Roselawn Elementary School
Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Comprehensive Guidance and Health
Units and Learning Targets
Unit 1 Academic Development
Throughout the School Year
Essential Question: Why is it important for students to acquire the attitudes, knowledge, and
skills that contribute to effective learning in school and across the
life span?
Learning Targets
1. The students will articulate feelings of competence and confidence as learners. (WI A4.1.1,
ASCA A:A1.A)
2. The students will learn to accept mistakes and take responsibility as essential components to
the learning process. (WI A4.1.3, A4.3.1, ASCA A:A1.4, A:A3.1)
3. The students will identify attitudes and behaviors which lead to successful learning and
demonstrate how effort and persistence positively affect learning. (WI A4.1.4, A4.2.2, ASCA
A:A1.5, A:A2.2)
4. The students will use communication skills to share knowledge and seek information or
support from faculty, staff, family, and community helpers when needed for problem-solving
and decision-making. (WI A4.2.1, A4.3.3, B4.1.1, F4.1.4, G4.3.2, ASCA A:A2.3, A:A3.5,
A:B1.4, PS:B1.5, PS:C1.6, HEALTH 4:2:A2, 3:1:A1-A2, 3:1:B1-B2, 5:2:A4)
5. The students will establish challenging academic goals. (WI A4.1.2, A4.2.1, ASCA A:B2.1)
6. The students will understand the relationship between learning and work and the effect that
good nutrition, adequate rest, and physical activity have on productivity and energy levels in
learning and work. (WI C.4.1.1, G4.3.1, ASCA A:C1.3)
7. The students will understand that school success is the preparation to make the transition
from student to community member. (WI C4.1.2, ASCA A:C1.5)
Unit 2 Personal/Social Development Throughout the School Year
Essential Question: What knowledge, attitudes, and interpersonal skills do students need to
help them understand to respect self and others, make healthy
decisions, set and achieve goals, and stay safe?
Learning Targets
1. The students will develop positive attitudes toward self as a unique and worthy
person by identifying personal values, attitudes, and beliefs. (WI D4.1.1, ASCA
PS:A1.1-2, HEALTH 2:2:A3)
2. The students will recognize that everyone has rights and responsibilities with regard
to personal boundaries and privacy needs and that rules and laws protect individual
rights. (WI D4.2.2, F4.1.2 F4.1.5, ASCA PS:A2.1, PS:A1.7, PS C1.2, HEALTH
4:1:A3, 4:1:B2, 8:2:A1-A2, 8:2:B1)
3. The students will recognize, accept and appreciate individual differences, alternative
points of view, and ethnic and cultural diversity. (WI D4.2.3-4, I4.3.1, PS:A2.2,
PS:A2.3-4)
4. The students will use effective communication skills with the knowledge that
communication involves speaking, listening, and nonverbal behavior. (ASCA
PS:A2.6-7, HEALTH 4:1:B2-B3, 4:1:A1, 4:2:A1)
5. The students will use a decision-making and problem-solving model to identify
consequences of choices and alternative solutions to problems. (WI E4.1.1, E4.1.3,
ASCA PS:B1.1-3, HEALTH 5:1:A1, 5:2:A2-A3)
6. The students will know when peer pressure is influencing a decision and how to
apply conflict resolution skills to cope with peer pressure and stress inducing life
events. (WI E4.1.4-5, ASCA PS:B1.8, PS:B1.6, PS:C1.9-11, HEALTH 2:1:A1-B1,
2:2:A2-A3, 2:2:B1-B2)
7. The students will learn about the differences between appropriate and inappropriate
physical contact and will demonstrate the ability to set boundaries. (WI F4.1.2-3,
ASCA PS:C1.3-4, HEALTH 5:1:A2)
8. The student will differentiate between situations requiring peer support, and
situations requiring adult professional help. (ASCA PS:C1.5, HEALTH 1:1:B1,
1:2:B1, 5:1:B1-B2, 5:2:B1-B2, 5:2:A1)
9. The students will learn about the emotional and physical dangers of substance use
and abuse and demonstrate effective problem-solving and decision-making skills to
make safe and healthy choices. (WI F4.1.6, ASCA PS:C1.7-8, HEALTH 7:1:A1-A2,
7:1:B1-B2, 7:2:A1-A2, 7:2:B1-B2)
Unit 3 Career Development Throughout the School Year
Essential Question:
Why is it important for students to acquire the skills necessary to
investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and
others?
Learning Targets
1. The students will develop an awareness of personal abilities, skills, interest, and motivations
and provide examples of positive personal characteristics. (WI G4.1.1-2, ASCA C:A1.3)
2. The students will learn how to develop and action plan to set realistic goals. (WI A4.1.2,
E4.1.2, ASCA C:A1.6, PS:B1.12, HEALTH 5:1:A3, 6:1:A1-A3, 6:2:A1-B3)
3. The students will acquire employability skills such as working on a team, problem-solving
and organizational skills. (WI H4.1.2, ASCA C:A2.1)
4. The students will learn to respect individual uniqueness in the workplace. (WI I4.3.2, ASCA
C:A2.5)
5. The students will understand the importance of equity and access in career choice. (WI I4.3.1,
ASCA C:C2.2)
6. The students will demonstrate the ability to work independently, as well as the ability to work
cooperatively with other students. (WI A4.3.2 G4.2.1, ASCA A:A3.2, C:C2.3)