Grade Level:  Grade 2 Subjects:  Physical Education and Health

1.  The student will choose between healthy and unhealthy foods.
2.  The student will place healthy foods into a food pyramid.
3.  The student will maneuver a scooter throughout the gym to gather up healthy foods.
4.  The students will work cooperatively to construct a jump rope pyramid while on scooters.

Duration of Lesson: One class period of approximately 60 minutes.  (To be taught after instruction of the Food Pyramid)

Materials:  Scooters, jump ropes, plastic foods or pictures of foods (healthy and unhealthy)

Technology Tools/Courseware:  CD recording of Fruit and Vegetable song (optional), Computer for Power Point presentation and projector,and computer for web site Physical Fitness Challenge for Kids

Teacher Notes:

• Remind students of scooter board rules.
• Parent volunteer to monitor computer site
• Have copies of Fruit and Vegetable song available (Tune Mamba Number 5)
• Bookmark Fitness Challenge site.

• Begin class by reviewing healthy foods and their placement in the Food Pyramid.  Catergorizing plastic foods or pictures of foods would be one way to do this.
• Show Power Point presentation.
• Divide class into two groups.  One group will be with the parent volunteer doing the Fitness Challenge on the web site.  The other group will be with the teacher using scooter boards to group plastic or picture foods into healthy and unhealthy piles.(Teacher scatters out foods before game.)  Explain rules of game to class.
• After 15 minutes each group will change activities.
• Next the whole group will use the jump ropes to construct a food pyramid outline on the floor.
• Then the teacher scatters the foods around the gym again and the students scoot around the gym gathering up the foods and placing them in the correct portion of the pyramid while the Fruit and Vegetable song plays.
• End the class with the students helping put materials away.

Enrichment Activities: Play the scooter game under a time limit.  Replay and try to beat the time set.  Construct a pyramid with the scooter boards while on them.

Evaluation/Assessment:  Teacher observation of foods placed correctly in the Food Pyramid.  Teacher observation of construction of Food Pyramid, and teacher observation of foods placed in healthy and unhealthy groups. Also the teacher will observe student partipation in activities.

 National Standards:

Physical Education Standards  (3rd Ed.)
  1. Uses a variety of basic and advanced movement forms
 2. Uses movement concepts and principles in the development of motor skills
 3. Understands the benefits and costs associated with participation in physical activity

Health Standard and Benchmarks  (3rd Ed.)
  Standard 6: Understands essential concepts about nutrition and diet
    Level I (Grade K-2)
    1.  Classifies foods and food combinations according to the food groups

West Virginia Standards:

Standard 5:  Responsible Personal and Social Behavior (PE.S.5)
• demonstrate an understanding of responsible personal and social behaviors in physical activity settings.
Movement Forms Objectives
Students will:
PE.2.1.4 combine balance, transfer of weight, and rolling movements
PE.2.5.1 apply established class rules, procedures, and safe practices.
PE.2.5.2 work cooperatively with another to complete a task.
PE.2.5.2 demonstrate respectful behavior toward others in physical activity settings.

Standard 3:  Health Behaviors (HE.S.3)
Students will:
• demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors and reduce health risks.
HE.2.3.2 demonstrate knowledge of appropriate safety skills and equipment for recreational activities (e.g., bike riding, rollerblading, skateboarding References:
 

a.  resources cited         WV Content Standards and Objectives         Fitness Challenge         Vegetable and Fruit Song b.  additional resources         Health Book for Second Grade (Teacher's Edition)           Scooter Shopping Game Lesson         Fitness and Food Site c.  student resources             Health Book for Second Grade              Yahooligans Author:  Jackie Chipps             Hacker Valley Elementary School

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