Physical Education Standards 2nd Grade through 5th Grade

THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO:

• Use a variety of basic and advanced movement forms
• Use mature form in object control skills (e.g. throw, catch, hand dribble, foot dribble, kick and strike, bat, punt, pass)
• Use basic sport-specific skills
• Use mature form and appropriate sequence in combinations of fundamental locomotor, object control, and rhythmical skills that are components of selected games and sports
• Use beginning strategies for games and activities
• Use movement concepts and principles in the development of motor skills
• Use information from a variety of internal and external sources to improve performance (e.g. group projects, student journal, self-assessment, peer and coach review)
• Understand principles of practice and conditioning that improve performance
• Understand how to monitor and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness
• Engage in activities that develop and maintain cardiorespiratory endurance
• Engage in activities that develop and maintain muscular strength and flexibility
• Know the effects of physical activity and nutrition on body composition
• Know how to monitor intensity of exercise
• Meet health-related fitness standards for appropriate level of a standardized physical fitness test (e.g. aerobic capacity, body composition, muscle strength, endurance, and flexibility)
• Know the characteristics of a healthy lifestyle