Authors: Catherine Sanderson, Lindsay Armbruster, Mary McCarley, and Mark Zelman

The Teacher’s Edition contains a variety of instructional support in each chapter to supplement your instruction.

Table of Contents

Abbreviated Contents

Texas Health Skills for Middle School, Teacher's Edition

• Teacher’s Edition Texas Health Skills for Middle School
• Copyright © 2023 by The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc.
• Stay Up-to-Date
• Teach Health Skills
• Provide Skills Practice
• Generate Interest
• Prepare for a Lifetime of Health and Wellness
• TOOLS FOR STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR SUCCESS
• • Student Tools
  • Instructor Tools
• Teacher’s Edition Contents
• Understanding Skills-Based Health Education (SBHE)
• • Content- Versus Skills-Based Instruction
  • The SBHE Curriculum
  • Teaching SBHE Using Texas Health Skills for Middle School
  • Assessing Student Knowledge and Skills
  • Formative Assessment
  • Summative Assessment
  • Using Rubrics
  • Standards-Based Grading
  • Supporting Reading, Language Acquisition, and Differentiation
  • Reading and Language Acquisition
  • Supporting Reading and Language Acquisition Using Texas Health Skills for Middle School
  • General Strategies for Reading and ELA Support
  • Differentiation for Learning Styles, Multiple Intelligences, and Abilities
  • Helping Students Develop Critical Thinking Skills
  • Teaching Sensitive Content
  • Creating a Safe Space
  • Teaching Difficult Topics
  • Practicing Cultural Responsiveness and Humility
  • Best Practices for Using Mobile Devices in the Classroom
  • Safety
  • Appropriate Usage
  • Access
  • Parents
  • Correlation to the National Health Education Standards
  • Pacing Instruction
  • Pacing by Content Area
  • Pacing by Skill
• Texas Health Skills for Middle School
• Copyright © 2023 by The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc.
• Introduction
• About the Authors
• • Textbook Authors
  • Pedagogy Developers
• Reviewers
• • Professional Reviewers
  • Teacher Reviewers
• Brief Contents
• Contents
• Infographics
• Features
• To the Student
• • Start with the Unit Opener
  • Read the Chapter Opener and Complete Chapter Opener Activities
  • Prepare to Read Each Lesson
  • Remember to Read the Captions and Features
  • Answer Questions About Each Lesson
  • Recall What You Learned
  • Act on What You Learned
• Preview of Unit 1
• Unit 1 Taking Charge of Your Health and Wellness
• Preview of Chapter 1
• • Standards-Based Lesson Planning
  • Skills Practice
• Chapter 1 Understanding Your Health and Wellness
• • Chapter 1 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 1.1 Learning About Health and Wellness
  • Lesson 1.2 Recognizing Factors That Affect Health and Wellness
  • Lesson 1.3 Building Skills for Health and Wellness
  • Chapter 1 Review and Assessment
• Preview of Chapter 2
• • Standards-Based Lesson Planning
  • Skills Practice
• Chapter 2 Knowing How Your Body Works
• • Chapter 2 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 2.1 Supporting and Moving the Body
  • Lesson 2.2 Moving and Exchanging Substances
  • Lesson 2.3 Digesting and Removing Substances
  • Lesson 2.4 Controlling and Regulating the Body
  • Chapter 2 Review and Assessment
• Preview of Chapter 3
• • Standards-Based Lesson Planning
  • Skills Practice
• Chapter 3 Developing Good Personal Hygiene
• • Chapter 3 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 3.1 Caring for Your Skin, Hair, and Nails
  • Lesson 3.2 Keeping Your Mouth, Eyes, and Ears Healthy
  • Chapter 3 Review and Assessment
• Preview of Chapter 4
• • Standards-Based Lesson Planning
  • Skills Practice
• Chapter 4 Getting the Sleep You Need
• • Chapter 4 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 4.1 Understanding Sleep
  • Lesson 4.2 Recognizing Sleep Disorders
  • Lesson 4.3 Developing Strategies for Getting Enough Sleep
  • Chapter 4 Review and Assessment
• Preview of Unit 2
• Unit 2 Taking Care of Mental and Emotional Health
• Preview of Chapter 5
• • Standards-Based Lesson Planning
  • Skills Practice
• Chapter 5 Understanding Mental and Emotional Health
• • Chapter 5 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 5.1 Being Mentally and Emotionally Healthy
