Health | 3rd Grade Unit 5: Injury Prevention and Safety

This 3rd Grade Health Unit focuses on Personal Injury and Violence Prevention Control and Safety and is essential to help students with their health and wellness.

There are seven units in all taught in 3rd grade that focus on health.

These units include:

Unit 1 that focuses on Personal Health and Wellness

Unit 2 that focuses on Growth and Development

Unit 3 teaches students about Nutrition and Physical Activity and how to eat right and stay active

Unit 4 that helps students with Substance Use and Abuse and how to avoid bad substances

Unit 5 that will teach students about Injury/ Violence Prevention Control and Safety

Unit 6 that covers what happened during Covid and how to protect themselves while learning about Prevention/Control of Disease

Unit 7 discusses our environment and how to help save our planet with Environmental Consumer Health

Included in this 3rd Grade Health Unit are the following:

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 3rd Grade Health Unit 5: Injury Prevention and Safety, students will explore and learn to identify daily healthy habits.

Included in this 3rd Grade Health Unit are the following:

• In this unit, students will be able to learn about first aid and how to help themselves if there is an injury such as a cut on their arm or other part of their body.

• A very important part of this unit is all about stranger danger. Students will read about the tricks that strangers use to harm kids. (This is very valuable for students and families to learn to help protect themselves.)

• Included in this unit is information about how to be safe in their school, community, and especially in their homes.

• Finally, included is an assessment to check for understanding.

This unit meets Common Core Standards. It is 9 pages of fun engaging activities!

There are seven units that cover all the health requirements for 3rd grade. Here are the links to other health units: Go to K-5 Treasures to check out the other 3rd Grade Health Units to help students complete the entire Health Standards for the year!