Curriculum Overview

Texas schools that join the CATCH Texas Network can purchase a set of CATCH materials at a reduced cost. There is no fee to join the CATCH Texas Network. Schools who do not wish to join the CATCH Texas Network and schools outside of Texas may purchase the materials directly from the publisher, FlagHouse Inc. (1-800-793-7900).

Once you've ordered the materials, your next step is to contact CATCH Texas toll free at 1-866-346-6163 to discuss training and implementation support. We will help you identify your available resources, assess your individual needs and personally guide you in a direction best suited to your particular school environment.

• School Nutrition - CATCH Eat Smart guides school cafeterias toward promoting a nutrition rich environment. CATCH Eat Smart Guidelines outline daily menus using child-tested recipes to better prepare foods lower in fat, saturated fat, and sodium.
  
• Classroom - Go For Health, a cartoon and peer-based curriculum, teaches healthy eating, daily physical activity and tobacco avoidance - habits that prevent chronic disease.
  
• Physical Education - CATCH PE provides standard based physical education lessons to teach lifelong movement skills which blend both fun and fitness.
  
• Family - At home, the health messages children learn in school are reinforced with interactive and enjoyable Home Team activities. The school community is brought together through school hosted events such as CATCH Family Fun Nights, Wellness Wednesdays, and CATCH Me Healthy promotions.

CATCH COMPONENT	TITLE	GRADE	DESCRIPTION
Classroom	Jump Into Health	K	Focus on eating & exercise (10 sessions)
Classroom	Everyday Foods For Health	1st	Focus on eating & exercise (10 sessions)
Classroom	Celebrate Health	2nd	Focus on eating & exercise (12 sessions)
Classroom	Hearty Heart & Friends	3rd	Focus on eating & exercise (15 sessions)
Classroom	Taking Off	4th	Focus on eating & exercise (24 sessions)
Classroom	P.A.S.T. Diabetes	4th	Diabetes education & prevention (4 sessions)
Classroom	Breaking Through Barriers	5th	Focus on eating & exercise (16 sessions)
Classroom	F.A.C.T.S.	5th	Tobacco avoidance (4 sessions)
Classroom	Heads Up	6th - 8th	Nutrition & Physical Activity (11 sessions) Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease (16 sessions)
Classroom	IMPACT	7th	Osteoporosis (5 sessions)
School Nutrition Services	Eat Smart	K - 5th	School food service program
Physical Education	CATCH PE	K - 8th	K-2 Activity Box 3-5 Activity Box 6-8 Activity Box PE Guidebook (K-8) Sessions year round
Family	Home Team	K - 5th	Home activities to reinforce classroom curricula and PE lessons
Family	Family Fun Events	K - 8th	Events focusing on healthy eating & exercise
Family	CATCH Newsletter	K - 8th	Update of CATCH news & information

CATCH Supports TEKS & TAKS:

All CATCH curriculum materials have been aligned with Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills performance standards and the Texas Assessment of Knowledge & Skills objectives. Classroom and physical education lessons follow instructional "best practices" and are developmentally appropriate for each grade level. CATCH blends health topics with day-to-day core academic subjects such as graphing, understanding informational text, quantitative reasoning, and formulating testable hypotheses.