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clear Content Area: Physical Education - 2019/2024 // Grade Level: Second Grade // Standard Category: All Standards Categories
Physical Education - 2019-2024
Second Grade, Standard 1. Movement Competence and Understanding
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Prepared Graduates:
- 1. Demonstrate competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
Grade Level Expectation:
1. Demonstrate the elements of movement in combination with a variety of locomotor skills.
Evidence Outcomes:
Students Can:
- Demonstrate skipping, hopping, galloping, and sliding while transitioning on command.
- Demonstrate smooth transitions between sequential motor skills such as running into a jump.
- Move using the concepts of space awareness and movement control to run, hop, and skip in different ways in a large group without bumping into others or falling.
- Identify major characteristics of the skills of walking, running, jumping, hopping, and leaping.
- Correctly identify the locomotor, non-locomotor, or manipulative skill in a variety of activities.
Academic Contexts and Connections:
Colorado Essential Skills and Real-World Application:
- Move skillfully under a variety of movement conditions. (Personal Skills: Self-Awareness)
- Participate skillfully in a variety of games at home that require movement. (Personal Skills: Initiative/Self-Direction)
Inquiry Questions:
- How is walking different from running?
- What activities require one to change movement skill during the activity?
- How can one perform a skill without thinking about it?
- If you could only master one of the locomotor movements, which one would you choose, and why?
Components of a Physically Literate Individual:
- Individuals who learn to move safely, effectively, and efficiently and feel comfortable and confident in the performance of motor skills are more likely to participate in health-enhancing forms of physical activity throughout life.
- The different combinations or ways that movement can be performed are virtually limitless.
- The knowledge and understanding of concepts of movement and skill mechanics improve performance in a specific skill, and provide the foundation for transfer of skills in a variety of sports and activities.
- Individuals who learn the benefits of motor skills are more likely to participate in health-enhancing forms of physical activity throughout life.
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Prepared Graduates:
- 1. Demonstrate competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
Grade Level Expectation:
2. Demonstrate control and balance in traveling and weight-bearing activities using a variety of body parts and implements.
Evidence Outcomes:
Students Can:
- Move to even and uneven beats using various locomotor movements.
- Create a routine that includes two types of body rolls such as a log roll, egg roll, shoulder roll, or forward roll and a stationary balance position after each roll.
- Jump rope repeatedly.
- Throw, catch, strike, and trap objects while stationary or moving with a partner.
- Balance objects on various body parts while in various positions.
- Demonstrate static and dynamic balance on lines or low beams and benches.
Academic Contexts and Connections:
Colorado Essential Skills and Real-World Application:
- Participate in a variety of activities with others while maintaining control of the body. (Personal Skills: Self-Awareness)
- Participate successfully in activities that require balance. (Personal Skills: Self-Awareness)
- Participate in activities that require movements to even and uneven beats. (Personal Skills: Personal Responsibility)
- Participate in activities that require throwing and catching with others. (Civic/Interpersonal: Collaboration/Teamwork)
Inquiry Questions:
- Why is it important to be able to move in both even and uneven rhythms?
- What does it mean to have rhythm?
- What body parts are involved when one jumps rope?
Components of a Physically Literate Individual:
- Individuals who learn to move safely, effectively, and efficiently and feel comfortable and confident in the performance of motor skills are more likely to participate in health-enhancing forms of physical activity throughout life.
- Individuals who learn the benefits of motor skills are more likely to participate in health-enhancing forms of physical activity throughout life.
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Prepared Graduates:
- 2. Apply movement concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics to learning and performing physical activities.
Grade Level Expectation:
3. Use feedback to improve performance.
Evidence Outcomes:
Students Can:
- Use instructor feedback to identify strengths and weaknesses.
- Identify modifications to improve performance of a skill or physical movement.
Academic Contexts and Connections:
Colorado Essential Skills and Real-World Application:
- Receive feedback from family or community members to improve performance of a skill when playing games. (Civic/Interpersonal: Communication)
Inquiry Questions:
- When trying to improve skills, is it better to correct weaknesses or expand on strengths? Why?
- What are the benefits of instructor feedback?
