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Moving My Body

Second graders learn and practice basic movement skills — walking, running, jumping, hopping, skipping, and galloping — building coordination and discovering fun, healthy ways to move.

Grade 2Movement Skills35 minutes1 class periodSHAPE / Skills-BasedExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name ways to move.
  • ✓Do movement skills.
  • ✓Move with control.
  • ✓Enjoy being active.
Essential Question

Your body can move in so many ways — walk, run, jump, hop, skip! Learning to move well is fun and keeps you strong. What are the different ways you can move?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

Ways to Move Check

Project each item and have children answer about movement. The tool teaches jumping, running, hopping, and more.

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Answer each question about moving your body.
The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

35 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

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Warm-Up — Let’s Move!

5 min

Your body can move so many ways — what are they?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Do a quick movement.
  • Ask how they moved.
  • Get moving.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Move.
  • Notice.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Ways to Move

8 min

Children learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send children to Ways to Move Check.
  • Name each movement.
  • Show how.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Name them.
  • Show it.
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Practice — Practice

9 min

Children practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Practice walking, running, jumping.
  • Try hopping and skipping.
  • Move with control.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Walk/run.
  • Hop/skip.
  • Control it.
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Apply — Apply

8 min

Children apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Play a movement game.
  • Follow movement commands.
  • Move to music.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Play it.
  • Follow.
  • Move.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

5 min

Children close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a way to move.
  • Show it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Show it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to SHAPE America National Health Education & Physical Education Standards.

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PE.1

Demonstrate motor skills and movement patterns.

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PE.2

Apply concepts related to movement.

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PE.3

Achieve health-enhancing activity.

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PE.5

Value physical activity for enjoyment.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Movement picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “I can ___.”
  • Demonstrate movements.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with walk and jump.
  • Demonstrate each.
  • Move together.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Make a movement sequence.
  • Lead a movement.
  • Explain how jumping helps.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🏃Open space to move
  • 💻Ways to Move Check
  • 🎵Music
  • 🚩Cones / markers
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

moveto change where your body iswalkto move step by steprunto move fast on your feetjumpto push off with both feethopto move on one footskipa step-and-hop movementgallopa fun sliding stepcontrolmoving safely and on purpose
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you jump?
Push off the ground with both feet at once.
QUESTION 2
What is hopping?
Moving on one foot.
QUESTION 3
Name a fun way to move your body.
Sample: run, jump, hop, skip, or gallop.

Cool-Down: move for fun.

Have children pick a fun way to move — hopping, skipping, or galloping — and practice it at home. A printable movement sheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: control, gallop, hop, jump, move, run, skip, walk
  1. a step-and-hop movement
  2. a fun sliding step
  3. to push off with both feet
  4. moving safely and on purpose
  5. to move on one foot
  6. to move step by step
  7. to change where your body is
  8. to move fast on your feet

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you jump?
  2. What is hopping?
  3. Name a fun way to move your body.
Answer key — Part A: 1) skip · 2) gallop · 3) jump · 4) control · 5) hop · 6) walk · 7) move · 8) run
Part B: 1) Push off the ground with both feet at once. 2) Moving on one foot. 3) Sample: run, jump, hop, skip, or gallop.