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Kindergarten
In Movement, your student:- participates in physical activities.
- moves body parts and objects (e.g., backward and forward, up an down, left and right).
- moves in different ways in personal space or on equipment (e.g., slides, jumps, gallops).
- understands body parts, body surfaces and body shapes.
In Motor Skills, your student:
- develops the skills of throwing, catching, and kicking.
In Physical Activity, Personal Fitness, and Wellness, your student:
- understands that physical activity is a major part of good health.
- recognizes the important of physical fitness (e.g., heart rate, strength, endurance).
- participates in group activities.
- shares and cooperates with others.
- states safety rules.
1st Grade
In Movement, your student:- participates successfully in physical activities.
- follows directions using personal and general spaces.
- identifies body shapes (e.g., wide, narrow, twisted).
- improves locomotor (e.g., skipping, galloping) and non-locomotor (e.g., bending, twisting) skills.
- becomes aware of body weight being supported and transferred.
- demonstrates differences in body movement (e.g., fast and slow, light and strong force, near and far).
In Motor Skills, your student:
- improves the skills of underhand and overhand throwing, catching, kicking, and striking (using a bat, racket).
In Physical Activity, Personal Fitness, and Wellness, your student:
- states the benefits of regular physical activity as a major part of good health.
- states the components of being physically fit (e.g., heart rate, flexibility, muscular strength, and endurance).
- participates in group activities.
- respects others.
- follows safety rules.
2nd Grade
In Movement, your student:- participates successfully in physical activities.
- begins to understand the use of personal and general spaces.
- demonstrates safely movements of unison/contrast, mirror/matching, chasing, fleeing, and dodging.
- refines the relationships of in front of and behind, lead and follow, over and under, and near and far.
- recognizes and uses a variety of body shapes and the concepts of support and transfer of body weight.
- understands and utilizes locomotor skills.
In Motor Skills, your student:
- begins to refine the manipulative skills of throwing, catching, kicking, and striking (using a bat, racket).
In Physical Activity, Personal Fitness, and Wellness, your student:
- recognizes the healthful benefits that result from regular and appropriate participation in physical activity.
- begins to understand activities which promote muscular strength.
- applies safe practices and cooperates with others.
3rd Grade
In Movement, your student:- participates successfully in physical activities.
- tries to demonstrate an understanding of personal and general space, pathways, levels, and directions.
- tries to understand and apply the concepts of transfer and support of body weight.
- refines locomotor and nonlocomotor skills.
In Motor Skills, your student:
- refines the manipulative skills of throwing, catching, kicking, and striking.
- improves the manipulative skill of dribbling with one hand.
- improves the manipulative skills of striking with body parts (e.g., volleyball serve) and implements (e.g., bats, rackets, sticks).
In Physical Activity, Personal Fitness, and Wellness, your student:
- identifies and demonstrates proper warm-up and cool down used with healthy physical activities.
- understands activities that promote a faster heart rate.
- learns to monitor heart rate.
- works cooperatively in culturally diverse groups, solving problems with socially acceptable practices.
4th Grade
In Movement, your student:- participates successfully in physical activity.
- refines the use of personal and general space while playing games, gymnastics, or dance.
- knows that use of body shapes can improve the look of a movement or change in action.
- demonstrates the concept of support and transfer of body weight.
In Motor Skills, your student:
- refines the skills of throwing, catching, kicking, striking (uses a bat, or tennis racket), and dribbling.
In Physical Activity, Personal Fitness, and Wellness, your student:
- identifies the importance of a physically active lifestyle.
- participates in activities that develop muscular strength and endurance (e.g., bike riding, rope jumping, and climbing).
- demonstrates appropriate stretching exercises.
- follows rules and works cooperatively with a partner or small group.
5th Grade
In Movement, your student:- participates successfully in physical activity.
- demonstrates an understanding of personal and general space.
- understands the movement of body parts through planes of space, and the concepts of pathways, levels, directions, and range of movements.
- recognizes the use of body shapes and how they affect the outcome of a movement.
- Knows ways to use transfer of weight.
In Motor Skills, your student:
- refines the manipulative skills of throwing, catching, kicking, hand dribbling, and striking with and without implements.
In Physical Activity, Personal Fitness, and Wellness, your student:
- applies the principles of a physically active lifestyle.
- understands the concepts of muscular fitness, flexibility, and cardiovascular fitness.
- demonstrates safe practices, rules, procedures and etiquette while cooperating in a diverse group.
Helpful Hints to Use At Home
- Ask your student to follow movement directions (e.g., over and under, up and down).
- Provide opportunities for your student to play with balls and jump ropes.
- Regularly participate in family activities that involve fitness and motor skills.
- Use seat belts and safety equipment.
- Take your student to a playground and use the equipment.
- Model sharing and cooperating in the family setting.
- Provide practice opportunities of throwing, catching, kicking, and skipping.
Last Updated: 12/19/2007
