PHYSICAL EDUCATION

CONTENTS 2022
2nd Grade

1st TRIMESTER

- Establishment of classroom rules

- Safety guidelines for physical activity
- Move through general space while maintaining control (e.g., walking in a circle in the
same direction)
- Laterality, Fine and gross motor coordination,
- Locomotor skills (development form): walk, run, two-foot stop, skipping, gallop, slide,
leap, hop, jumping, dodge, body roll (log roll, shoulder roll).
- Apply fundamental locomotor skills in a variety of physical activities, such as low-
organized games and fitness activities.
- Cooperative Games
- Benefits of regular participation in physical activity (e.g., it’s fun, it’s good for their
bodies, it provides opportunities to make new friends)

2nd TRIMESTER

- Manipulative skills (development form): carry an object, dribble object with hands,
dribble object with feet, kick a stationary object, two-handed catch without trapping
against body, one-handed throw (underhand or overhand), roll or slide an object, pull or
push an object, strike a stationary object with an implement, strike a object with hand.
- Apply fundamental manipulative skills in a variety of physical activities, such as low-
organized games and fitness activities.
- Cultural Games
- EIF Sports and Cultural Games
- Rhythmic activities: Dance (Interdisciplinary)

3rd TRIMESTER

- Body parts that can work together during physical activity (e.g., heart, lungs, legs, arms,
feet, hands)
- Non-locomotor skills (development form): balance (1-point balance, 2-point balance,
etc.; alone, with partner, in groups, with implements or equipment) create shapes with
body (bending, curling, pulling, pushing, stretching, twisting, sway, swing, weight
transfer).
- Apply fundamental non-locomotor skills in a variety of physical activities, such as low-
organized games, fitness activities and gymnastics
- Content review