Physical Education

2nd Grade Health/Physical Education
Objective: Health and Physical Education combine to provide students with a guide to lifetime wellness. This holistic approach encourages children to be active for their entire lives, create healthy habits and become good decision makers. The lessons in this class incorporate a wide variety of academic disciplines while remaining developmentally appropriate. Physical education at this level develops a student's motor function and spatial awareness to create a skilled and competent mover. Manipulative activities, sport specific skill work and locomotor practice provide the learner with the necessary building blocks to engage in higher level physical activities. Team building activities demonstrate the importance of working together to accomplish a goal.
During the School Year Students Will Learn:
Components of physical fitness	Engage in activities that demonstrate muscular strength, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, body composition and muscular endurance
Sport specific skills	Play a variety of lead up games to master the skills needed to participate in team sports as the students get older
Teamwork	Participate in team building activities that promote working together to accomplish a goal
Health	Work to form healthy habits such as hygiene, decision making and good nutrition
Safety	Listen to and follow the rules for class, games, and school
What Will Students Learn By the End of the Year? Students will be able to… Perform and recognize locomotor skills: hopping, galloping, running, sliding, skipping while maintaining balance. Throw underhand and overhand using proper form. Catch a soft object from a self-toss before it bounces. Dribble continuously in self-space using hands (basketball) and feet (soccer). Volleys an object with an open palm, sending it upward. Travel in different levels and pathways. Differentiates between fast and slow speeds. Identifies the heart as a muscle that grows stronger with exercise/play and physical activity. Differentiate between healthy and unhealthy foods. Works cooperatively with others. Follow teacher directions for safe participation and proper use of equipment with minimal teacher reminders. Explain and demonstrate basic hygiene practices. Explain and demonstrate basic fire safety procedures.

3rd Grade Health/Physical Education
Objective: Health and Physical Education combine to provide students with a guide to lifetime wellness. This holistic approach encourages children to be active for their entire lives, create healthy habits and become good decision makers. The lessons in this class incorporate a wide variety of academic disciplines while remaining developmentally appropriate. Physical education at this level develops a student's motor function and spatial awareness to create a skilled and competent mover. Manipulative activities, sport specific skill work and locomotor practice provide the learner with the necessary building blocks to engage in higher level physical activities. Team building activities demonstrate the importance of working together to accomplish a goal.
During the School Year Students Will Learn:
Components of physical fitness	Engage in activities that demonstrate muscular strength, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, body composition and muscular endurance
Sport specific skills	Play a variety of lead up games to master the skills needed to participate in team sports as the students get older
Teamwork	Participate in team building activities that promote working together to accomplish a goal
Health	Work to form healthy habits such as hygiene, decision making and good nutrition
Safety	Listen to and follow the rules for class, games, and school
What Will Students Learn by the End of the Year? Students will be able to… Use various locomotor skills in a variety of activities. Perform a sequence of locomotor skills, transitioning from one skill to another smoothly/without hesitation. Differentiate among twisting, curling, bending and stretching actions. Throw underhand and overhand to a partner or target with reasonable accuracy. Catch a gently tossed hand-sized ball from a partner, demonstrating four of the five critical elements of a mature pattern. Dribble using the dominant hand (basketball) and foot (soccer) while walking in general space. Kick a moving ball, demonstrating three of the five critical elements of a mature pattern. Volley an object upward with consecutive hits. Strike a ball with a ball or racket, sending it in an intended direction. Recognize the health balance of good nutrition with physical activity. Work cooperatively with others. Follow teacher directions for safe participation and proper use of equipment with minimal teacher reminders. Recognize and the value of physical activity and nutrition for a good health balance. Explain and demonstrate basic hygiene practices. Explain and demonstrate basic fire safety procedures. Familiarize themselves with the basic systems of the human body.

4th Grade Health/Physical Education
Objective: Health and Physical Education combine to provide students with a guide to lifetime wellness. This holistic approach encourages children to be active for their entire lives, create healthy habits and become good decision makers. The lessons in this class incorporate a wide variety of academic disciplines while remaining developmentally appropriate. Physical education at this level develops a student's motor function and spatial awareness to create a skilled and competent mover. Manipulative activities, sport specific skill work and locomotor practice provide the learner with the necessary building blocks to engage in higher level physical activities. Team building activities demonstrate the importance of working together to accomplish a goal.
During the School Year Students Will Learn:
Components of physical fitness	Engage in activities that demonstrate muscular strength, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, body composition and muscular endurance
Sport specific skills	Play a variety of lead up games to master the skills needed to participate in team sports as the students get older
Teamwork	Participate in team building activities that promote working together to accomplish a goal
Health	Work to form healthy habits such as hygiene, decision making and good nutrition
Safety	Listen to and follow the rules for class, games, and school
What Will Students Learn by the End of the Year? Students will be able to... Combine traveling with manipulative skills Adjust takeoffs and landings to specific activities. Combine traveling with balance and weight transfers to create a movement sequence with and without equipment/apparatus. Throw overhand using a mature pattern in non-dynamic environments. Catch a thrown ball above the head, at chest/waist level and below the waist using a mature pattern in a dynamic environment. Dribble in general space with control of ball (hands and feet) and body while increasing and decreasing speed. Control the flight of a ball or object along the ground and/or in the air, and punts using mature patterns. Strikes an object with a long-handled implement, sending it forward, while using proper grip for the implement, such as, a pool noodle, hockey stick, or golf club. Apply lead up skills in game situations. Combine movement concepts with skills in dynamic activities. Describe the concept of fitness and provide examples of physical activity to enhance fitness. Recognize the health balance of good nutrition with physical activity. Work safely with peers and equipment in physical activity settings with minimal teacher reminders. Discuss the relationship between physical activity, healthy lifestyle, and brain health. Describe the positive social interactions that come when engaged with others in physical activity. Identify strategies to help them cope with worrying. Identify the six essential nutrients (proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water).

