Chester Township Public Schools
Health & Physical Education

Health & PE - 2nd Grade

Health & PE

The goal of our comprehensive health and physical education program in full compliance with New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards for Health and Physical Education and provide a quality program that empowers students to make informed decisions about issues that impact their present health, the health of their family and the health of society at-large and enable students to enact students-enhancing behaviors before damaging patterns are firmly established. These goal are designed to enhance students' ability to become cautious and competent consumers and to strengthen students' ability to recognize, analyze and react to unhealthy or dangerous situations in a safe and appropriate manner.

In addition the our goals seek to empower students to navigate through and around conflicting messages, risky students, and mounting pressures and to develop dependable support systems and assist students to recognize, understand, and address immediate or chronic health problems in order to prevent long-term health problems. It is our hope that our comprehensive health and physical education program will enable students to participate in students activities that promote, support and maintain wellness and promote a lifetime of participation in activities that promote health and well being..

Health education is a planned sequential, K-8 students that addresses the physical, mental, emotional and social dimensions of health. The curriculum is designed to motivate and assist students to maintain and improve their health , prevent disease, and reduce health-related risk behaviors.

Physical education is a planned K-8 curriculum that provides cognitive content and learning experiences in a variety of activity areas such as basic movement skills, physical fitness, rhythm and dance along with games, team dual and individual sports.

2nd Grade

The 2nd Grade Health and Physical Education program explores concepts of movement techniques, skills and fitness. Issuse of disease prevention, safety and violence prevention.


Health & PE

    Movement Concepts
The learner will be able to perform locomotor (walk, run, jump), non-locomotor (bend, reach, turn) and manipulative (throw, strike, kick) movement skills. Students will execute various combinations of loco,locomotor and non-locomotor skills incorporating them into dance and game activities. (NJCCCS 2.5).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source
Movement Concepts Application Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, Health and Physical Education Teachers.
  
    Movement Concepts
The learner will be able to modify basic movement skills by applying movement concepts (direction, speed), biomechanical principles (force projection), and rhythm (tempo, beat). The student will participation in a wider variety of games and activities which include rhythmic exploration, endurance events, and hand-eye skills. (NJCCCS 2.5).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source
Movement Concepts Application Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, Health and Physical Education Teachers.
  
    Movement Concepts
The learner will be able to adapt movement skills in relation to objects, other participants, and boundaries. The student will explore basic movement skills with the addition of new tools:throwing and batting objects, nets and scarves. (NJCCCS 2.5).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source
Movement Concepts Application Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, Health and Physical Education Teachers.
  
    Movement Concepts
The learner will be able to describe when, where, and how to use and adapt specific movement skills and movement in physical activities. The students will identify basic components of simple basic skills, ie underhand and overhand throw, and basic locomotor movement. (NJCCCS 2.5).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source
Movement Concepts Comprehension Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, Health and Physical Education Teachers.
  
    Movement Concepts
The learner will be able to observe physical activities and provide feedback to participants to improve performance. The students will be able to differentiate between their own abilities in movements, performances, and those of their classmates and accept these differences. (NJCCCS 2.5).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source
Fitness Concepts Knowledge Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, Health and Physical Education Teachers.
  
    Fitness Concepts
The learner will be able to identify the components of health-related fitness and describe activities related to each component. The students will participate and enjoy workouts which proceed from warm-up to strength and endurance activities to cool down in a sequential order. (NJCCCS 2.1, 2.2, 2.6).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source
Fitness Concepts Application Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, Health and Physical Education Teachers.
  
    Fitness Concepts
The learner will be able to demonstrate appropriate techniques used in fitness activities. The students will continue to gain an understanding of the components of physical fitness: muscular strength and endurance and flexibility. (NJCCCS 2.6).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source
Fitness Concepts Application Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, Health and Physical Education Teachers.
  
    Fitness Concepts
The learner will be able to describe how fitness activities activities wellness. The students will gain an appreciation of the benefits of being physically fit. (NJCCCS 2.6).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source
Fitness Concepts Comprehension Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, Health and Physical Education Teachers.
  
    Fitness Concepts
The learner will be able to participate in health-related fitness activities. The students will become aware of the relationship of respiration , heart rate, and recovery to physical fitness. (NJCCCS 2.1, 2.2, 2.6).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source
Fitness Concepts Application Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, Health and Physical Education Teachers.
  
    Fitness Concepts
The learner will be able to develop and attain a personal fitness goal to improve performance. The students will continue to assume the responsibility for their own personal fitness. (NJCCCS 2.6).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source
Health: Application Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, Health and Physical Education Teachers.
  
    Health
The learner will be able to identify the various feelings that most people experience and describe the physical and emotional reactions of the body to intense positive and negative feelings. (NJCCCS 2.1, 2.2).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source
Health: Application Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, Health and Physical Education Teachers.
  
    Health
The learner will be able to apply methods to accommodate a variety of feeling in a constructive manner in order to promote well-being. (NJCCCS 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source
Health: Application Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, Health and Physical Education Teachers.
  
    Health
The learner will be able to identify what parents do to provide a safe, healthy environment for their children. (NJCCCS 2.1, 2.2).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source
Health: Knowledge Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, Health and Physical Education Teachers.
  
    Health: Violence Prevention
The learner will be able to describe the concept of friendship and contrast qualities that strengthen or weaken a friendship, including the importance of sound character in interacting with others. (NJCCCS 2.1,2.2, 2.4).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source
Health: Knowledge Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, Health and Physical Education Teachers.
  
    Health
The learner will be able to identify tooth functions and causes of functions health and decay, and apply proper dental health skills (such as choosing healthy tooth snacks, brushing, flossing). (NJCCCS 2.1, 2.2).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source
Health: Knowledge Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, Health and Physical Education Teachers.
  
    Safety
The learner will be able to describe personal responsibility for reducing hazards and avoiding accidents. (NJCCCS 2.1, 2.2).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source
Safety Knowledge Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, Health and Physical Education Teachers.
  
    Health
The learner will be able to identify and distinguish between substances that are safe and unsafe to be taken by mouth. (NJCCCS 2.1, 2.2).
Strand Bloom's Scope Source
Health: Master New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, Health and Physical Education Teachers.
  

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