Health 1st Grade Unit 2: Growth and Development

For 1st Grade Health there are seven standards that need to be taught.

Unit 1 Personal Health

Unit 2 Growth and Development

Unit 3 Nutrition and Physical Activity

Unit 4 Substance Use and Abuse

Unit 5 Injury/ Violence Prevention Control and Safety

Unit 6 Prevention/Control of Disease

Unit 7 Environmental Consumer Health

These units can be taught out of order. They are only numbered for your convenience. At the end of each unit, there is an assessment to test students’ understanding. 

Through using this Health 1st Grade Unit 2: Growth and Development students will explore and learn to identify physical characteristics and emotional characteristics.

Included in this Health 1st Grade Unit 2: Growth and Development:

* Students match the physical characteristics and facial expressions with the correct emotion.

* Students will draw an emotion based on a given event.

* They will also work as a class as they identify all the different characteristics their peers have compared to themselves.

At the end of the unit, there is an assessment to check for understanding.

Included in this unit is an assessment with answer key.

A total of 9 pages for Health 1st Grade Unit 2: Growth and Development.

There are seven units that cover all the health requirements for first grade. Here are the links to other health units:

Health 1st Grade Unit 1: Personal Health

Health 1st Grade Unit 2: Growth and Development

Health 1st Grade Unit 3: Nutrition and Physical Activity

Health 1st Grade Unit 4: Substance Use and Abuse

Health 1st Grade Unit 5: Injury / Violence Prevention and Safety

Health 1st Grade Unit 6: Prevention / Control of Disease

Health 1st Grade Unit 7: Environmental / Consumer Health

You can also teach your students about keeping yourself safe by studying about the Coronavirus, where and when it started and facts that plagued our world with this virus.

1st grade Coronavirus / Covid-19 Facts by Teach Simple

This unit meets Common Core Standards.