Fourth Grade

Motor Skills

Movement Concepts

Health-Related Fitness

Personal/Social Responsibility

Demonstrate motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities. 

Demonstrate understanding of concepts that apply to the learning and performance of movement.

Demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to achieve a health-enhancing level of physical activity and fitness.

Demonstrate responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.

Demonstrate mature form of locomotor skills required in a variety of physical activity settings.

Demonstrate mature form of a variety of manipulative skills (throwing, catching, dribbling, passing, volleying, striking, and kicking) in varied physical activity settings. 

Demonstrate combinations of locomotor and manipulative skills in a variety of physical activity settings. 

Demonstrate combinations of movement patterns and/or dance steps in an original sequence. 

Demonstrate understanding of manipulative skill combinations in small-sided practice tasks. 

Demonstrate understanding of simple offensive and defensive strategies and tactics. 

Use evaluative tools to improve skill performance of self and others. 

Identify each of the five health-related fitness components (cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition) and their associated exercises.

Identify personal opportunities for physical activity outside of physical education class. 

Develop personal goals to improve two or more of the health-related fitness components. 

Demonstrate personal and social responsibility in independent group situations. 

Demonstrate understanding of how positive social interactions help achieve common goals when engaged with others in a variety of physical activities.

Demonstrate independent and safe practices when working with peers and equipment in various physical activities.