Standard 2.6A: Health and Physical Education

Content Area: Health and Physical Education

Index: 2.6A Grade 2 CPI 1

Standard: 2.6 - Fitness

Strand: A - Fitness and Physical Activity

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 - The student will identify the components of health-related and skill-related fitness and identify activities that develop each component.

Grade: 2

Sample Activities:

· LISTEN TO YOUR HEART - For this activity, you need one stethoscope for every two students and alcohol wipes to clean the earpieces. Explain that the heart is about the size of a fist. As students open and close their fists to simulate the pumping motion of the heart, have them describe the location and function of the heart. Explain that the heart is really a very strong muscle and that it needs exercise to stay strong and healthy. Play an audiotape of heart sounds (available from the American Heart Association), and discuss the different sounds. Students chant the “lub-dub” sounds. Demonstrate the use of a stethoscope, then pair students to hear each other’s resting heartbeat. Next, students jog in place for one minute and then try to listen to their partner’s heartbeat again. Discuss the differences (e.g., heart beating faster, moving more blood to the muscles, pumping harder).

· LET'S BE ACTIVE! - For this activity, create a number of movement skill stations. Ask students what it means to be in shape. Write the students’ responses on the board. Write the words Active and Inactive on the board and ask students to define them. Divide the class into small groups to list and/or illustrate three things they do to keep active and three inactive things they do. Reconvene the class and create a master list. Send each small group to a movement station to become active. Activities at each station are performed to a variety of musical selections. After each group has completed all the stations, reconvene the entire class. Show the class posters or pictures that illustrate activity and inactivity. Students classify the pictures and justify their answers (e.g., it makes your heart beat faster, you use your whole body). Students draw a picture of themselves being active. Post the pictures in the gym or on a bulletin board.