STANDARD 2.6: Health and Physical Education

Standard 2: Comprehensive Health and Physical Education

Mission: .Knowledge of health and physical education concepts and skills empowers students to assume lifelong responsibility to develop physical, social and emotional wellness.

Standard 2.6 Fitness

All students will apply health-related and skill-related fitness concepts and skills to develop and maintain a healthy, active lifestyle.

Big Idea: Lifetime fitness depends upon understanding how each fitness component is developed and measured and how to design and implement a personal fitness plan that supports a healthy, active lifestyle.

2.6 A Fitness and Physical Activity

Essential Questions	Enduring Understandings
- What is the minimum amount of exercise I can do to stay physically fit?	- Understanding fitness concepts and skills and integrating them into your everyday routine supports wellness. - Physical fitness is the ability of your whole body to work together efficiently to be able to do the most work with least amount of effort.
Cumulative Progress Indicators	Comments and Examples
By the end of Grade 2:
1. Identify the components of health-related and skill-related fitness and identify activities that develop each component.
2. Identify body responses associated with moderate to vigorous physical activity including sweating, a fast heart rate, and heavy breathing.

2.6 B Training

Essential Questions	Enduring Understandings
- How do I develop an appropriate personal fitness program and find the motivation to commit to it?	- Developing and implementing a program that utilizes appropriate training principles is necessary for lifetime fitness.
Cumulative Progress Indicators	Comments and Examples
By the end of Grade 2:
1. Explain that too much or not enough exercise can be harmful.
2. Explain that participation in regular physical activity contributes to wellness.

2.6 C Achieving and Assessing Fitness

Essential Questions	Enduring Understandings
- How do you realize age-appropriate fitness?	- Achieving and maintaining fitness requires age-appropriate intensity, duration and frequency of exercise. - Ongoing feedback and assessment is necessary in determining the effectiveness of a personal fitness program.
Cumulative Progress Indicators	Comments and Examples
By the end of Grade 2:
1. Engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity that develops all components of fitness.
2. Monitor heart rate and breathing before, during, and after exercise.
3. Develop a fitness goal and monitor achievement of the goal.

Link to Standard 2.6 Grade 3-4

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