Grade 5 Health Rhode Island Standards

Influence and support others in making positive health choices.

Work cooperatively when advocating for healthy individuals, families and schools.

Students will understand the concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention as a foundation for a healthy life.

Identify barriers to effective communication of information, ideas, feelings and opinions about health issues.

Analyze the influence of technology on personal or family health.

Describe the interrelationship of mental, emotional, physical, social and physical health during adolescence.

Describe situations requiring professional health services.

Analyze how positive and negative messages from media and other resources influence health behaviors.

Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health.

Develop a plan that addresses personal strengths, needs and health risks.

Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid health information and health promoting products and services.

Demonstrate effective verbal & non-verbal communication skills to enhance health.

Describe how the behavior of family and peers affects interpersonal communication.

Explain roles played by different health providers.

Demonstrate healthy ways to express needs, wants and feelings.

Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks.

Describe how family, peers and environment influence the health of adolescents.

Analyze various communication methods needed to express health information and ideas accurately.

Discuss accurate information and express opinions about health issues.

Utilize resources form home, school and community that provide valid health information.

Analyze how environment and personal health are interrelated.

Demonstrate the ability to apply a decision-making process to health issues and problems individually and collaboratively.

Analyze the possible causes of conflict among youth in schools and communities.

Describe the influence of cultural beliefs on health behaviors and the use of health services.

Analyze the validity of health information, products, and services.

Students will analyze the influence of culture, media, technology and other factors on health.

Explain the importance of assuming responsibility for personal health behaviors.

Describe how lifestyle, family history, pathogens and other risk factors are related to the cause or prevention of disease and other health problems.

Analyze how information from peers influences and affects health choices.

Demonstrate refusal and negotiation skills needed to enhance health.

Develop and apply appropriate ways of managing conflict and specific stressful situations.

Locate health products and services.

Analyze how health-related decisions are influenced by individuals, family or community values.

Demonstrate strategies to improve or maintain personal and family health.

Distinguish between safe and risky or harmful behaviors.

Explain how appropriate health care can prevent premature death and disability.

Apply strategies and skills needed to attain personal health goals.

Demonstrate ways to communicate care, consideration and respect of self and others.

Develop injury prevention and management strategies for personal, family and community health.

Predict how decisions regarding health behaviors have consequences for self or others.

Demonstrate communication skills needed to build and maintain healthy relationships.

Analyze how media influences the selection of health information, products and services.

Describe ways to reduce risks related to early adolescent health problems.

Explain the relationship between positive health behaviors and the prevention of injury, illness, disease and premature death.

Demonstrate strategies needed to manage conflict in healthy ways.

Identify and demonstrate ways to avoid and reduce threatening situations.

Explain how health is influenced by the interaction of body systems.

Compare the costs and validity of health products.

Analyze personal health habits to determine health strengths and risks.

Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, community and environmental health.

Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting and decision-making skills to enhance health.