Second Grade PE Week Four

Unit Learning Goals:

• Students live an active lifestyle and know how to stay fit and healthy.
• Students will be able to combine balance and weight transfers with movement concepts to create and complete an obstacle course.  
• Students can express the enjoyment and/or challenge of participating in a favorite physical activity.

Health Focus:

Last week we focused on developing a routine. What is going well with your routine? What do you need to work on?

This week our health focus is on getting enough sleep. 

• Did you know having a major change in your life or daily routine can easily cause sleep problems? During this difficult time, it is important to get enough sleep.
• Sleep gives your body a rest and allow it to get ready for the next day. It is like giving your body a little vacation. Sleep gives your brain a chance to sort things out. Set yourself a goal to get around 9-12 hours each night.
• Getting a good night's sleep is very important for your health and happiness. If you don't get enough sleep you may find it difficult to; pay attention, have the energy to play, fight germs and illness, and remember important information. 
• Try and fill out each part of this sleep diary for the next week. 

Sleep Diary Download Sleep Diary

What can you do if you can't sleep? 

Here are additional tips if you have trouble falling asleep

Read a book  Put things around your bed that make you happy

Play soothing musicImagine a favorite place or activity

Create or continue a bedtime routineWrite in a journal before going to bed

Sleep in a dark roomTry a mindful minute by focusing on your breaths (in and out)

Try practicing different yoga  Download yoga 

positions to help promote relaxation and sleep

Learning Target for Weight Transfer:

• I can transfer my weight to different body parts for movement. 

• I can change my bases of support and maintain my balance.

• I shift my weight from one body part to another in the movement. 

• I can continue to the movement in order to travel in general space. 

Learning Target for Creating an Obstacle Course:

• I can combine balance and weight transfers with movement concepts while traveling through my obstacle course. 

Success Criteria for Creating an Obstacle Course:

• I included both balance and weight transfer skills while traveling from one place to the next.

• I have smooth transitions between my skills.
  
• I perform the skills showing good form and control.

What is Weight Transfer?

Click the picture below for a quick video that will give you a basic overview of weight transfer. 

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Movement Concepts: A Review 
During this unit, we will be combining balance and weight transfers using different movement concepts. Here is a brief review of some of the different movement concepts you might use when practicing these skills. 

Warm-Up Activity - Dance: Happy - Video

Lets warm-up our body! Follow the dance moves to get your body ready for the day!

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Activities to Practice Transferring Weight:

Activity 1 - Movement Concepts - Video

It is time to explore different ways to travel.  Follow along with the video and learn about different ways you can travel from one place to the next.  

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Activity 2 - Animal Weight Transfers - Video

For this activity, you will need some open space to safely practice the weight transfer movements. You will have time to practice each movement, then assess yourself by using the scale provided for each weight transfer.

Click the picture to begin the video. Note: This video does not have sound.

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Relationships: A Review 

Think about different ways you move your body when you come across an object. Do you go over it? Do you go around the object? What about under the object? Or even through the object like a tunnel? 

Activity 3- Relationship Word Exploration- Video

Click the picture below for a quick video review on different ways you can travel your body in relation to different objects. Follow along with the video to explore moving your body in relation to objects such as: over, under, around, and through. 

Cool Down Activity: Mindfulness: On & Off - Video

Click the picture below after you have completed some activities or anytime you wish to practice mindful breathing.

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Activities to Practice an Obstacle course:

Here are the balance and weight transfer skills you have learned. There are also some ideas for transitions and jumps. When you create your obstacle course, you will have to include transitions (how you will get from one move to another move). You may use dance, steps, or ideas from this chart. Practice your skills and think about which ones you would like to use in your routine!

It is now time to set up your obstacle course, use different items to travel over, around, and through your obstacle course. These objects can be anything around your house. Be creative and be safe. 

Use animal walks and different gymnastic moves to help you get from your start to your finish line. 

Activity 4- Create your Obstacle Course

This is your final activity for the unit. You get to put all of your creativity and knowledge into practice. Put together your favorite balances and weight transfer skills in a sequence to complete your obstacle course. Use the chart below to help you plan your routine. Try challenging yourself.  Add different items from around your house to jump over, go around, under, and maybe even through. Some ideas could be your backpack, pillows, stuffed animal, a blanket, a pair of shoes, or a cardboard box. Identify a start and a finish line for your obstacle course. 

Bonus: You can find a printed version of this chart in your Week 7 printed materials.

Try to complete your obstacle course while only traveling through the same pathway:

Don't forget to add household objects in your obstacle course to travel:

Reflect on Weight Transfer:

Think about your answers to these questions after completing the balancing activities.
If you want to share with your teacher you may, but it is not required.

Question 1 - Weight Transfer and Balance:

• Which weight transfer skills were you the best at performing? Why?
• Which weight transfer skills were the most difficult to perform? Why?
• Why do you think being able to transfer your weight with balance is an important skill?

Question 2 - Enjoyment:

• What do you like or dislike about performing weight transfers?
• What was fun about making your own obstacle course? What was challenging?

Reflect on your Obstacle Course:

Think about your answers to these questions after completing your obstacle course.

If you want to share with your teacher you may, but it is not required.

Question 3- Challenge:

• How did you decided what skills to put in your routine?
• What objects did you use in your obstacle course? 
• What objects did you travel over? Around? Through?

Question 4- Enjoyment:

• What did you like or dislike about making an obstacle course? Why?

Vocabulary for Weight Transfer:

Around: Going from one side of an object to the other staying on the outside of it.

Combine: unite; merge; put together 

Over: Going from one side of an object to the other by passing above it.

Sequence: a set of movements, or things that follow each other in a particular order. 

Through: Going in one side of the an object and out the other side. 

Transition: the process of changing from one position ton another. 

Under: Going from one side of an object to the other by passing beneath it. 

Weight Transfer: shifting body weight to and from different body parts.