Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.2B Grade 2 CPI 1

 

Standard: 2.2 - Integrated Skills

 

Strand: B -   Decision Making 

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 -  The student will explain the steps to making an effective health decision.

 

Grade: 2

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        TEACHING OTHERS - In small groups, students create a game or aerobic dance activity and prepare background information on the purpose and benefits of the activity. Each group instructs the rest of the class on the proper steps or procedures for the activity. Classmates critique the design and presentation and provide feedback. Students revise the activity, using the classes’ comments.

 

      Variation: Students develop instructions on a health-related activity (e.g., swimming, diving safety, baby-sitting skills, CPR) and present the instructions to the class.

Variation: Students practice their telephone communication skills, providing a clear explanation of a situation or incident (e.g., providing directions to the school, describing a person’s injuries). Other students provide feedback on the use of the skills and the clarity of the communication.

 

·        AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN - Brainstorm decisions that students make every day (you may need to “walk” students through a typical day), and list the responses on the board. Show slides, videos, or photos of situations that might result in harm if the wrong decision is made (e.g., a child preparing to cross a busy street). In each case, students predict what might happen and brainstorm ways to prevent the harmful occurrence. After modeling several of these situations, divide the class into small groups. Each group analyzes a picture, uses a decision making model to identify and solve the problem, and then presents its ideas to the rest of the class.

 

     Variation: Students draw a comic strip that illustrates what can happen when you make positive and negative decisions. Students share their creations with classmates.

 

·        MAKING CHOICES - Give each student a sheet of red paper and a sheet of green paper. Students print “NO” on the red paper and “YES” on the green paper. Read a statement that requires students to make a choice about something. If the student thinks the statement reflects a safe, smart, and healthy choice, he/she holds up the green paper. If the choice is unsafe, not smart, and unhealthy, he/she holds up the red paper. Students justify their answers.

SAMPLE: SAFE OR UNSAFE CHOICES
-        Let’s run across the street.
-        Let’s eat an apple.
-        Let’s steal an apple.
-        Let’s play with these matches.

 

·        DEALING WITH PROBLEMS - Use children’s literature to demonstrate ways that individuals solve problems. Read aloud a story about a character with important decisions to make. Ask the following questions:

      -        What was the character’s problem?
-        What did the character do first to try and solve the problem?
-        What worked?
-        What did the character learn about the problem?