Lesson Plan

Daily Habits Audit Guide

Students will audit their sleep, nutrition, exercise, screen time, and hygiene habits using a guided worksheet and set one SMART wellness goal to track over the coming week.

By examining daily habits and choosing a focused wellness goal, 4th graders build self-awareness and motivation for lifelong healthy choices, fostering ownership of personal health.

Audience

Time

Approach

Materials

Prep

Review & Prepare Materials

10 minutes

Step 1

Introduction & Hook

5 minutes

Step 2

Daily Habits Audit

15 minutes

Step 3

Introduce Habit Tracking Challenge

10 minutes

Step 4

Reflect & Set Goals

10 minutes

Step 5

Exit Ticket & Wrap-Up

5 minutes

Slide Deck

How Healthy Is Your Day?

Welcome students! Introduce today’s lesson: How Healthy Is Your Day? Explain that this deck will guide them through understanding and improving their own daily habits.

Today’s Health Habits

Explain the five key habit categories. Ask students to think about which habits they do regularly and which they’d like to improve.

Sleep Matters

Highlight why sleep is important. Invite a few students to share how many hours they slept last night.

Fuel Your Body

Discuss balanced nutrition. Ask students to recall their meals today.

Move Your Body

Emphasize the benefits of movement. Let students give examples of fun activities they did.

Screen Time Balance

Talk about screen time balance and its impact on health. Encourage honest answers.

Practice Good Hygiene

Frame hygiene as part of overall health. Ask students to check off what they did.

Set a SMART Goal

Introduce the SMART goal framework. Model turning a habit idea into a SMART goal.

Plan & Track Your Goal

Show students how to plan their first action step and track daily progress. Remind them to use their Habit Tracking Challenge worksheet.

Lesson Plan

Daily Habits Audit Guide

Audience

Time

Approach

Materials

Prep

Review & Prepare Materials

Step 1

Introduction & Hook

Step 2

Daily Habits Audit

Step 3

Introduce Habit Tracking Challenge

Step 4

Reflect & Set Goals

Step 5

Exit Ticket & Wrap-Up

Slide Deck

How Healthy Is Your Day?

Today’s Health Habits

Sleep Matters

Fuel Your Body

Move Your Body

Screen Time Balance

Practice Good Hygiene

Set a SMART Goal

Plan & Track Your Goal

Activity

Journal

Cool Down

How Healthy Is Your Day?

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