Germs, Hygiene, and Staying Well: Health Unit 2, Grade 4 (Letters & Devotion)

Description

Germs, Hygiene, and Staying Well is Unit 2 of Health for Grades 3-5 (Grade 4), the Letters & Devotion Health course, complete in one printable PDF: 10 lessons, the unit check-up and the answer key, 45 pages.

• Germs as microscopic living things
• The three germ-spread pathways: hands, air, surfaces
• The causal link between an unwitnessed hygiene habit and prevented illness in someone else
• The 4-step handwashing routine
• The cough-covering routine
• The decision rule for choosing handwashing vs. cough-covering based on the situation
• Recognizing physical signs of sickness in a novel context
• Trusted adult as a role, not a fixed individual
• Rest and fluids as recovery supports for a sick body
• The ordered steps of a hygiene routine and the germ-level effect of each step

Every lesson is written for a parent with no teaching background: it opens with a short script to read aloud, names the specific wrong idea a student is likely to reach for and how to correct it, and closes with a practice sheet you may copy for your household. Scripture references are King James Version throughout. Black-and-white, 8.5 x 11 in. The whole year of this course is also in this store as a single book.

AI note: The written content of this resource was drafted with AI tools, then reviewed and edited by the author.