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Building Healthy Habits

Ninth graders learn that health is built from daily habits — sleep, movement, nutrition, and screen balance all add up over time. Small, consistent choices matter more than big occasional ones. They sort habits that build health from ones that undermine it, then set a habit goal.

Grade 9Building Healthy Habits45 minutes1 class periodSHAPEExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓See health as daily habits.
  • ✓Tell builds from undermines.
  • ✓Value consistency.
  • ✓Set a habit goal.
Essential Question

How do small daily habits add up to lifelong health?

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Interactive Task
Sort It · Interactive

Builds or Undermines Your Health?

Project this and sort each habit into Builds health or Undermines health.

📈 Sort each habit — builds your health, or undermines it?Try it
💚 Builds health
⚠️ Undermines health
Tap a habit, then tap a box.
The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

45 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Small Choices

5 min

What is one small thing you do most days that is good for you?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Share a habit.
  • Invite a few.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Think.
  • Share.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Healthy Habits

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Builds or Undermines?
  • Sort each habit.
  • Note consistency over intensity.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sort.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a habit you already keep.
  • Name one to add.
  • Spot one to cut back.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Add.
  • Spot.
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Apply — Apply

11 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Set one SMART habit goal.
  • Plan a small daily step.
  • Track it for a week.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Set.
  • Plan.
  • Track.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say why daily habits matter.
  • Name a healthy habit.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

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

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the SHAPE America National Standards for Health Education and Physical Education.

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HE.1

Explain how daily habits affect lifelong health.

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HE.5

Make choices that build health.

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HE.7

Practice healthy daily habits.

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HE.6

Set a personal health-habit goal.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Habit picture cards.
  • Frame: “this builds / undermines my health.”
  • Pair share first.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Sort builds vs undermines only.
  • Use 4 habits.
  • Use pictures.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Make a 30-day habit tracker.
  • Stack a new habit on an old one.
  • Reflect on progress.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 📈Habit cards
  • 💻Builds or Undermines?
  • 🗓️Habit tracker
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

habitsomething you do regularlyconsistencydoing it most dayswellnessoverall health in body and mindSMART goalspecific, measurable, achievable, relevant, timedroutinea set of daily habitsbalancemixing sleep, activity, food, and resttrackrecord your habit over timelifelonglasting throughout your life
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
Why do daily habits matter?
Small, consistent choices add up to lifelong health.
QUESTION 2
Name a habit that builds health.
Consistent sleep, activity, variety of foods, or screen breaks.
QUESTION 3
What matters more — consistency or big occasional efforts?
Consistency.

Cool-down: building healthy habits.

Have students set one SMART habit goal and track it for a week. A printable habit tracker 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.

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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: balance, consistency, habit, lifelong, routine, SMART goal, track, wellness
  1. something you do regularly
  2. overall health in body and mind
  3. record your habit over time
  4. mixing sleep, activity, food, and rest
  5. doing it most days
  6. lasting throughout your life
  7. a set of daily habits
  8. specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, timed

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Why do daily habits matter?
  2. Name a habit that builds health.
  3. What matters more — consistency or big occasional efforts?
Answer key — Part A: 1) habit · 2) wellness · 3) track · 4) balance · 5) consistency · 6) lifelong · 7) routine · 8) SMART goal
Part B: 1) Small, consistent choices add up to lifelong health. 2) Consistent sleep, activity, variety of foods, or screen breaks. 3) Consistency.