Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.5D Grade 2 CPI 1

 

Standard: 2.5 - Motor Skills

 

Strand: D -  Sportsmanship, Rules, and Safety

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 -  The student will explain why good sportsmanship is important and demonstrate positive behaviors during participation.

 

Grade: 2

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        GOOD SPORT - Students define sportsmanship and develop a survey to determine answers to the following questions:
-        What makes a person a good sport?
-        What is the best example of good sportsmanship you have ever seen?
-        What is your definition of sportsmanship?

Students ask the same questions to at least five other individuals not in their class or grade. Encourage students to ask their parents, older siblings, or high school or college athletes. Students share and discuss the results and develop a class description of good sportsmanship. Students develop a thematic bulletin board or school display.

Variation: Students complete a journal entry about sportsmanship, focusing on examples they have seen in class or as part of a school or community
team.