Expectations by strand
B. Active Living
Overall Expectations
By the end of Grade 3, students will, to the best of their ability:B1. Active Participation
participate actively and regularly in a wide variety of physical activities, and demonstrate an understanding of how physical activity can be incorporated into their daily lives;
Transferable skills:Critical thinking and problem solving Self-directed learning Innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship B2. Physical Fitness
demonstrate an understanding of the importance of being physically active, and apply physical fitness concepts and practices that contribute to healthy, active living;
Transferable skills:Critical thinking and problem solving Innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship Self-directed learning
C. Movement Competence: Skills, Concepts, and Strategies
Overall Expectations
By the end of Grade 3, students will:C1. Movement Skills and Concepts
perform movement skills, demonstrating an understanding of the basic requirements of the skills and applying movement concepts as appropriate, as they engage in a variety of physical activities;
Transferable skills:Critical thinking and problem solving Self-directed learning Communication C2. Movement Strategies
apply movement strategies appropriately, demonstrating an understanding of the components of a variety of physical activities, in order to enhance their ability to participate successfully in those activities.
Transferable skills:Critical thinking and problem solving Self-directed learning Collaboration
D. Healthy Living
Instruction should focus on the overall expectation (D1, D2, D3 in the chart below) and should, where possible, be planned to illustrate connections across topics (listed in column 1) in an integrated way. The chart provides a brief summary of topics to support learning about health concepts, making healthy choices, and making connections for healthy living.
HEALTHY LIVING LEARNING SUMMARY BY TOPIC FOR GRADE 3
Topic D1. Understanding Health Concepts D2. Making
Healthy ChoicesD3. Making Connections
for Healthy LivingHealthy Eating D1.1 Food origins,
nutritional value, and
environmental impactD2.1 Oral health, food
choicesD3.1 Local and cultural
foods, eating choicesPersonal Safety
and Injury
PreventionD1.2 Concussion awareness D2.2 Safety guidelines
outside of classD3.2 Real and fictional
violenceSubstance Use,
Addictions, and
Related BehavioursD1.3 Impact of use of legal/illegal substances D2.3 Decision making –
substance use / behavioursHuman
Development
and Sexual HealthD1.4 Healthy relationships, bullying, consent
D1.5 Physical and social-emotional developmentD3.3 Visible, invisible
differences, respectMental Health
LiteracyD1.6 Brain stress response system D3.4 External factors that
contribute to stressful
feelingsOverall Expectations
By the end of Grade 3, students will:D2. Making Healthy Choices
demonstrate the ability to apply health knowledge and social-emotional learning skills to make reasoned decisions and take appropriate actions relating to their personal health and well-being;
Transferable skills:Critical thinking and problem solving Self-directed learning Communication D3. Making Connections for Healthy Living
demonstrate the ability to make connections that relate to health and well-being – how their choices and behaviours affect both themselves and others, and how factors in the world around them affect their own and others’ health and well-being.
Transferable skills:Critical thinking and problem solving Digital literacy Global citizenship and sustainability
A. Social-Emotional Learning Skills Link
This strand focuses on the development of students' social-emotional learning skills to foster their overall health and well-being, positive mental health, and ability to learn, build resilience, and thrive. In all grades of the health and physical education program, the learning related to this strand takes place in the context of learning related to the Active Living, Movement Competence, and Healthy Living strands, and it should be assessed and evaluated within these contexts.
Overall Expectations
A1. Social-Emotional Learning Skills Link
apply, to the best of their ability, a range of social-emotional learning skills as they acquire knowledge and skills in connection with the expectations in the Active Living, Movement Competence, and Healthy Living strands for this grade.