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NES Elementary Education Subtest II Review: The Arts, Health, and Fitness: locomotor skills

Review the arts, health, and fitness: locomotor skills for this NES Elementary Education Subtest II question with the key prompt clue, correct-answer reasoning, distractor checks, and sources to verify next.

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What this question is testing

Objective: The Arts, Health, and Fitness: locomotor skills

Prompt focus: An elementary teacher wants students to practice locomotor skills. Which activity most directly addresses this goal?

Why the correct answer works

Skipping across a marked open space

Skipping across the space moves the body from place to place, so it practices a locomotor skill.

Why the tempting wrong answer fails

The tempting wrong answer usually loses because it skips the key condition, priority, or evidence in the prompt.

Plain-language takeaway

Locomotor skills move the body from one location to another. Walking, running, hopping, and skipping are examples. Balancing, bending, and stretching in place develop other movement abilities without travel.

Simple analogy

Think of the arts, health, and fitness: locomotor skills like following a short checklist: identify the clue, confirm the rule, and then make the move that fits this exact scenario.

How to review it before a retake

  • Underline the command word and name what the question is asking before rereading the choices.
  • Compare the correct answer against the closest distractor and write the exact detail that separates them.
  • Retest this objective with a fresh question without looking at the rationale first.

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