Grades K-2
The student will be able to:
- Understand and distinguish between general and personal spaces.
- Travel though space at different levels using different speeds and directions.
- Perform basic balance and stability skills (crabwalk and stork stand).
- Perform basic loco-motor movements (skipping, galloping and hopping).
- Perform creative movements to music and movement exploration.
- Perform basic manipulative skills (throwing, catching, and rolling).
- Participate and perform in activities that involve the physical fitness components of strength, flexibility, and endurance.
- Demonstrate knowledge of safety and how to follow rules.
- Demonstrate knowledge of proper usage and care of equipment.
- Demonstrate knowledge of simple game rules.
Grades 3 & 4
The student will be able to:
- Perform simple manipulative and loco-motor skills that are related to basic sports and lead-up activities.
- Work together with the people of different abilities in different movement activities.
- Demonstrate the ability to follow safety and game rules.
- Understand activities that lead toward an active life-style.
- Understand how physical education relates to other subject areas.
- Understand and demonstrate care and proper use of equipment.
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic rules for lead-up games.
- Learn and perform simple dance and rhythmic skills.
Grades 5 & 6
The student will be able to:
- Follow safety rules.
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic sport rules by participating in modified games.
- Refine manipulative rhythmic and loco-motor skills as they apply to sports.
- Demonstrate sportsmanship and positive self-concept while cooperating with others.
- Perform at an adequate level of physical fitness.
- Improve skill level through self-testing.
- Understand and demonstrate proper care and use of equipment.
- Understand the relationship between Physical Education and other subject areas.
- Demonstrate fundamental motor skills in individual and sport activities.
- Earn the Presidential Physical Fitness Award.