Components of a Physically Literate Individual:
- The knowledge and understanding of concepts of movement and skill mechanics improve performance in a specific skill, and provide the foundation for transfer of skills in a variety of sports and activities.
- The use of instructor feedback identifies strengths and weaknesses to improve performance.
Physical Education - 2019-2024
Second Grade, Standard 2. Physical and Personal Wellness
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Prepared Graduates:
- 4. Participate in and understand the benefits of regular physical activity.
Grade Level Expectation:
1. Identify healthy habits for personal wellness.
Evidence Outcomes:
Students Can:
- Explain the fuel requirements of the body during physical activity and inactivity.
- Identify healthy food choices to fuel the body.
- Determine the proper amount of sleep to get every night.
- Identify changes in the body during exercise and how that makes you feel.
- Identify feelings resulting from challenges, successes, and failures in physical activity.
- Describe the role of water as an essential nutrient for the brain and body.
Academic Contexts and Connections:
Colorado Essential Skills and Real-World Application:
- Recognize the relationship between good nutrition and physical activity for being healthy. (Entrepreneurial Skills: Critical Thinking/Problem Solving)
- Discuss healthy foods with others. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Communication)
- Determine the effects of limited water consumption during physical activity on a hot day. (Personal Skills: Self-Awareness)
Inquiry Questions:
- What are your favorite healthy snacks?
- How do you face challenges, overcome failures, and celebrate successes in physical activity?
- Do you feel better or worse when you get a lot of sleep at night? Why?
- Why is water essential for the body?
Components of a Physically Literate Individual:
- Physical activity affects overall health and fitness.
- Taking responsibility for one's own health is an essential step toward developing and maintaining a healthy, active lifestyle.
- Food choices affect overall health and fitness.
- Understanding the important relationship between the brain and its impact on physical performance and academic learning is integral to the development of the whole child.
- Drinking water is important for physical health and well-being.
Physical Education - 2019-2024
Second Grade, Standard 3. Social Emotional Wellness
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Prepared Graduates:
- 5. Exhibit responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings.
Grade Level Expectation:
1. Demonstrate positive and helpful behavior and words toward other students.
Evidence Outcomes:
Students Can:
- Describe how positive social interaction can make physical activity with others more fun.
- Participate in a variety of group settings without distracting behavior.
- Encourage others by using verbal and nonverbal communication.
Academic Contexts and Connections:
Colorado Essential Skills and Real-World Application:
- Encourage others to exhibit random acts of kindness. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Character)
Inquiry Questions:
- Why should you be polite when playing in a group physical activity?
- Why is it important to have good behavior, especially when in a group setting?
- Is it easier or harder to work with peers to complete a task? Explain.
- How can you encourage someone who is shy to participate in a physical activity?
Components of a Physically Literate Individual:
- Successful participation in physical activity requires cooperation with others.
- Group physical activities should be fun for everyone participating.
Physical Education - 2019-2024
Second Grade, Standard 4. Prevention and Risk Management
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Prepared Graduates:
- 6. Apply personal safety knowledge and skills to prevent and treat injury.
Grade Level Expectation:
1. Apply rules, procedures, and safe practices in the classroom.
Evidence Outcomes:
Students Can:
- Maintain safety within personal space while using implements.
- Follow safety rules in the gymnasium and on the playground.
Academic Contexts and Connections:
Colorado Essential Skills and Real-World Application:
- Avoid injury while participating in a wide range of physical activities. (Personal Skills: Self-Awareness)
- Participate in activities outside of school hours. (Civic/Interpersonal Skills: Civic Engagement)
- Identify safe practices while watching a sport/fitness video. (Personal Skills: Personal Responsibility)
Inquiry Questions:
- What is a safety rule for running?
- If you could implement only one safety rule for the gymnasium, what would it be?
- How are safety rules the same for the playground and gym? How are they different?
- Why is personal space even more important when you are using implements?
- What is the proper way to play with a baseball bat?
Components of a Physically Literate Individual:
- Paying attention to safety can prevent injuries.
- Understanding safety rules for games can lead to greater enjoyment when playing them.
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