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5.4 Social interaction

Identify and compare the positive social interactions when engaging in partner, small-group, and large-group physical activities.

APE accommodation suggestions: Information in alternate formats (words or pictures); allow extra time to communicate and process information; provide short, precise and clear instructions; and use peer assistance and modeling.

Grade 4

Anchor Standard 1: Motor Skills and Movement Patterns: The physically literate individual demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns.

1.1 Locomotor Skills: Hopping, galloping, jogging, running, sliding, skipping, jumping, leaping

Apply locomotor skills in a variety of individual, partner, and small group activities and dance/ rhythm.

APE accommodation suggestions: Sliding, galloping, jogging, and running - Hand over hand to assist in increasing speed and balance, fast pace walking, shorten distance, peer assistance (sliding - step together step, side to side)

1.2 Locomotor Skills: Jogging, running

Demonstrate correct pacing for distance running.

APE accommodation suggestions: Sliding, galloping, jogging, and running - Hand over hand to assist in increasing speed and balance, fast pace walking, shorten distance, peer assistance (sliding - step together step, side to side)

1.3 Locomotor Skills: Jumping and landing

Combine jumping and landing patterns with locomotor and manipulative skills.

APE accommodation suggestions: Hopping, jumping, and leaping - Hand over hand to assist with balance. Examples: mini trampoline, rope on floor, peer assistance

1.4 Locomotor Skills: Dance/ Rhythmic Activities

Combine locomotor movement patterns and dance steps to create and perform an original dance.

APE accommodation suggestions: Slower music, poly spots and/or arrows on floor for direction, break the dance steps/movements down into small parts for additional review/practice, peer assistance

1.5 Non-locomotor Skills* (stability): Balance

Balance on different bases of support in multiple levels and shapes while utilizing a variety of equipment.

APE accommodation suggestions: Hand over hand assistance, peer assistance, modeling, doing activities on the floor instead of on equipment

1.6 Non-locomotor Skills* (stability): Curling and stretching; twisting and bending

Create sequences using curling, twisting, and stretching actions.

APE accommodation suggestions: Hand over hand assistance and modeling

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

Combine traveling with balance and weight transfers to create a sequence with or without equipment.

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

1.8 Manipulative Skills: Underhand and overhand throw

Throw underhand and overhand to a partner or target for accuracy and distance.

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 ball, thrown at varying levels and distances by a partner, with correct form.

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 with both the preferred and the non-preferred hands, using correct form.

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