1. Elementary Health SOL’s
Jason Runk
Henrico County Public Schools

2. Changes to the Health SOL’s
More specific
Measurable
Content and topics are scaffolded K-10
Increased thinking levels for students
Adds emotional and social health

3. Changes to the SOL’s
Standard 1 (Health Concepts) = what students should know
Standard 2 (Healthy Decisions)= what students should understand
Standard 3 (Advocacy and Promotion)= students take the knowledge and understanding to advocate for their personal health and the health of others

4. Actively Incorporating Health Content
How do we add all this new health content to our classes when we already have limited time with students?

5. GERM TAG These SOL’s cover the spread of germs and diseases
K.1 h, K.2 g, K.3 g
1.1 d, 1.2d
2.1 f, 2.3 e
3.1 g
4.1 j, 4.2 h
5.1 j, 5.2 k, 5.3 d

6. GERM TAG
Explain to the students that germs can be anywhere and they are so small that we can’t see them. In order to get all the germs off their hands they need to wash with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.

7. GERM TAG
Students will start in their own personal space. At one end of the gym you will set up two mats standing on there side. One mat will be the boys bathroom and the other the girls bathroom. Germ carriers will start in the center circle (quarantine). When the music starts germ carriers will tag other students with either a noodle or a ball. If a student is infected they must go to the bathroom and wash their hand while singing either the ABC’s or Happy Birthday to themselves. When they are finished they may return to the playing area.

8. Plickers Question #1 How long should you wash your hands?
A – 10 seconds
B – 20 seconds
C – 30 seconds
D – 60 seconds

9. Doctor Dash
These SOL’s cover the differences between non-prescription and prescription medication and how to use those medication properly
K.1 f, K.2 e, f, K.3 f
1.1 f, 1.2 k,l, 1.3 I
2.1 f,g, 2.2 k, 2.3 e,f
3.1 h, 3.2 d, 3.3 d

10. Doctor Dash
Talk to the students about the differences between prescription and non-prescription medication.
Explain proper use of these medications

11. Doctor Dash
Students will start in personal space. On one end of the gym you will have a space set aside as the pharmacy. On the other end of the gym you will have a space set up as a hospital. There will be two types of taggers. One set of taggers will have a noodle (common cold). The other set of taggers will have a ball and they will be strep throat (bacterial disease). If a student is tagged by the noodle they will go straight to the pharmacy and get some non-prescription medication (10 Jumping Jacks). If they get tagged by the ball they will have to go to the hospital where you will be the doctor handing out exercise prescription cards. They must complete those exercises at the hospital before they are allowed to return to the game.

12. Plickers Question #2
You must see a doctor before you can receive prescription medication. A – TRUE B - FALSE

13. Recycle Bin Ballers
These SOL’s cover environmental health issues (recycling, pollution)
1.2 p, 1.3 o
2.3 l
3.2 m, 3.3 q
4.1 r, 4.2 s, 4.3 0
5.1 t, 5.2 t, 5.3 o

14. Recycle Bin Ballers
Talk to the students about recycle, reduce, reuse. Ask them how these things impact our school, community, and earth.

15. Recycle Bin Ballers
Students will be broken into two different teams. Each team will need to stay on there side of the gym. Each side will have a recycling bin (Ball Bin) at the end line of the basketball court. You will make a goalie box using cones around each bin. Each team is allowed one goalie inside the goalie box to block the trash from being recycled. Only the goalie is allowed in the goalie box. The rest of the students will be throwing different types of balls into the bin on the other side of the gym. The team that has recycled the most trash at the end of the round wins.

16. Plickers Question #3 Which of the following can you NOT recycle?
A – Glass
B – Plastic
C – Paper
D - Styrofoam

17. Taking Health to the Classroom
SOL’s broken down into 4 categories
Personal Wellness
Personal Safety
Healthy Relationships
Community Health

18. Thanks!! Jason Runk Henrico County jbrunk@henrico.k12.va.us
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