Outcome Chart - Ontario - Health and Physical Education Grade 4

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario Grade 4 Health and Physical Education curriculum with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Social-Emotional Learning Skills

Overall Expectations:

A1.1 Identification and Management of Emotions

Specific Expectations:

A1.1 apply skills that help them identify and manage emotions as they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to improve their ability to express their own feelings and understand and respond to the feelings of others

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A1.2 Stress Management and Coping

Specific Expectations:

A1.2 apply skills that help them to recognize sources of stress and to cope with challenges, including help-seeking behaviours, as they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to support the development of personal resilience

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A1.4 Healthy Relationships

Specific Expectations:

A1.4 apply skills that help them build relationships, develop empathy, and communicate with others as they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to support healthy relationships, a sense of belonging, and respect for diversity

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A1.6 Critical and Creative Thinking

Specific Expectations:

A1.6 apply skills that help them think critically and creatively as they participate in learning experiences in health and physical education, in order to support making connections, analysing, evaluating, problem solving, and decision making

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Healthy Living

Overall Expectations:

Understanding Health Concepts

Specific Expectations:

D1.2 identify risks associated with the use of communications technology, including Internet use, texting, and gaming (e.g., difficulty developing healthy interpersonal  skills and relationships off line; spending too much time online and not enough with family and friends; exposure to online predators; experiencing social isolation, depressed mood, preoccupation with comparing themselves to others and seeking validation, unhealthy sleeping patterns, and other risks to mental health), and describe precautions and  strategies for using these technologies safely

D1.3 describe various types of bullying, abuse, and other non-consensual behaviour (e.g., social, emotional, physical, verbal), including cyberbullying (e.g., via social media, apps, e-mail, text messaging , chat rooms, websites), and identify the impacts they can have and appropriate ways of responding

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Making Healthy Choices

Specific Expectations:

D2.1 identify personal eating habits through self-monitoring over time, and set a goal for developing healthier eating habits, on the basis of the recommendations and guide-lines in Canada’s Food Guides

D2.2 apply a decision-making process (e.g., identify potential dangers and risks, consider ways to stay safe, consider the pros and cons of each option, consider whether they need to check with an adult, choose the safest option, act, reflect on their decision, consider whether there is anything they could improve for next time) to assess risks and make safe decisions in a variety of situations (e.g., when using a wheelchair, cycling , preparing food, going online)

D2.3 demonstrate the ability to make and support healthy, informed choices about smoking and vaping, using their understanding of factors that affect decisions about smoking and vaping and a variety of social-emotional learning skills

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