Elementary Health Wellness and Fitness Curriculum

Grades K-2

• Loco motor Movement-- run, walk, jump, hop, skip, gallop, slide, leap
• Space and Body Awareness
• Manipulatives-- throwing, catching, dribbling, kicking, striking
• Tag Games
• Scooters
• Parachute
• Playground Games-- hopscotch and Four Square
• Health-Related Fitness Concepts-- Cardiorespiratory Endurance, Muscular Strength and Endurance, Flexibility
• Pedometers
• Skill and Team Building Activities
• Cooperative Activities

Grades 3-5

• Cooperative Activities
• Skill and Team Building Activities
• Health-Related Fitness Concepts--Cardiorespiratory Endurance, Muscular Strength and Endurance, Flexibility
• Pedometers
• Football
• Basketball
• Volleyball
• Soccer
• Track and Field

Health Lessons

Grade 1-- 2 lessons in each of the following: Safety, Drug Education-- Poisons and Medicines, Nutrition

Grade 2-- 2 lessons in each of the following: Bike Safety, Drug Education-- Emergency Situations and effects of drugs, Nutrition

Grade 3-- Muscular System, Skeletal System, Drug Education-- Smoking, Safety-- Heat related safety, Nutrition

Grade 4-- 2 lessons in each of the following: First Aid, Drug Education-- Tobacco and Alcohol, Nutrition

Grade 5-- First Aid, Human Growth and Development-- Heart rate, Heredity, Puberty and Adolescence

Pennsylvania Academic Standards for Health, Safety, and Physical Education

    Standards in PDF format

East Penn School District Health and Wellness Curriculum