Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.6A Grade 2 CPI 2

 

Standard: 2.6 - Fitness

 

Strand: A -   Fitness and Physical Activity

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 2 -  The student will identify body responses associated with moderate to vigorous physical activity including sweating, a fast heart rate, and heavy breathing.

 

Grade: 2

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        THE FAMOUS FIVE - For this activity, create a series of posters that illustrate each component of health-related fitness. Each component is represented by a character, such as “Flexible Bill” (flexibility) or “ B. C. Body” (body composition). Each character should clearly illustrate the fitness concept. Use the posters to teach the concepts, then place the posters on the wall. Each week, students bring in pictures showing people participating in fitness activities. Students place the pictures under the appropriate poster. Use the posters to continuously reinforce the fitness components throughout the school year.

Variation: Create stories about the characters that describe activities related to the fitness component (e.g., Flexible Bill is a gymnast or dancer; B. C. Body describes the relationship between nutrition and fitness). Students provide illustrations for the stories.

Variation: Create puppets that illustrate each component of health-related fitness and have students
 

·        GET FIT! - Create one station for each fitness component. At each station, use posters and pictures to remind students of the fitness component they are working on. Have a stack of colored cards at each station with the fitness symbol on it (e.g., a heart for the cardiorespiratory station) and a different number on the back. Divide the class into five groups, and have each group report to a station. After completing the designated task, each group member gets a card from that station and then moves to the next station. At the end of the circuit, each student should have five different cards. Reconvene the entire class and arrange the students in a circle. Call out a number and a fitness symbol. The student holding that card demonstrates a fitness activity related to that area or answers a simple question about the component. Complete the lesson with a review of the components.

 

·        CHART THE HEART - Review how to take and record a radial or carotid pulse. Students take their pulse several times during the school day and at home and graph the results on a chart. (Provide students with graph paper or a simple chart.) Brainstorm a list of times to check the pulse (e.g., upon rising in the morning, while waiting for the bus, after a test, recess, before and after lunch, when watching TV). Students perform this activity for three days, complete the graph, and summarize the results. Discuss the process, the changes in pulse rates, and why the changes occurred.