| Grade 4: Healthy Living |
Achievement
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Overall Expectations
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4
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| •explain the role of healthy eating practices, physical
activity, and heredity as they relate to body shape and size; |
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| •identify the physical, interpersonal, and emotional
aspects of healthy human beings; |
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| •use living skills to address personal safety and injury
prevention; |
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| •identify the influences (e.g., the media, peers, family
members) affecting the use of tobacco, as well as the effects and legalities
of, and healthy alternatives to, tobacco use. |
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Specific Expectations
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| Healthy Eating |
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| •outline the factors that influence body shape and size
(e.g., heredity, diet, exercise); |
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| •analyse, over a period of time, their own food selections,
including food purchases (e.g., "everyday food" versus "sometimes food")
and determine whether or not they are healthy choices; |
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| Growth and Development |
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| •describe the four stages of human development (infancy,
childhood, adolescence, and adulthood) and identify the physical, interpersonal,
and emotional changes appropriate to their current stage; |
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| •identify the characteristics of healthy relationships
(e.g., showing consideration of others' feelings by avoiding negative communication); |
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| •identify the challenges (e.g., conflicting opinions)
and responsibilities in their relationships with family and friends; |
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| Personal Safety and Injury Prevention |
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| •apply decision-making and problem- solving skills in
addressing threats to personal safety (e.g., from abuse or physical fighting)
and injury prevention (e.g., bicycle safety, road safety); |
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| •identify people (e.g., parents, guardians, neighbours,
teachers) and community agencies (e.g., Kids' Help Phone) that can assist
with injury prevention, emergency situations, and violence prevention; |
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| Substance Use and Abuse |
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| •identify the major harmful substances found in tobacco
and explain the term addiction; |
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| •describe the short- and long-term effects of first-
and second-hand smoke, and identify the advantages of being smoke-free; |
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| •apply decision-making and assertiveness skills to make
and maintain healthy choices related to tobacco use, and recognize factors
that can influence decisions to smoke or to abstain from smoking (e.g.,
the media, family members, friends, laws). |
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