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1.7 Non-locomotor Skills (stability): Weight transfer, rolling

Transition weight from various bases of support by:

• Transferring weight from feet to different body parts while maintaining balance.

• Rolling in different directions with both a narrow and curled body shape.

APE accommodation suggestions: Rolling - hand over hand assistance; peer assistance and modeling

1.8 Manipulative Skills: Underhand and overhand throw

Throw underhand and overhand, demonstrating correct form with hand/ foot opposition.

APE accommodation suggestions: Provide a variety of sizes, shapes, textures, and inflation levels of objects to make throwing more successful; use ball launchers

1.9 Manipulative Skills: Catching

Catch a self-tossed or well-thrown object with hands, not trapping or cradling against the body.

APE accommodation suggestions: Decrease distance ball is tossed, rolled, or bounced; provide students the opportunity to catch an object using a bucket or basket. Good objects to use for catching: stuffed animal, beach ball, scarf, deflated ball, foam ball, fleece ball, balloon (be aware of latex allergies)

1.10 Manipulative Skills: Dribbling and/or ball control with hands

Dribble continuously in self-space and while traveling, with preferred hand, demonstrating correct form.

APE accommodation suggestions: Use large playground ball; drop and catch, alternating dribble with peer or tethered ball.

1.11 Manipulative Skills: Dribbling/ ball control with feet

Dribble with alternating feet, demonstrating control of ball and body.

APE accommodation suggestions: Use large playground ball; drop and catch, alternating dribble with peer or tethered ball.

1.12 Manipulative Skills: Passing and receiving with feet

Pass and trap a ball with accuracy to a partner, using varying force and distance.

APE accommodation suggestions: Use larger ball, larger targets

1.13 Manipulative Skills: Kicking, punting

Demonstrate kicking skills by:

• Using a running approach towards a stationary ball with correct form.

• Attempting to make contact with a moving ball.

• Attempting to kick a dropped ball/object, making contact with shoelaces.

APE accommodation suggestions: Lightweight object could include larger and/or more colorful object/ball or object of contrasting colors: suspended tether ball

1.14 Manipulative Skills: Volleying, overhead and underhand

Demonstrate volleying lightweight objects with partner.

APE accommodation suggestions: Lightweight object could include larger and/or more colorful object/ball or object of contrasting colors: suspended tether ball

1.15 Manipulative Skills: Striking, short implement

Demonstrate striking a lightweight object upward with a short-handled implement, using consecutive hits.

APE accommodation suggestions: Use longer or shorter implements for student success in controlling the implement; hand over hand assistance

1.16 Manipulative Skills: Striking, long implement (hockey stick, putter, noodle, bat, badminton racquet, pillow polo stick, etc.)

Strike an object, using correct hand placement and proper body orientation.

APE accommodation suggestions: Place rope on ground, step over self-turned rope, provide verbal prompting.

1.17 Manipulative Skills: Jumping rope

Demonstrate rope skills with correct form by:

• Jumping a self-turned rope consecutively forward and backward.

• Jumping a long rope multiple times consecutively with student turners.

APE accommodation suggestions: Place rope on ground, step over self-turned rope, provide verbal prompting.

Anchor Standard 2: Movement and performance: The physically literate individual applies knowledge of concepts, principles, strategies, and tactics related to movement and performance.

2.1 Movement Concepts: Space