Character

HEALTH EDUCATION - Unit 1 - Lesson 5 - Week 5/12

Mental, Social & Emotional Health (K)

L1: Health | L2: Feelings | L3: Feelings: Coping & Sharing | L4: Diversity | L5: Character | L6: Communicate | L7: Family | L8: Families Help | L9: Families Care | L10: Friends | L11: Getting Along | L12: Resolving Conflict

Unit 1: Mental, Social & Emotional Health

Character

Priority Standard(s)

HEK.1a - identify healthy behaviors

HEK.2a - identify how family, peers, and cultural factors influence personal health and well-being

HEK.2b - identify what the school can do to support personal health practices

HEK.4a - examine ways to express feelings in a healthy way

HEK.6a - identify a personal health goal

HEK.6b - identify family members or trusted adults who can assist with achieving a short-term health goal


Supporting Standard(s)



Essential Question(s)

  1. What are the multiple dimensions of health?

  2. How do you know you are healthy?

  3. What do you do with your feelings?

  4. How do you show good character?

  5. Who are your friends and family?

  6. Why do you do things?


Big Idea(s)

  1. There are multiple dimensions of health: physical, mental, social, and emotional.

  2. You know you are healthy when your body, mind, actions toward others, and feelings are at their best.

  3. Everyone has all kinds of feelings and it is important that you let people know how you are feeling through your positive words, body language, and how you act. It is important to think about how your expression of your feelings will affect others. Everyone shares feelings in their own way.

  4. You show good character by acting in a way that is best for you and others, whether someone else is watching or not.

  5. Your family and friends are people you care about and who care about you. You should show respect to each and every person.

  6. You do things for many different reasons: because you want to or don't want to, you know you should or you shouldn't, someone told you, something looks attractive or inviting or dangerous or scary, or you know it is the right thing to do.


LEARNING TARGET / SUCCESS CRITERIA

I will identify 6 ways to show good character. I will show good character.

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PRE-INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITY

Please & Thank You Song | The Singing Walrus


OPENING (Engage)

Talk About It

Today we are going to learn about treating others the way we want them to treat us.

We just heard the "Please & Thank You Song."

Why is it important for us to say "please" and "thank you"?

How does saying "please" and "thank you" have anything to do with how we want others to treat us?

Whenever you are in a situation to make a choice about how you are going to treat someone, please remember to:


"Treat others as you want them to treat you."


Vocabulary Strategies


good character - a way of acting that is best for you and others


We are going to read the heading above each picture below and discuss each picture, one by one.


Be Fair

How are these children showing fairness?

Be Caring

How is this child showing caring?

show respect

How are these children showing respect?

Be a good citizen

How is this child being a good citizen?

Be RESPONSIBLE

How is this child being responsible?

Be Trustworthy

How is this child being trustworthy?

We're going to use the puppets to explore the 6 ways to show good character by presenting the following scenarios:

  1. Frog and Elephant are playing. Frog has 2 treats. What should Frog do?

  2. Elephant sees someone wearing clothing very different from hers. Should she smile, or should she laugh and point?

  3. Frog can walk his pet at only one time of day. Elephant asks Frog to play at that time. What should Frog do?

  4. Frog sees paper on the ground near a trash can at the park. What should he do?

  5. Elephant borrows a book from Frog. A page gets torn. What should she do?

  6. Frog scrapes his leg and starts to cry. What should Elephant do?


WORK PERIOD (Explore/Explain/Extend/Elaborate)

Be a Good Citizen

Be Responsible

Be Trustworthy

Be Caring

Be Fair

Show Respect


  1. When Frog shares his treats, what character trait is he showing?

  2. When Elephant shares a smile when seeing someone wearing clothes very different from her, what character trait is she showing?

  3. When Frog decides to walk his pet instead of playing with his friends, what character trait is he showing?

  4. When Frog sees paper on the ground near the trash can at the park, he picks it up and throws it in the trash can. What character trait is he showing?

  5. When a page gets torn in a book Elephant borrows from Frog, she apologizes, and repairs or replaces Frog's book. What character trait is she showing?

  6. When Frog scrapes his leg and starts to cry and Elephant helps him, what character trait is she showing?


CLOSING (Evaluate)

Practice Healthful Habits

Choose one of the 6 character traits and make a pledge, or promise, to try to show good character by practicing that trait. Give an example of how you will practice the good character trait you choose.


RESOURCES / INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

  • 10 cones

  • 10 shoulder folders

  • Numbers 1-10 for shoulder folders

  • tongue depressors

  • paper

  • pencils & crayons

  • list 6 Character Traits on the board


DCSD Board-Approved Instruction Materials

  • Health & Wellness: Teacher's Edition (New Edition) - Grade K. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. 2008.

  • Health Big Ideas Book - Grade K. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. 2008.

  • Life Skills Book - Grade K. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. 2008.

  • Health Masters - Grade K. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. 2008.

  • Transparency Book - Grades K-2. Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. 2008.


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