Month Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

September
5th - 4 lessons
6th - 4 lessons
7th - 3/4 lessons
8th - 4 lessons
5 Intro - Components of Health/Life Skills 5 Intro - Components of Health/Life Skills 5 Seven Steps to Good Study Strategies Part 1 5 Seven Steps to Good Study Strategies Part 2
6 Intro - Your Total Health/Skills for Building Health 6 What Affects Your Health?/Health Risks and Behavior 6 CHOICES Periodical - Current Events 6 You and Your Relationships
7 Intro - Making Responsible Decisions 7 Setting and Reaching Goals/Building Good Character 7 CHOICES Periodical - Current Events 7 Your Mental and Emotional Health
8 Intro - Making Decisions and Setting Goals 8 Building Your Character 8 Digital Life 101:What is the place of digital media in our lives? 8 CHOICES Periodical - Current Events
October
5th - 3 lessons
6th - 3 lessons
7th - 3/5 lessons
8th - 5 lessons
5 Create Weekly Study Schedule 5 CHOICES Periodical - Current Events 5 PARENT CONFERENCES - No Class 5 Healthy Relationships - Communication Skills
6 Getting Along With Your Family 6 FALL WEEKEND - No Class 6 The Benefits of Physical Activity 6 Endurance, Strength and Flexibility
7 Understanding Your Emotions/Managing Stress 7 Coping With Loss 7 Brainstorm Tobacco Topics/Project possibilities 7 Tobacco Group Research
8 Mental and Emotional Disorders 8 Suicide Prevention 8 Help for Mental and Emotional Disorders 8 Friendships During Adolescence
November
5th - 4 lessons
6th - 4 lessons
7th - 4 lessons
8th - 2 lessons
5 Healthy Relationships - Your Family 5 Healthy Relationships - Friends and Peers/Cliques Movie 5 Healthy Relationships - Refusal Skills 5 Healthy Relationships - Resolving Conflicts
6 Setting Fitness Goals 6 Sports Conditioning and Avoiding Injury 6 CHOICES Periodical - Current Events 6 Drug Use and Abuse
7 Tobacco Group Research 7 Tobacco Group Research 7 Finish Research/Lessons 7 Groups Practice Lessons/present to peers
8 OUTDOOR EDUCATION - No Class 8 Practicing Communication Skills 8 Peer Pressure and Refusal Skills 8 THANKSGIVING BREAK BEGINS - No Class
December
5th - 2 lessons
6th - 3 lessons
7th - 2/3 lessons
8th - 2 lessons
5 Your Teeth, Skin and Hair 5 Protecting Your Eyes and Ears 5 WINTER BREAK - No Class 5 WINTER BREAK - No Class
6 Types of Drugs and Their Effects 6 Types of Drugs and Their Effects 6 CHOICES Periodical - Current Events 6 WINTER BREAK - No Class
7 Present Lessons to Fourth Grade 7 Present Lessons to Fourth Grade 7 WINTER BREAK - No Class 7 WINTER BREAK - No Class
8 Limits and Abstinence 8 You and Your Relationships/Getting Along with Your Fam 8 WINTER BREAK - No Class 8 WINTER BREAK - No Class
January
5th - 5 lessons
6th - 3 lessons
7th - 3/4 lessons
8th - 4 lessons
5 Choosing Health Products 5 Using Medicines Properly 5 Health Care in Our Community 5 Discuss Projects/CHOICES Periodical - Current Events
6 Alcohol Use and Abuse 6 Alcohol Use and Abuse 6 MLK BIRTHDAY - No Class 6 CHOICES Periodical - Current Events
7 Nutrients for Good Health/Creating a Healthy Plan 7 Planning Healthy Meals/Digestion and Excretion 7 Body Image and Healthy Weight 7 CHOICES Periodical - Current Events
8 Why Alcohol is Harmful/Short-Long Term Effects 8 Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse/Getting Help 8 CHOICES Periodical - Current Events 8 Drug Misuse and Abuse
February
5th - 3 lessons
6th - 3 lessons
7th - 3/4 lessons
8th - 4 lessons
5 The Dangers of Alcohol Use 5 RESERVED SNOW DAY - No Class 5 Alcoholism and Addiction 5 What are Illegal Drugs?/Drug Abuse
6 Facts About Tobacco 6 Health Risks of Tobacco Use 6 PRESIDENTS DAY - No Class 6 Tobacco Addiction
7 Preventing the Spread of Disease 7 The Bodys Defense Against Infection 7 Common Communicable Diseases 7 CHOICES Periodical - Current Events
8 Marijuana and Other Illegal Drugs 8 Narcotics/Stimulants/Depressants 8 Hallucinogens and Inhalants 8 Getting Help and Staying Drug Free
March
5th - 2 lessons
6th - 4 lessons
7th - 3/4 lessons
8th - 3 lessons
5 Avoiding Alcohol and Other Drugs 5 SPRING BREAK - No Class 5 SPRING BREAK - No Class 5 Projects/Your Bodys Nutrient Needs
6 Tobaccos Cost to Society 6 Choosing to be Tobacco Free 6 CHOICES Periodical - Current Events 6 Safety in the Home and at School
7 Drug Use and Teens 7 Staying Drug Free 7 CHOICES Periodical - Current Events 7 Changes During Adolescence/Endocrine System
8 Guest Speakers/Drug/Alcohol Activities 8 CHOICES Periodical - Current Events 8 SPRING BREAK - No Class 8 Body Image - Maintaining a Healthy Body
April
5th - 2 lessons
6th - 3 lessons
7th - 3/5 lessons
8th - 5 lessons
5 Projects/Following a Healthful Eating Plan 5 Projects/Making Healthy Food Choices 5 GOOD FRIDAY - No Class 5 PARENT CONFERENCES - No Class
6 Safety on the Road and Outdoors 6 Safety in Weather Emergencies 6 RESERVED SNOW DAY - No Class 6 Basic First Aid for Common Emergencies
7 Male and Female Reproductive System 7 Heredity/Human Development/Human Life Cycle 7 Miracle of Life Part 1 7 Miracle of Life Part 2
8 Eating Disorders 8 CHOICES Periodical - Current Events
May
5th - 3 lessons
6th - 3 lessons
7th - 3/4? lessons
8th - 4? lessons
5 Projects/Managing Your Weight 5 G. P. Day/ Dorothy Andrew Day - No Class 5 5 CHOICES Periodical - Current Events
6 Adolescence: A Time of Change 6 Human Reproduction 6 CHOICES Periodical - Current Events 6 MEMORIAL DAY - No Class
7 Internet Safety/Cyberbullying Discussions 7 How Alcohol Affects the Nervous System 7 Alcohol Use and Teens/Society 7 Saying No to Alcohol Use
8 Sexually Transmitted Diseases 8 Sexually Transmitted Diseases 8 Sexually Transmitted Diseases 8 HIV/AIDS