  • Lesson 5.2 Making Sense of Your Emotions
  • Lesson 5.3 Managing Stress
  • Chapter 5 Review and Assessment
• Preview of Chapter 6
• • Standards-Based Lesson Planning
  • Skills Practice
• Chapter 6 Understanding Mental Illnesses
• • Chapter 6 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 6.1 Recognizing Mental Illnesses
  • Lesson 6.2 Getting Help for Mental Illnesses
  • Lesson 6.3 Preventing Suicide
  • Chapter 6 Review and Assessment
• Preview of Unit 3
• Unit 3 Nutrition and Physical Activity
• Preview of Chapter 7
• • Standards-Based Lesson Planning
  • Skills Practice
• Chapter 7 Nutrition
• • Chapter 7 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 7.1 Getting Enough Nutrients
  • Lesson 7.2 Following a Healthy Eating Pattern
  • Lesson 7.3 Managing Your Weight
  • Lesson 7.4 Having a Healthy Body Image
  • Chapter 7 Review and Assessment
• Preview of Chapter 8
• • Standards-Based Lesson Planning
• Chapter 8 Physical Activity
• • Chapter 8 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 8.1 Understanding Physical Activity and Fitness
  • Lesson 8.2 Knowing About Types of Physical Fitness
  • Lesson 8.3 Staying Safe During Physical Activity
  • Lesson 8.4 Developing a Personal Physical Activity Plan
  • Chapter 8 Review and Assessment
• Preview of Unit 4
• Unit 4 Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs
• Preview of Chapter 9
• • Standards-Based Lesson Planning
• Chapter 9 Tobacco and Vaping
• • Chapter 9 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 9.1 Tobacco Products and Your Health
  • Lesson 9.2 Understanding Tobacco Use
  • Lesson 9.3 Preventing and Treating Tobacco Use
  • Chapter 9 Review and Assessment
• Preview of Chapter 10
• • Standards-Based Lesson Planning
  • Skills Practice
• Chapter 10 Alcohol
• • Chapter 10 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 10.1 The Effects of Alcohol
  • Lesson 10.2 Preventing and Treating Alcohol Use
  • Chapter 10 Review and Assessment
• Preview of Chapter 11
• • Standards-Based Lesson Planning
  • Skills Practice
• Chapter 11 Medications and Drugs
• • Chapter 11 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 11.1 Medication Use and Abuse
  • Lesson 11.2 Drug Abuse
  • Lesson 11.3 Preventing and Treating Medication and Drug Abuse
  • Chapter 11 Review and Assessment
• Preview of Unit 5
• Unit 5 Protecting Your Physical Health and Safety
• Preview of Chapter 12
• • Standards-Based Lesson Planning
  • Skills Practice
• Chapter 12 Understanding and Preventing Diseases
• • Chapter 12 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 12.1 Communicable Diseases
  • Lesson 12.2 Noncommunicable Diseases
  • Lesson 12.3 Preventing Diseases
  • Chapter 12 Review and Assessment
• Preview of Chapter 13
• • Standards-Based Lesson Planning
  • Skills Practice
• Chapter 13 Promoting Safety and Preventing Injuries
• • Chapter 13 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 13.1 Promoting Safety in the Home
  • Lesson 13.2 Promoting Safety in the Community and Online
  • Lesson 13.3 Knowing Basic First Aid
  • Chapter 13 Review and Assessment
• Preview of Chapter 14
• • Standards-Based Lesson Planning
  • Skills Practice
• Chapter 14 Protecting Environmental Health
• • Chapter 14 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 14.1 Common Hazards in the Environment
  • Lesson 14.2 Pollution Prevention and Greener Living
  • Chapter 14 Review and Assessment
• Preview of Unit 6
• Unit 6 Social Health and Wellness
• Preview of Chapter 15
• • Standards-Based Lesson Planning
• Chapter 15 Promoting Healthy Relationships
• • Chapter 15 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 15.1 What Is a Healthy Relationship?
  • Lesson 15.2 Family Relationships
  • Lesson 15.3 Peer Relationships
  • Lesson 15.4 Bullying and Cyberbullying
  • Chapter 15 Review and Assessment
• Preview of Unit 7
• Unit 7 Human Development
• Preview of Chapter 16
• • Standards-Based Lesson Planning
  • Skills Practice
• Chapter 16 Human Development
• • Chapter 16 How Healthy Are You?
  • Lesson 16.1 Child Development
  • Lesson 16.2 Adulthood and Aging
  • Chapter 16 Review and Assessment
• Appendix Body Mass Index-for-Age Percentiles
• Glossary/Glosario
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