Substance Use and Abuse Health: 4th and 5th Grade Unit 4

Substance Use and Abuse Health: 4th and 5th Grade Unit 4

For 4th and 5th Grade Health, there are seven standards that students will practice and learn.

Through using this Substance Use and Abuse: Health: 4th and 5th Grade Unit 4 students will explore and learn to identify daily healthy habits.

With this 4th and 5th Grade Unit 4: Substance Use and Abuse lesson plan, your students will learn how to avoid these harmful substances. It has 16 pages of engaging activities with the opportunity for your students to identify and practice healthy habits as they learn to understand the long-term and short-term effects of drugs and other harmful substances. Along with that, they will learn and develop refusal skills to avoid drugs in unhealthy situations. Part of the activities include writing a letter to a friend that will warn them about the effects of drugs. Students will also learn how the media often influences the use of helpful and harmful drugs. Through these lessons, your students will gain a comprehension of the importance of making good healthy choices. Along with all this, there's a worksheet on coping skills that is helpful for students who are dealing with family or friends who are using drugs. In the end, there is an assessment to check for understanding. An answer key is also included. All these activities meet the Common Core Standards for health.

Included in this Substance Use and Abuse: Health: 4th and 5th Grade Unit 4 are the following:

• A worksheet where students will be able to understand the long term and short-term effects of drugs along with other harmful substances.

• Students will write a note to a friend in order to warn them about the harmful effects of drugs.

• Students will be able to learn about the harmful and helpful effects media has on our health.

• They will practice 10 different refusal skills to avoid drugs with classmates or as a class when in unhealthy situations with harmful substances.

• Coping skills on how to deal with family or friends who are using drugs is included.

• Lastly, there is an assessment to check for understanding.

• Answer keys are also included.

There are 16 pages included!