5th Grade Health/Physical Education
Objective: Health and Physical Education combine to provide students with a guide to lifetime wellness. This holistic approach encourages children to be active for their entire lives, create healthy habits and become good decision makers. The lessons in this class incorporate a wide variety of academic disciplines while remaining developmentally appropriate. Physical education at this level develops a student's motor function and spatial awareness to create a skilled and competent mover. Manipulative activities, sport specific skill work and locomotor practice provide the learner with the necessary building blocks to engage in higher level physical activities. Team building activities demonstrate the importance of working together to accomplish a goal.
During the School Year Students Will Learn:
Components of physical fitness	Engage in activities that demonstrate muscular strength, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, body composition and muscular endurance
Sport specific skills	Play a variety of lead up games to master the skills needed to participate in team sports as the students get older
Teamwork	Participate in team building activities that promote working together to accomplish a goal
Health	Work to form healthy habits such as hygiene, decision making and good nutrition
Safety	Listen to and follow the rules for class, games, and school
What Will Students Learn by the End of the Year? Students will be able to... Combine traveling with manipulative skills Adjust takeoffs and landings to specific activities. Combine traveling with balance and weight transfers to create a movement sequence with and without equipment/apparatus. Throw overhand using a mature pattern in non-dynamic environments. Catch a thrown ball above the head, at chest/waist level and below the waist using a mature pattern in a dynamic environment. Dribble in general space with control of ball (hands and feet) and body while increasing and decreasing speed. Control the flight of a ball or object along the ground and/or in the air, and punts using mature patterns. Strikes an object with a long-handled implement, sending it forward, while using proper grip for the implement, such as, a pool noodle, hockey stick, or golf club. Apply lead up skills in game situations. Combine movement concepts with skills in dynamic activities. Describe the concept of fitness and provide examples of physical activity to enhance fitness. Recognize the health balance of good nutrition with physical activity. Work safely with peers and equipment in physical activity settings with minimal teacher reminders. Discuss the relationship between physical activity, healthy lifestyle, and brain health. Describe the positive social interactions that come when engaged with others in physical activity. Explain the functions of the various body systems. Explain strategies they can use to manage anger.

6th Grade Health/Physical Education
Objective: Health and Physical Education combine to provide students with a guide to lifetime wellness. This holistic approach encourages children to be active for their entire lives, create healthy habits and become good decision makers. The lessons in this class incorporate a wide variety of academic disciplines while remaining developmentally appropriate. Physical education at this level develops a student's motor function and spatial awareness to create a skilled and competent mover. Manipulative activities, sport specific skill work and locomotor practice provide the learner with the necessary building blocks to engage in higher level physical activities. Team building activities demonstrate the importance of working together to accomplish a goal.
During the School Year Students Will Learn:
Components of physical fitness	Engage in activities that demonstrate muscular strength, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, body composition and muscular endurance
Sport specific skills	Play a variety of lead up games to master the skills needed to participate in team sports as the students get older
Teamwork	Participate in team building activities that promote working together to accomplish a goal
Health	Work to form healthy habits such as hygiene, decision making and good nutrition
Safety	Listen to and follow the rules for class, games, and school
What Will Students Learn by the End of the Year? Students will be able to... Perform pivots, fakes and jab steps designed to create open space during practice tasks. Pass and receives with hands or feet in combination with locomotor patterns, change of direction, and speed with competency in varying environments Catch with a mature pattern from a variety of trajectories using different objects in varying environments. Throw overhand with a mature pattern for distance and/or power appropriate to the activity in a dynamic environment. Maintain defensive ready position, with weight on balls of feet, arms extended and eyes on midsection of the offensive player. Shoot on goal with correct technique in a dynamic environment as appropriate to the activity Foot-dribble or dribble with an implement with control, changing speed and direction in a variety of practice tasks. Dribble with a dominant hand using a change of speed and direction in a variety of practice tasks. Strike, with or without an implement, a stationary object for accuracy in activities and/or target games Strike a moving object with or without an implement using a controlled, mature pattern, in a variety of activities and/or fielding/striking games. Transition from offense to defense or defense to offense by recovering quickly. Identify major muscles used in selected physical activities. Identify the importance of nutrition and hydration for physical activity. Identify and demonstrate the rules and etiquette for a variety of activities.

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