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Using the State Curriculum: Physical Education, Grade K

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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
Skillfulness

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. Show fundamental movement skills.
Objectives
  1. Demonstrate locomotor skills including walking, jogging, running, galloping, hopping, and jumping.
  2. Use general spatial awareness and self-space awareness in physical activity.
  3. Demonstrate non-locomotor skills of bending, pulling, stretching, twisting, turning, pushing, and swinging.
  4. Demonstrate a variety of locomotor skills using various speeds.

Topic

B. Creative Movement

Indicator

  • 1. Show creative movement.
Objectives
  1. Identify different body parts and demonstrate a variety of ways they can move.
  2. Demonstrate spatial concepts of big, small, tall, and short in a variety of movement patterns.
  3. Use the body to show a variety of different shapes such as: curved, narrow, and wide.

Topic

C. Skill Themes

Indicator

Objectives
  1. Demonstrate rolling a ball at an object.
  2. Demonstrate striking a lightweight object with different body parts.
  3. Demonstrate catching a self-bounced ball.
  4. Demonstrate throwing objects using an underhand and overhand throwing pattern.
  5. Demonstrate balance on a variety of body parts.
  6. Demonstrate transferring weight between different body parts.

May 27, 2009