Grade 4 (Health) Course Profile & ADDIE

Course Overview

This course covers the Health outcome USC4.6, which focuses on assessing healthy stress management strategies (e.g., relaxation skills, stress control skills, guided imagery, expressing feelings, exercising). 

• Develop and use respectful language to talk about stress and to describe the intensity of feelings
• Explore the responses one may experience as a result of stress
• Recognize potentially stressful situations and examine possible reactions to the experience.
• Describe strategies for managing stress
• Assess healthy stress management strategies

I am providing this Grade 4 Health unit (stress strategies) in a blended learning format to ensure my students have all the resources they might need & are able access to them when or if needed (this could also be on their own time). I also believe that using online platforms provide students with a sense of privacy (ability to post or comment anonymously from their peers) and provides them the opportunity to further explore deeper understandings & research.

Photo & Resource of Student Meditation Practices

Learner Personas

Grade 4 students (lots of strong students & strengths, but a few students who are weak in reading & writing, as well as some learning disabilities). My classroom has a diverse range of students, some being pulled for extra support, with EA support, missing school, etc. Using a blended learning approach will provide my students with the opportunity to catch up & learn on their own time, when they have missed, or if they need to go back & review.

Technology adds a helpful piece when an assignment or reading can be read out loud to the student & they are given the opportunity to use voice to text (struggle to write or type) or text to voice (struggle to communicate or speak). Grade 4 is also the first grade in our division where they receive one-to-one technology within the classroom & it is encouraged to provide our students with the opportunity to better their skills & understanding on the Chromebook & more specifically within Google Classroom.

Learning Environment

Opportunities

• Students will have variety on their assignments & choices
• Students will have privacy & the chance to explore on their own 
• Students will become more familiar with technology & how to properly navigate it
• The teacher will have the chance to see their work in a diverse range of ways
• Stress is a big health outcome at this grade level & finding stress strategies is a huge part of life 
• Every student will have access to their own chromebook at this grade level

Limitations

• Students might need further instruction regarding either the lesson or the technology element
• Teachers need to turn this into an online course, likely with limited time & support 
• Ability to ensure every student is up to speed on how to properly use the technology 
• Limited tech help or support when a chromebook is not working, broken, etc.

Instructional Approach & Course Layout

Lesson 1- What is Stress?

Discuss many of these terms, descriptions, and emotions in a group setting (face-to-face & Jamboard)

Lesson 2- Stress Strategy Exploration

Explore & experiment with many stress strategies (face-to-face & online)

Lesson 3- How to Tame My Anxiety Monster

Book/read aloud to pause & replay at their own needs (Google Classroom)

Create a “Worry Monster” to practice throwing away our stressors (choice of Google Document or paper)

Lesson 4- Is Stress Always Negative?

Deeper exploration on why stress happens, why it differs between each person, & why it isn’t necessarily a negative thing (face-to-face discussion & Jamboard)

Lesson 5- Mindfulness Makes Me Stronger

Book/read aloud to pause & replay at their own needs (Google Classroom)

Guided Meditation (Google Classroom)

Lesson 6- Stress Strategy Sharing

Choose the stress strategy they find most beneficial for themselves from all the strategies we have previously been exploring & share their stress strategy to create a team built stress strategy document (Google Slides)

Lesson 7- Stress Check in

Daily reflection/check in on their stress & mental health (Google Doc)

A group Kahoot to deeper their understandings & broaden their strategies

Lesson 8- What Would YOU Do?

Stress strategy word problems to reflect what their personal choice would be (Google Slides)

Lesson 9- A Little Calm Spot

Book/read aloud to pause & replay at their own needs (Google Classroom)

Art creation of their ideal calm spot

Lesson 10- Stress Show What You Know

Personal reflection on what the students have learned through this course (Google Form)

Photo & Resource for Stress Management Tips for Students

Assessment

There will be ongoing formative assessment throughout each class & lesson.

I will be using my Assessment Rubric for this outcome to help my summative assessment.

The following assessment pieces will help to ensure I am reaching my triangulation of observation & properly assessing all areas.

• Personal exploration of stress strategies (observation throughout the unit)
• Students properly expressing their emotion & feelings regarding stressors & strategies (conversations throughout the unit)
• Google form to reflect on their personal learning & understanding (product)

Grade 4 Health ADDIE Model