Content Standard

Essential Learning Target

Success Criteria

Suggested Resources

Common Assessment

#1 Students demonstrate competent skills in a variety of physical activities and sports.

Travel & Move:

-mirroring & matching partner’s movements

-focusing on accelerating & decelerating 

-in air

-through general space

-running & hurdling

-jumping a self-turned rope

-entering & jumping a long rope

-leaping a variety of distances

- to dodge

-while partner is traveling & using equipment

-shows definite change of speed on command

-creating different body movements & shapes after jumping off low- or medium- level equipment

-changing directions, speeds, & pathways in order to avoid colliding with others

- over a 4 or 5 low- to medium- level obstacles, using either leg to lead

- use buoyant landings

-turned by others

- leading with the right or left leg separately

-stationary & moving opponents

-in a large-group situation to avoid a thrown soft, lightweight object

Standards-Based Curriculum Development 

Movement Rubric for 3rd & 4th grades with sticker chart 

- check off sheets

-self assessment & measuring

-observation check sheet

#1 Students demonstrate competent skills in a variety of physical activities and sports.

Transfer Weight:

-roll

-roll (cont.)

-onto low- to medium- level equipment

Balance:

- dynamic

-static

-starting & ending in different shapes and using different speeds fwd & bwd

- after jumping off low equipment & landing

-using safe methods to recover from unstable feet-to-hand transfers of weight

-place hands on equipment and spring off from two feet (land on hands & feet or knees)

-on a variety of moving and other balancing objects (stilts, balance boards, wogglers)

-use balances as transitions from  different weight transfers 

Children Moving

-observation check lists 

#1 Students demonstrate competent skills in a variety of physical activities and sports.

Using Equipment:

Controlling a ball with hands-

- dribble

-pass

-throw

-catch

-strike

Controlling a ball with feet-

-dribble

-kick

 -trap

-punt

Control a ball with equipment-

-racket

-bat

- in a group without touching others

-while moving R & L

-changing directions at the signal

-changing from one speed to another at the signal

-while keeping the ball away from moving opponents

-a Frisbee

-a variety of objects to hit a target using a smooth underhand motion

-as far as possible using a smooth overhand motion

-balls of various sizes and weights to a target or partner using a smooth overhand motion

-a Frisbee

-moving different directions to catch a ball thrown by a partner

-moving in a small group (2 on 1) keep-away situation

-underhand a lightweight ball over a medium-level net or rope

-using a forearm pass to return a lightly tossed ball back to a partner & back to a partner across a medium net

-a lightweight ball in succession using at least two different body parts, keeping it in self-space

-a lightly tossed lightweight ball back to a partner using a variety of body parts

-a self-tossed ball at a wall or partner using a spike & set

-changing speeds at a signal

-using insides and outsides of the feet

-in a group without losing control of the ball or colliding with others

-while keeping ball away from moving opponents

-run & kick a ball moving slowly toward & away from you, using instep

-using inside of foot to control ball

-as high and far as possible

-bounce, then strike a small object to a wall & across a low net using an underhand & forehand motion

-use both strong light force

-strike a pitched ball using correct form 

Landy & Landy 3-4 

Manipulative rubric 

w/ check lists

#2student demonstrates competency in physical fitness.

Be Physically Fit:

-Perform upper, lower and core muscle strengthening activities

-achieve and maintain a healthy level of fitness

-use appropriate body alignment

-demonstrate & list exercises and games that develop muscle strength, endurance, flexibility and cardiovascular components

-using age appropriate standards for run, sit & reach, push-ups, curl-ups and agility 

Fitnessgram

Pacer tests

Pacer tests 

#3 Student demonstrates the knowledge of factors important to participation in physical activity.

Know movement concepts:

- mechanics of movement skills listed in 1st ELT

- offensive and defensive strategies

Sportsmanship:

-play hard

-play fair

-play friendly

-play safe

-answer the following,

" Why do I need to do it this way?"

"What happens when I try it this way?"

“How can I improve my performance of this skill or game?” 

-set & reset personal best scores on skill and fitness tests

-play by rules & explain why they are important

-accept teacher or referee’s decisions without making faces or negative comments

-accept winning without excessing celebration

-match own speed & force to partner’s ability level.

Fitness Gram

The New Games Book

Silver Bullets

Cobras and Cowstails 

 Written performance, fitness and sportsmanship test

-observation check list