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UPPER ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM

4TH GRADE

LESSON 1  Emotions and How to Manage Them

Students will be able to:

  • Describe emotional changes during puberty (e.g., mood shifts).

  • Describe strategies to manage strong feelings, including anger.

  • Apply the use of positive self-talk to manage feelings.

LESSON 2   Puberty and Personal Hygiene 

  • Understand that puberty and development can vary considerably and still be normal. 

  • Identify personal hygiene practices and health/safety issues during puberty (e.g., showering, deodorant, use of sanitary products, and athletic supports). 

  • Describe social changes during puberty (e.g., changes in friendships and changing expectations of parents/adults). 

  • Describe emotional changes during puberty (e.g., mood shifts). 

  • Describe physical changes that occur during puberty (e.g., body hair, body odor, voice, body shape, strength, hormones, and menstruation).

  • Know how to develop plans to maintain personal hygiene during puberty. 

5TH GRADE

LESSON 1   Self-Esteem

Students will be able to:

  • Define self-esteem.

  • Explain how self-esteem affects the choices people make.

  • Identify reasons why it is important to have positive self-esteem.

  • Identify and creatively display six positive qualities about themselves.

LESSON 2    Influence

Students will be able to:

  • Define influence

  • Explain how culture, media, and others influence what one thinks about oneself and relationships.

  • Explain how positive and negative influences impact themselves and others. 

  • Describe how self-esteem and influence are interconnected.

LESSON 3   Puberty and Personal Hygiene

Students will be able to:

  • Explain that males and females develop at different rates, and there are wide variations within each sex.

  • Explain social changes during puberty (e.g., changes in friendships, crushes/attractions, and changing expectations of parents/adults).

  • Explain emotional changes during puberty (e.g., mood shifts). 

  • Explain physical changes that occur during puberty (e.g., body hair, body odor, voice, body shape, strength, hormones, and menstruation).

  • Define and identify basic male and female reproductive anatomy using scientific names.

  • Define the functions of sperm and egg cells in human reproduction.

  • Describe how sperm cells are produced.

  • Describe the menstrual cycle and its potential for human reproduction.

  • Describe the functions of basic male and female reproductive anatomy.

LESSON 4   HIV and AIDS

Students will be able to:

  • Define HIV & AIDS.

  • Explain that it is safe to be a friend of someone who is living with HIV or AIDS.

  • Describe how HIV is and is not transmitted.

  • Describe ways people can protect themselves from infection with serious blood borne communicable diseases, including not touching blood, not touching used needles, and not having sex.

LESSON 5    Risks & Responsibilities of the                             Digital World

 

Students will be able to:

  • Describe safety hazards, including those related to using the internet.

  • Recognize safe and unsafe use of the internet. 

  • Apply strategies to stay safe when using the internet.

  • Demonstrate how to ask a trusted adult for help.

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