6 - Grade 4 - Energy In, Energy Out Tag pdf
- Unit 7 - Grade 4 - Calorie Burner pdf
- Unit 8 - Grade 4 - Blood Pressure Tag pdf
- Unit 9 - Grade 4 - Energy Tag pdf