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How Healthy Is Your Day?

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

4th Grade

Time

45 minutes

Approach

Guided audit, reflection prompts, and SMART goal setting.

Materials

Prep

Review & Prepare Materials

10 minutes

Step 1

Introduction & Hook

5 minutes

  • Greet students and introduce today’s focus: understanding and improving personal health habits
  • Display the first slide of My Wellness Roadmap titled “How Healthy Is Your Day?”
  • Ask: “What activities or choices make you feel healthy?” and record a few responses on the board

Step 2

Daily Habits Audit

15 minutes

  • Distribute the Daily Habits Audit Guide
  • Explain each category: sleep, nutrition, exercise, screen time, hygiene
  • Students complete the audit honestly, checking habits they do regularly and noting areas for improvement
  • Circulate to support and prompt deeper thinking when needed

Step 3

Introduce Habit Tracking Challenge

10 minutes

  • Present the Habit Tracking Challenge
  • Model how to select one habit and track it for a week (e.g., 8 hours of sleep nightly)
  • Students choose one habit from their audit to track and record today’s plan on the worksheet
  • Encourage sharing with a partner for accountability

Step 4

Reflect & Set Goals

10 minutes

  • Give each student a copy of Wellness Reflection Prompts
  • Prompt reflection: “Which habit will I improve? Why is it important?”
  • Guide students to draft a SMART goal (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound)
  • Offer support by conferencing with any student who needs help refining their goal

Step 5

Exit Ticket & Wrap-Up

5 minutes

  • Hand out the Goal-Setting Exit Ticket
  • Students write their selected habit goal and one action step they will take tomorrow
  • Collect exit tickets and remind students to begin tracking their habit tonight
  • Close by encouraging them to look at their roadmap daily for motivation
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Slide Deck

How Healthy Is Your Day?

My Wellness Roadmap

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

• Sleep
• Nutrition
• Exercise
• Screen Time
• Hygiene

❏ Circle each habit you do most days

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

Healthy sleep helps your body rest, grow, and learn.

How many hours did you sleep last night? __

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

Fuel Your Body

Good nutrition gives you energy and supports growth.

How many servings of fruits & vegetables did you eat today? __

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

Move Your Body

Exercise keeps your heart strong and boosts your mood.

What physical activity did you do today? __________ for ____ minutes

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

Screen Time Balance

Screens can be fun, but too much can affect sleep and eyes.

How much time did you spend on screens today? ____ hours

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

Practice Good Hygiene

Keeping clean helps prevent illness.

Which habits did you do today?
❏ Brushed teeth ❏ Washed hands ❏ Took a bath/shower

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

Set a SMART Goal

Make your goal:
S – Specific: What exactly will I do?
M – Measurable: How will I track it?
A – Achievable: Can I really do this?
R – Relevant: Why is it important?
T – Time-bound: By when?

My SMART goal is: ____________________________

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

Plan & Track Your Goal

Action step for tomorrow: ____________________________

Weekly tracker:
Mon ☐ Tue ☐ Wed ☐ Thu ☐ Fri ☐ Sat ☐ Sun ☐

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

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Activity

Habit Tracking Challenge

Purpose: Students will select one daily health habit, plan how to improve it, and monitor their progress over a full week.

Materials

  • Printed Habit Tracking Challenge worksheet
  • Pencil or pen

Instructions

  1. Choose Your Habit
    Think about the habit you want to improve (sleep, nutrition, exercise, screen time, or hygiene). Write it below.
    My habit: ____________________________

  2. Write Your SMART Goal
    Use the SMART framework to make your goal clear and trackable.
    My SMART goal: _______________________________________________________

  3. Plan Your First Action Step
    Decide one small step you will take tomorrow to start working toward your goal.
    Action step for tomorrow: _____________________________________________

  4. Track Your Habit Daily
    Each day, check off the box if you completed your habit and followed your action step.

DayMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Completed?☐☐☐☐☐☐☐
  1. Weekly Reflection
    After Sunday, answer the questions below:
    • Which days did I succeed? Why?






    • Which days were harder? What made them hard?






    • What will I do next week to keep improving?






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Journal

Wellness Reflection Prompts

  1. Which habit did I choose to focus on and why is it important to me?






  2. How did working on this habit make me feel each day?






  3. What challenges or obstacles did I encounter this week?






  4. Which strategies helped me succeed in following my plan?






  5. How will I adjust my goal or action steps for next week?






  6. In what ways do I think improving this habit will benefit my overall wellness?











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Cool Down

Goal-Setting Exit Ticket

Name: ____________________________ Date: ____________

  1. My SMART goal is:




  1. The first action step I will take tomorrow to work toward my goal is:




  1. I will stay on track by (circle one):
    Habit Tracker Partner Check-in Self-Reflection Journal Other: ____________



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