Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.2C Grade 2 CPI 1

 

Standard: 2.2 - Integrated Skills

 

Strand: C -   Planning and Goal Setting

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 -  The student will develop a wellness goal and explain why setting a goal is important.

 

Grade: 2

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        WHAT ARE GOALS? - Write goal on the board and brainstorm a definition. Explore achieving goals in sports and games as a means of explaining that a goal is something you want to accomplish. Introduce the concepts of short-term goals and long-term goals, and ask students to differentiate between them. Focus on achieving a short-term goal as a step towards achieving a long-term one. Pose questions such as the following: “If you play soccer now, what is a long-term goal for you? a short-term goal?” Using this as an example, students list things that must happen in order to meet those goals (e.g., grow, make the high school team, practice, go to camp). Process several other examples using activities that interest students. Finally, each student writes or illustrates one long-term goal supported by two or three short-term goals. Students share their goals with the class.

Variation: Students develop a map outlining a route to a personal goal.

Variation: Focus on a health goal (e.g., no cavities at the next dental checkup, eating more vegetables and fruits, getting regular exercise). Each student selects one health goal and draws a picture illustrating how he/she will achieve the goal. Students complete a teacher-designed checklist or log of activities that support reaching their goal.

 

·        PICK A GOAL - Provide students with a list of possible health goals. Each student picks one goal and completes a teacher-designed letter to his/her parent or guardian describing the goal and asking for help to achieve it. As part of the correspondence, include a chart the parent/guardian can sign each time the student meets the goal. Students create a class chart to track progress and discuss ways to meet their goals. Provide each student with a small reward for reaching his or her goal.
 

·        MAGNETIC GOALS - For this project, you need small, flat sheet magnets (2” x 3”). Students identify one health-related goal that can be accomplished during the school year and create a magnet to remind him/her of the goal. Students illustrate the goal, write key words or phrases as reminders, or create an acronym for their magnet. Students take the magnet home and place it in a prominent place as a reminder of their goal. Periodically, students report on their progress.