Grades K, 1, 2

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:

Travel in a variety of locomotor patterns (i.e., hop, skip, jump, gallop, slide, etc.) using mature form;

Demonstrate skills of chasing, fleeing and dodging to avoid others; and

Demonstrate smooth transitions between sequential motor skills (i.e., running into a jump).

Roll sideways and forwards without hesitating or stopping using control;

Balance demonstrating momentary stillness in symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes on a variety of body parts; and

Form round, narrow, wide and twisted body shapes alone and with a partner.

Repeatedly jump a self-turned rope and a rope turned by others;

Continuously dribble a ball, using hands or feet, without losing control; and

Receive and send an object in a continuous motion (i.e., throwing/catching, kicking/trapping, striking, volleying, etc.).

Travel, changing speed, direction and pathway, quickly and safely without falling; travel while demonstrating a variety of relationships with objects (i.e., over, under, behind, alongside, through, etc.); and

Place a variety of body parts into high, medium and low levels

Use concepts of space awareness and relationships to others to run, hop and skip in different pathways and directions in a large group without bumping into others or falling; and

Recognize similar movement concepts in a variety of skills;

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.

Engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity most days of the week; and

Participate regularly in a variety of non-structured and minimally-organized physical activities outside of physical education class (i.e., ball play, tag, hide and seek, skipping, etc.).

Experience and recognize different types of physical activities and their healthful benefits;

Recognize that health-related physical fitness consists of several components; and

Identify activities designed to improve health-related fitness components.

Participate in a variety of games and activities that increase respiration and heart rate;

Demonstrate sufficient muscular strength to be able to bear body weight for climbing, hanging and momentary body support on the hands; and

Sustain activity for increasingly longer periods of time.

Recognize physiological signs and benefits associated with participation in moderate to vigorous physical activity; and

Recognize personal strengths and weaknesses based on participation in various physical activities.

Use space and equipment safely and properly; and

Recognize that personal space and emotional safety will be protected;

Invite a peer to take his turn at a piece of apparatus before repeating turn; and

Assist partner by sharing observations about skill performance during practice.

Demonstrate the elements of socially acceptable conflict resolution; and

Demonstrate effective communication skills.

Demonstrate independent work habits during short-term activity.

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.

Work productively with a variety of partners.

Accept all playmates without regard to personal differences (i.e., age, race, ethnicity, gender, ability level, etc.).

Identify the three human somatotypes (endomorph, ectomorph and mesomorph) and recognize own healthy body type.

Identify several individual and dual physical activities that they find personally enjoyable.

Willingly try new activities; and

Continue to participate when not successful on the first attempt.

Celebrate personal successes and achievements and those of others; and

Cooperate and share with partners in physical activities;

Create movement sequences that are personally interesting and satisfying.