Grades 3, 4

Demonstrates competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few movement forms. Students will:

Applies movement concepts and principles to the learning and development of motor skills. Students will:

Exhibits knowledge and ability to participate in a physically active lifestyle. Students will:

Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness. Students will:

Demonstrates responsible personal and social behavior in physical activity settings. Students will:

Demonstrates understanding and respect for differences among people in physical activity settings. Students will:

Understands that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, self-expression and social interaction. Students will:

Demonstrate competency in selected motor skills:

Demonstrate competency in selected non-motor patterns:

Demonstrate competency in selected skills utilizing age-appropriate equipment:

Demonstrate concepts of body, effort, space and relationships in movement:

Demonstrate motor skills, motor behaviors and motor learning concepts in increasingly complex movement situations:

Demonstrate critical elements of fundamental and specialized movement skills:

Select and participate regularly in health-related physical activities for enjoyment:

Identify the benefits gained from regular physical activity:

Match different types of physical activities with health-related physical fitness components:

Participate in moderate to vigorous physical activities in a variety of settings:

Begin to interpret the results and demonstrate understanding of the significance of information provided by measures of physical fitness.

Utilize safety principles in physical activity settings:

Work cooperatively and productively with a partner or small group:

Recognize the influence of peer pressure and identify ways of resolving conflict:

Work independently and on-task for short periods of time:

Recognize classroom and activity rules; grades K-4 performance standards:

Explore cultural/ethnic self-awareness through participation in physical activity:

Recognize the talents that individuals with differences can bring to group activities:

Experience differences and similarities among people of different backgrounds by participating in activities of national, cultural and ethnic origins:

Recognize how the media, particularly advertising, influences the perception of ideal body types:

Identify physical activities that are enjoyable:

Practice physical activities to increase skills:

Demonstrate interaction with others while participating in physical activities:

Use physical activity as a measure of self-expression:

Demonstrate mature form in all locomotor patterns;

While traveling, avoid or catch an object or individual; and

Develop patterns and combinations of movements into repeatable sequences.

Transfer weight from feet to hands using controlled movement;

Balance with control on a variety of objects; and

Develop and refine a gymnastics sequence demonstrating smooth transitions.

Travel into and out of a rope turned by others;

Hand-dribble and foot-dribble a ball and maintain control while traveling within a group;

Throw, catch and kick using mature motor patterns; and

Strike a softly-thrown lightweight ball using a bat, paddle or a variety of body parts.

Design and perform movement sequences that combine traveling, balancing and weight transfer into smooth sequences with intentional changes in direction (i.e., gymnastics, dance, etc.); and

Consistently receive and send an object in an intended direction and height.

Adapt motor skills to the demands of a dynamic and unpredictable environment;

Identify ways movement concepts can be used to refine movement skills; and

Explain how appropriate practice improves performance.

Repeat cue words for selected motor skills and demonstrate/explain what is meant by each;

Refine movement errors in response to positive information and corrective information feedback;

Demonstrate the application of critical cues in selected motor skills; and

Accurately recognize critical elements of selected skills made by a fellow student and provide positive information and corrective information feedback to that student.

Participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity outside of physical education most days of the week; and

Use information from a variety of sources, internal and external, to regulate their activity participation;

Describe how participation in physical activity affects health.

Select activities designed to improve and maintain levels of fitness in each component of health-related fitness.

Participate in a variety of physical activities in order to improve each component of health-related fitness.

Explain the relationship of body weight, body composition and participation in regular physical activity; and

Develop strategies to show progress towards at least one personal fitness goal as determined by health-related fitness assessments.

Recognize importance of equipment placement and usage during physical education class; and

Initiate the appropriate use of space in game and activity settings.

Work productively with a partner to improve selected motor skills by using the critical elements of the process; and

Demonstrate the ability to teach an activity or skill to a group of classmates;

Identify and avoid the negative influence of peers.

Honestly report the results of independent work.

Consistently comply with the physical education classroom rules to ensure the physical and emotional safety for all;

Distinguish between compliance and non-compliance with game rules and fair play; and

Accept consequences of personal choices.

Articulate cultural/ethnic self awareness through written, oral or physical expression.

Recognize and value the role of each individual in a small group.

Demonstrate the ability to successfully work in a variety of cultural or ethnic activities.

Differentiate between body type presented in the media and own healthy body type; and

Identify lifestyle factors that can be controlled and their impact on health and wellness.

Explain the enjoyable characteristics of small group physical activities.

Willingly try new activities; and

Voluntarily initiate skill practice to improve performance.

Cooperate and share with partners in physical activities;

Celebrate personal successes and achievements and those of others; and

Interact with others by helping them successfully complete their small-group physical activity challenges.

Design a movement sequence/game that includes all members of the group in the success of the activity.