Standards - Physical Education

Developmentally appropriate/ emerging outcomes first appear in Grade 2.

Perform jumping and landing actions with balance.

Combine locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative skills in rhythmic activities.

Maintain stillness on different bases of support with different body shapes.

Create wide, narrow, curled, and twisted body shapes by curling and stretching.

Transfer weight from one body part to another in self-space with both narrow and curled body shapes.

Throw underhand and overhand with hand/foot opposition.

Catch various sizes of soft objects from a self-toss before they hit the ground.

Dribble continuously in a stationary position, using the preferred hand.

Walk while tapping a ball, using alternating feet.

Pass and trap a moving ball in a static environment, demonstrating correct form.

Approach a stationary ball, make contact below center line, and kick it forward.

Independently volley a lightweight object upward with consecutive hits.

Demonstrate striking a lightweight object upward with a short-handled implement.

Strike a stationary object with a long-handled implement using correct hand placement.

Demonstrate rope skills by:

• Jumping self-turned rope

• Attempting to turn a long rope multiple times consecutively with a partner.

Demonstrate moving in personal and general space while maintaining self-control, in response to designated class expectations.

Understand and employ a variety of relationships with objects.

Demonstrate the difference between strong and light force.

Developmentally appropriate/ emerging outcomes first appear in Grade 3.

Identify the benefits of participating in physical activity for at least 60 minutes a day.

Actively engage in physical education class.

Verbalize how active play and physical activity strengthen the heart muscle.

Acknowledge personal responsibility by using equipment and space safely and appropriately while following the rules and boundaries of the learning environment.

Appropriately respond to specific feedback from the teacher.

Work in a variety of class environments with moderate supervision.

Identify alternative solutions to a given problem.

Identify physical activity as a component of good health.

Explain that continued practice in physical activities can lead to success.

Recall positive feelings that result from participating in physical activities.

Share personal reasons for enjoying physical activities that involve peers.

Demonstrate correct form for skipping.

Demonstrate correct form for jogging and running.

Use a variety of one-and two-footed take-offs and landings.

Demonstrate directionality in simple folk, line, partner, and circle dances and rhythmic routines.