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Personal Hygiene

Sixth graders learn why personal hygiene matters more than ever as their bodies grow — daily habits like showering, brushing teeth, washing hands, and using deodorant that keep them clean, healthy, and confident.

Grade 6Personal Health45 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…

  • ✓Explain personal hygiene.
  • ✓Name daily habits.
  • ✓Tell good from poor habits.
  • ✓Build a routine.
Essential Question

As you grow, taking care of your body becomes even more important. Good hygiene keeps you healthy and confident. What daily habits make up good personal hygiene?

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Interactive Task
Sort It · Interactive

Good or Poor Hygiene?

Project this and sort each habit into a good hygiene habit or a poor one.

🧼 Sort each — good or poor hygiene habit?Try it
👍 Good Hygiene
👎 Poor Hygiene
Tap a habit, then tap a bucket.
The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

45 minutes, five moves

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

1

Warm-Up — Taking Care

5 min

As you grow, caring for your body matters more — how?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask about daily routines.
  • Set the goal.
  • Get ready.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Think.
  • Consider.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Daily Habits

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Explain hygiene habits.
  • Explain why they matter.
  • Note growing bodies.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Learn habits.
  • Learn why.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Good or Poor

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Good or Poor Hygiene?
  • Sort each habit.
  • Discuss them.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sort them.
  • Discuss.
  • Check.
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Apply — Apply

11 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Build a daily hygiene routine.
  • Explain a habit.
  • Plan to follow it.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Build it.
  • Explain.
  • Plan it.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a hygiene 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 about personal hygiene.

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HE.7

Practice healthy hygiene behaviors.

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HE.5

Use decision-making for personal health.

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PE.3

Value habits that support a healthy body.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Hygiene-habit cards.
  • Sentence frame: “Good hygiene means ___.”
  • Sort habit pictures.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with brushing and washing.
  • Sort one at a time.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Make a daily routine chart.
  • Explain why habits change as you grow.
  • Design a hygiene poster.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🧼Hygiene item pictures
  • 💻Good or Poor Hygiene?
  • 📋A routine chart
  • ✏️Pencils
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

hygienekeeping your body clean and healthyroutinethe same habits done regularlydeodoranta product that reduces body odorgermstiny things that can make you sickbody odorthe smell from sweat and bacteriahealthyfeeling good and wellconfidentfeeling sure and comfortablehabitsomething you do regularly
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 good personal-hygiene habits.
Sample: showering, brushing teeth, washing hands, or using deodorant.
QUESTION 2
Why does hygiene matter more as you grow?
Your body changes and produces more sweat and oil, so daily care keeps you clean and healthy.
QUESTION 3
How often should you brush your teeth?
Twice a day.

Cool-Down: my routine.

Have students write a simple daily hygiene routine they can follow each morning and night. A printable hygiene 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.

🖨️ Personal HygienePrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: body odor, confident, deodorant, germs, habit, healthy, hygiene, routine
  1. a product that reduces body odor
  2. tiny things that can make you sick
  3. the same habits done regularly
  4. keeping your body clean and healthy
  5. something you do regularly
  6. the smell from sweat and bacteria
  7. feeling good and well
  8. feeling sure and comfortable

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Name two good personal-hygiene habits.
  2. Why does hygiene matter more as you grow?
  3. How often should you brush your teeth?
Answer key — Part A: 1) deodorant · 2) germs · 3) routine · 4) hygiene · 5) habit · 6) body odor · 7) healthy · 8) confident
Part B: 1) Sample: showering, brushing teeth, washing hands, or using deodorant. 2) Your body changes and produces more sweat and oil, so daily care keeps you clean and healthy. 3) Twice a day.