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Using the State Curriculum: Physical Education, Grade 8

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Skillfulness:

Physical Education:

State Curriculum Toolkit

Tools aligned to State Curriculum indicators and/or objectives.

  • Sample Assessments
    Items and annotated student responses as appropriate

Standard 1.0 Skillfulness

Students will demonstrate the ability to enhance their performance of a variety of physical skills by developing fundamental movement skills, creating original skill combinations, combining skills effectively in skill themes, and applying skills.

Topic

A. Fundamental Movement

Indicator

  • 1. Evaluate fundamental movement skills in a variety of physical education activities.
Objective
  1. Assess a peer for fundamental movement skills, skill combinations, and skill themes in a variety of small and large group physical activity settings such as: fitness, adventure and cooperative games, rhythms and dance, tumbling and gymnastics, recreational games, individual and team sports.

Topic

B. Creative Movement

Indicator

  • 1. Evaluate creative skill combinations in a variety of physical activities.
Objective
  1. Justify a personal opinion for an individual or partner performance sequence that exhibits quality movement based on common themes such as: self expression, rhythmical interpretation, form, or style.

Topic

Indicator

  • 1. Analyze strategies to solve tactical game problems.
Objectives
  1. Investigate and use different concepts/strategies for each tactical game category (net/wall, invasion, striking/fielding, and target) such as: scoring and preventing scoring.
  2. Compare and choose movement strategies that add to student success during participation in net/wall, invasion, striking/fielding, and target activities.

May 27, 2009