Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.5A Grade 2 CPI 8

 

Standard: 2.5 - Motor Skills

 

Strand: A -   Movement Skills 

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 8 - The student will respond appropriately to verbal and visual cues during physical activity

 

Grade: 2

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        TRAFFIC COP - For this activity, you need a large open area that has the capacity to provide numerous “intersections.” (If a natural area does not exist, use chalk or tape to design a city street model on the gym floor or playground.) Ask students: “What are some of the rules drivers must follow when on the road?” (Answers: speed limits, one way, stay to right). Acting as if they are cars, students walk the course, obeying the rules of the road. (Student-designed signs are helpful.) Students alternate as drivers and traffic cops. (The police officers flash traffic signs or direct traffic.) After students have self-navigated the course, present a series of commands (e.g., right turn, curve, green light [run], yellow light [jog], red light [stop]). Discuss the importance of following the rules of the road. Relate the rules to related sidewalk safety issues.

Variation: Students navigate the course using scooter boards.

Variation: One student becomes the “Pac Man” walker. If the designated walker touches a student on the pathway, he/she becomes frozen and can only be unfrozen when tagged by another student. Running is not permitted.