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Taking Care of My Body

First graders learn the everyday habits that keep their body healthy — washing up, brushing teeth, eating good food, moving, and sleeping — building the routines of a healthy life.

Grade 1Personal Health30 minutes1 class periodSHAPE / Skills-BasedExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name healthy habits.
  • ✓Explain why they help.
  • ✓Care for my body.
  • ✓Build a routine.
Essential Question

You only get one body — so it’s important to take good care of it! What are the healthy habits that keep your body strong?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Body-Care Explorer

Project this and tap each habit. Have children learn the everyday habits that keep them healthy.

💛 Explore taking care of your body — tap eachTry it

The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

30 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — One Body

4 min

You only get one body — how do you take good care of it?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask how they stay healthy.
  • Set the goal.
  • Warm up.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Share.
  • Think.
  • Warm up.
2

Learn — Healthy Habits

8 min

Children learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send children to the Body-Care Explorer.
  • Name each habit.
  • Say why it helps.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Name them.
  • Say why.
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Practice — Practice

9 min

Children practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Act out washing hands.
  • Act out brushing teeth.
  • Move your body.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Wash.
  • Brush.
  • Move.
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Apply — Apply

6 min

Children apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Pick a habit to do today.
  • Say when you’ll do it.
  • Plan it.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Pick one.
  • Say when.
  • Plan it.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

3 min

Children close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a healthy habit.
  • Say why it helps.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say why.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to SHAPE America National Health Education & Physical Education Standards.

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HE.1

Comprehend concepts of personal health.

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HE.7

Practice healthy habits.

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HE.5

Make healthy choices.

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PE.3

Value habits for a healthy body.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Habit picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “I ___ to stay healthy.”
  • Use pictures.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with wash and brush.
  • Use pictures.
  • Act one out.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Make a daily-habits chart.
  • Explain why sleep helps.
  • Add more habits.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🧼Health item pictures
  • 💻The Body-Care Explorer
  • 📋A habits chart
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

healthyfeeling good and stronghabitsomething you do oftenwashto clean with waterbrushto clean your teethfoodwhat you eatmoveto be activesleepto rest at nightbodyall of you
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
Name two healthy habits.
Sample: washing up, brushing teeth, eating good food, moving, or sleeping.
QUESTION 2
Why do you brush your teeth?
To keep them strong and shiny.
QUESTION 3
Why does your body need sleep?
To rest and grow.

Cool-Down: care for your body.

Have children pick one healthy habit and do it today. A printable body-care sheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Taking Care of My BodyPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: body, brush, food, habit, healthy, move, sleep, wash
  1. to clean your teeth
  2. something you do often
  3. to rest at night
  4. all of you
  5. feeling good and strong
  6. what you eat
  7. to be active
  8. to clean with water

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Name two healthy habits.
  2. Why do you brush your teeth?
  3. Why does your body need sleep?
Answer key — Part A: 1) brush · 2) habit · 3) sleep · 4) body · 5) healthy · 6) food · 7) move · 8) wash
Part B: 1) Sample: washing up, brushing teeth, eating good food, moving, or sleeping. 2) To keep them strong and shiny. 3) To rest and grow.