State of California Department of Education

Health Framework (Grades 3-5)

Unifying Idea: Acceptance of personal responsibility for lifelong health

Expectation 1: Students will demonstrate ways in which they can enhance and maintain their health and well-being.

1. Content Area - Food Choices (FC)
• FC1 - Students should continue to learn about food classification systems and begin to learn about the nutrients in foods.
• FC2 - Students should be able to use the USDA Food Pyramid to assist in making healthy food choices.
• FC3 - Students should understand the effects food choices have on body composition.


2. Content Area - Physical Activity (PA)
• PA1 - Students should continue to enjoy physical activities and learn to set and use personal goals for developing or maintaining physical fitness, recognizing that even moderate physical activity can help prevent obesity and heart disease.
• PA2 - Students should investigate the relationships involving aerobic endurance, body composition, flexibility, muscular strength and endurance, and self-image.

Each lesson has two parts: physical fitness in the classroom and healthy food choices. Each lesson part is designed to last 30-40 minutes, so you can teach the entire lesson on the same day or spread them out during the week. The themes presented in the lessons via the "Think & Sink" message should be reviewed each day of the week. The "On Your Mark" sections list any necessary items needed for the lesson.

Each lesson and parts follow the same format. The physical fitness lessons start with the "Think & Sink" message, which provides the fitness theme for the week. Lesson vocabulary, initiating questions, and lesson introduction follow. The "Learn It!" section presents background information and lesson script. The "Let's Go!" section provides students the opportunity to read about the concept being taught as well as complete a worksheet. The "Get Moving!" section provides a fun, interactive fitness activity that can be repeated each day of the week. Nutrition lessons, contained in part two, follow the same format as the physical fitness lessons with the exception of the "Apply It!" section, which replaces "Get Moving!" The "Check It" section is the final opportunity to assess lesson objective accomplishments. The student journal is an opportunity to integrate writing into the Operation FitKids online curriculum. Use the following page template to reproduce seven journal pages per student.