Grades K to 1: Active Living

This sub-organizer contains the following sections:
Prescribed Learning Outcomes
Suggested Instructional Strategies
Suggested Assessment Strategies
Recommended Learning Resources

Prescribed Learning Outcomes

It is expected that students will:

participate regularly in short periods of vigorous activity with frequent rest intervals
demonstrate behaviours that indicate interest and enjoyment in physical activity
identify the importance of physical activity
identify the parts of the human body
identify the changes that take place in the body during physical activity
identify good nutritional habits
move safely and sensitively through all environments

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Suggested Instructional Strategies

By participating throughout the year in a variety of activities from all movement categories, children learn to appreciate and value active living. Children in grades K to 1 are encouraged to participate enthusiastically and to be aware of how their body moves in different environments.

Strategies

Have students participate in activities that name body parts, (e.g., Simon Says, people-to-people).
Have students explore playing areas at the school (e.g., adventure playground, fields).
Discuss the changes that take place in the body during physical activity (e.g., breathing and heart rates increase, body temperature rises).
Outside on a sunny day, play Shadows, and notice how different body parts move.
Have students look at food pictures (or their snacks) and identify healthy foods.
Discuss how healthy foods provide energy, and have students identify three good nutritional habits.
Plan trips to natural settings during different seasons (e.g., park, hiking trail).
Safely explore possible physical activities in the outdoors (e.g., jog, walk, build snow forts).
Have students write or draw in their journals about physical activities they enjoy.
Have students prepare individual or group calendars charting their physical activities at recess, lunch, and after school. Discuss what is considered to be a physical activity.
Have students bring activities played at home to share with others.

Suggested Assessment Strategies

As children engage in various physical activities, look for evidence that students are participating.
Look for evidence that they are enjoying the physical activities. (e.g., Do they say: "Is there outdoor play today?" "Do we get to go to the gym today?")
Have students keep track of their physical activities daily, both at home and at school. Using an individual calendar, have them draw pictures of their physical activities each day. Use a group calendar to record whole-class activities. At the end of the month, have students record or describe one or two of the following:
- To help make me physically healthy, I spent most of my time . . . .
- To help develop our healthy bodies, we spent most of our time . . . .
- I enjoyed ____(draw or write the activity) the most because . . . .
As students talk about their pictures, listen for evidence that they are enjoying participating in the physical activities.
To assess children's understanding of nutritional food, have them draw on small squares of paper the nutritious parts of their lunches. Create a graph, and tally the number of items from each food group. Notice the extent to which students can identify healthy foods.

Recommended Learning Resources

Print Material

Video

Multimedia

Moving to Inclusion

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Maintained by: Physical Education Coordinator

Revised: March 1996

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