GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Curriculum Guide
Course Title: Physical Education
Subject: Physical Education
Grade Level: Grade 4
Department/School: Physical Education /
Duration: Full Year
Number of Credits: N/A
Prerequisite: N/A
Elective or Required: N/A
Author: Juliann Beckmann
Date Submitted: Summer 2006
Course Description
The physical education course focus is on teaching and
maintaining a healthy, active program.
Learning and applying movement concepts and skills, strategies on
incorporating these skills and applying sportsmanship can successfully expand
an overall learning experience in physical education. This course will also be focusing on fitness
concepts to achieve a healthy, active lifestyle. Through fitness, students will be able to
utilize physical activity to promote self achievements as well as team
accomplishments.
GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
The purpose of physical education is to empower all students to sustain life-long fitness skills and concepts that will enhance their wellness. Physical education is a significant part of the learning process that promotes social, emotional and physical well being and is the foundation for a healthy, productive and fulfilling life.
It is our goal as physical educators to develop and enhance gross motor skills, physical fitness skills, social and life skills, as well as the learners’ ability to think and problem solve. We will provide an active, caring, and supportive atmosphere so students can successfully obtain these skills. We recognize the need for the development of positive attitudes, good sportsmanship and fair play. Students must be given the opportunity for self development, to learn to follow directions, to cooperate with others, as well as to develop leadership ability.
We must teach our students through a variety of learning experiences at appropriate development levels so they can realistically succeed in managing challenges of learning, growing, and developing in today’s world.
STANDARD 2.5 ALL STUDENTS WILL UTILIZE SAFE,
EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MOVEMENT TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A HEALTHY, ACTIVE
LIFESTYLE.
STANDARD 2.6 ALL STUDENTS WILL APPLY HEALTH-RELATED
FITNESS CONCEPTS AND SKILLS TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A HEALTHY, ACTIVE
LIFESTYLE.
Curriculum Description
UNIT 1 - SOCCER
Standard 2.5 and 2.6
Objectives:
Each student will be able to:
1. Develop skills.
2. Understand fitness.
3. Develop individual and team work.
4. Learn rules.
Description of activities:
Students will:
- Develop basic skills, such as dribbling, trapping, shooting and passing.
- Incorporate fitness components while developing skills.
- Demonstrate proper team play.
- Work individually and in small groups to develop skills.
- Learn rules of the game in order to play mini games.
- Perform station work performed to maximize fitness and skill development.
- Discuss strategies to perform skills in a game situation.
Duration: Two classes out of a six day cycle for a total of six to eight classes.
UNIT 2 – PEDOMETERS
Standard 2.5 and 2.6
Objectives:
Each student will be able to:
1. Use pedometers.
2. Understand fitness concepts.
3. Create basis to incorporate throughout physical education course.
4. Develop self achievement.
Description of activities:
Students will:
- Further develop the usage of pedometer.
- Incorporate the use of the pedometer during many physical education classes.
- Keep journals on their achievement with the pedometer.
- Use pedometers outside of school and keep a log of the activities they perform.
- Compare how many steps are used from one activity versus another.
Duration: Two classes out of a six day cycle for a total of four to six classes.
UNIT 3 - SCOOTERS
Standard 2.5 and 2.6
Objectives:
Each student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the development of body awareness on an object.
2. Demonstrate the development of lower and upper body strength.
3. Perform many skills to be performed together.
4. Understand safety techniques
Description of activity:
Students will:
- Continue to demonstrate the appropriate use of scooters.
- Demonstrate how to handle equipment safely whether on or off the scooter.
- Develop an awareness of their body in relation to others when on scooters.
- Develop skills, such as moving on scooters, throwing objects when moving and other manipulative activities.
- Participate in activities that will focus more on strategies to be successful.
- Gain fitness components such as strength and balance.
Duration: Two classes out of a six day cycle for a total of six to eight classes.
UNIT 4 –
DANCING/FITNESS
Standard 2.5 and 2.6
Objectives:
Each student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the development of movement patterns to music.
2. Demonstrate the development of music and movement terminology.
3. Perform self expression.
4. Incorporate physical fitness to life-long experiences.
5. Use technology with physical activity.
6. Achieve various ways to be healthy.
Description of activity:
Description of activity:
Students will:
- Incorporate movement with music.
- Learn various dances that will foster self expression and group involvement.
- Develop own dance steps to music in small groups.
- Continue to learn how to listen to music and move to the rhythm.
- Participate in fitness components that will be able to be used outside of school.
- Learn to use technology that will enhance physical fitness.
- Demonstrate various fitness activities that will encourage the improvement of health.
Duration: Two classes out of a six day cycle for a total of six to eight classes.
UNIT 5 –
THROWING/CATCHING SKILLS
Standard 2.5 and 2.6
Objectives:
Each student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the development of upper body strength.
2. Demonstrate the development of overhand throwing technique.
3. Demonstrate the development of underhand throwing technique.
4. Throw for accuracy.
5. Demonstrate the development of eye/hand coordination.
6. Demonstrate the development of proper catching techniques.
Description of activity:
Students will:
- Continue to perform throwing various objects.
- Continue to perform catching various objects.
- Perform activities that will encourage proper throwing and catching skills.
- Develop upper body strength through fitness activities that contribute to throwing and catching.
- Work in small and large groups developing their skills.
Duration: Two classes out of a six day cycle for a total of six to eight classes.
UNIT 6 –
STRIKING/KICKING SKILLS
Standard 2.5 and 2.6
Objectives:
Each student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the development of lower and upper body strength.
2. Demonstrate the development of striking an object with another object.
3. Kick an object with a foot.
4. Demonstrate the development of eye coordination and timing to hit the object.
5. Demonstrate the development of balance techniques.
Description of activity:
Students will:
- Continue proper techniques for striking an object with another object.
- Continue proper technique for kicking an object with foot.
- Continue to develop proper balancing techniques.
- Work in small and large groups to develop skills.
- Play various games to develop these skills.
Duration: Two classes out of a six day cycle for a total of six to eight classes.
UNIT 7 - BASKETBALL
Standard 2.5 and 2.6
Objectives:
Each student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the development of dribbling skills.
2. Demonstrate the development of passing and catching skills.
3. Demonstrate the development of shooting skills.
4. Demonstrate the development of teamwork.
5. Understand rules.
Description of activity:
Students will:
- Continue to learn the proper techniques of dribbling a basketball.
- Continue to learn the proper techniques for passing and catching a basketball.
- Continue to learn the proper techniques for shooting a basketball.
- Develop teamwork when working in groups.
- Acquire own self achievement.
- Continue to learn terminology of basketball.
- Increase fitness levels when performing basketball activities.
Duration: Two classes out of a six day cycle for a total of six to eight classes.
UNIT 8 –
NEWCOMB/VOLLEYBALL
Standard 2.5 and 2.6
Objectives:
Each student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the development of serving skills over a net.
2. Demonstrate the development of bumping skills.
3. Demonstrate the development of setting skills.
4. Develop teamwork.
5. Demonstrate the development of strategies to win the game.
6. Understand rules.
Description of activity:
Students will:
- Perform underhand serving skills to get the ball over the net.
- Perform bumping and setting skills in small groups.
- Learn rotation on the court.
- Learn teamwork to participate in the game.
- Continue to learn rules and terminology of the game.
- Discuss and ask questions on strategy of the game.
Duration: Two classes out of a six day cycle for a total of six to eight classes.
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