Standard 7
Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
Rationale: Research confirms that practicing health-enhancing behaviors can contribute to a positive quality of life. In addition, many diseases and injuries can be prevented by reducing harmful and risk-taking behaviors. This standard promotes the acceptance of personal responsibility for health and encourages the practice of healthy behaviors.
Performance Indicators*
| Pre-K-Grade 2 | |
|---|---|
| 7.2.1 | Demonstrate healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal health. |
| 7.2.2 | Demonstrate behaviors that avoid or reduce health risks. |
| Grades 3-5 | |
| 7.5.1 | Identify responsible personal health behaviors. |
| 7.5.2 | Demonstrate a variety of healthy practices and behaviors to maintain or improve personal health. |
| 7.5.3 | Demonstrate a variety of behaviors to avoid or reduce health risks. |
| Grades 6-8 | |
| 7.8.1 | Explain the importance of assuming responsibility for personal health behaviors. |
| 7.8.2 | Demonstrate healthy practices and behaviors that will maintain or improve the health of self and others. |
| 7.8.3 | Demonstrate behaviors to avoid or reduce health risks to self and others. |
| Grades 9-12 | |
| 7.12.1 | Analyze the role of individual responsibility for enhancing health. |
| 7.12.2 | Demonstrate a variety of healthy practices and behaviors that will maintain or improve the health of self and others. |
| 7.12.3 | Demonstrate a variety of behaviors to avoid or reduce health risks to self and others. |
* The performance indicators articulate specifically what students should know or be able to do in support of each standard by the conclusion of each of the following grade spans: Pre-K–Grade 2; Grade 3–Grade 5; Grade 6–Grade 8; and Grade 9–Grade 12. The performance indicators serve as a blueprint for organizing student assessment.
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