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K–12 Standards

Grade 3

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Efficiency of Human Movement and Performance

  • 1.

    Personal Fitness and Healthy Active Living

    1. A.

      Health-Related and Skill-Related Fitness

      1. a.

        Recognize the components of health-related fitness (cardio respiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition).

      2. b.

        Identify health related fitness components.

    2. B.

      Wellness

      1. a.

        Identify benefits of regular participation in a variety of activities (e.g., stress management, weight control).

    3. C.

      Fitness Principles

      1. a.

        Describe how the body responds to moderately vigorous physical activities (e.g., heart has to beat faster to meet blood supply demands).

    4. D.

      Body Systems

      1. a.

        Show on the body a few of the major bones (e.g., patella, ribs, phalanges, femur).

  • 2.

    Responsible Personal and Social Behavior in the Physical Activity Setting

    1. A.

      Personal/Social Responsibilities

      1. a.

        Demonstrate respect for all students regardless of individual differences in skills and abilities.

  • 3.

    Injury Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation

    1. A.

      Prevention

      1. a.

        Recognize appropriate warm-up, cool-down and flexibility activities and the importance of each to injury prevention.

    2. B.

      Treatment

      1. a.

        Recognize body signals that indicate injury and seek assistance.

Physical Activity and Lifetime Wellness

  • 1.

    Fundamental Movement Skills and Games

    1. C.

      Manipulative Skills

      1. a.

        Demonstrate critical elements for manipulative skills (e.g., step forward opposite foot, arm position, step and follow through).

    2. D.

      Body Management

      1. a.

        Demonstrate combination of tumbling skills.

      2. b.

        Demonstrate basic inverted balances (e.g., tripod, headstand).

    3. E.

      Movement Concepts

      1. a.

        Demonstrate a combination of movement concepts while performing various skills (e.g., skipping while dribbling a ball in a curved pathway in general space).

      2. b.

        Identify body parts and functions in relationship to movement (e.g., long jump - arms swing forward when legs extend).

    4. F.

      Developmental Games

      1. a.

        Apply fundamental and specialized skills in lead-up games.

      2. b.

        Identify appropriate cooperative, social, and teamwork skills while participating in game situations.

  • 2.

    Sport Skills and Lifetime Activities

    1. A.

      Skill Techniques

      1. a.

        Demonstrate proper techniques for a variety of fundamental skills while practicing with a partner (e.g., realize there was too much force when a ball was overthrown).

    2. D.

      Specialized Activities

      1. a.

        Demonstrate basic apparatus activities (e.g., balance beam - a forward movement; climbing rope - from a supine position students ascend to a stand and descend to a sit; cargo net - ascending and descending climb to grade level height; parallel/even and uneven bars - under bar activities; horizontal bar - front support; spring board - jump and land).

  • 3.

    Rhythms and Dance

    1. A.

      Essential Elements of Rhythm

      1. a.

        Define and differentiate between tempo and beat.

    2. B.

      Creative/Interpretive

      1. a.

        Demonstrate ability to interpret and move to a variety of music (e.g., fluid and smooth movements, strong and intense movements).

    3. C.

      Rhythmic Activities

      1. a.

        Demonstrate rhythmic routines using fundamental movement skills and/or a manipulative (e.g., teacher-directed routine using streamers).

    4. D.

      Forms of Dance

      1. a.

        Demonstrate simple step patterns (e.g., step-together-step-touch), and scattered formations in dance.

      2. b.

        Demonstrate simple dance mixers (changing partner).

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 3
When were these standards adopted?
2007
Where can I read the official document?
Physical Education Grade Level Expectations

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