GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Curriculum Guide
Course Title: Physical Education
Subject: Physical Education
Grade Level: Grade 5
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
LIFESTYLES.
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.
5. Demonstrate
sportsmanship.
Description of activity:
Students will:
·
Review skills, such as dribbling, trapping,
shooting and passing.
·
Incorporate fitness components while performing
skills.
·
Demonstrate and perform proper team play.
·
Address sportsmanship during the activity.
·
Use proper terms and rules of soccer in order to
play games.
·
Discuss strategies to perform skills in a game
situation.
· Perform a tournament soccer game.
·
Incorporate cooperative activities with activity.
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 activity:
Students will:
-
Incorporate the use of the pedometer during many
physical education classes.
- Use pedometers outside of school and keep a log of the activities they perform.
-
Use pedometers during class to guide the
students’ accomplishments.
- Set goals for themselves and as a class to maximize performance.
Duration: Two classes out of a six day cycle for a total of
four to six classes.
UNIT 3 – FLOOR HOCKEY
Standard 2.5 and 2.6
Objectives:
Each student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate
the development of body awareness with an object.
2. Demonstrate
the development of lower and upper body strength.
3. Perform
a team activity.
4. Understand
safety techniques.
Description of activity:
Students will:
-
Learn proper safety techniques when playing floor
hockey.
-
Learn various skills such as holding and swinging
the stick, hitting the puck and scoring into a goal.
-
Perform floor hockey games.
-
Use sportsmanship when performing activity.
-
Demonstrate teamwork when performing activity.
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. Gain
knowledge of dance and fitness.
2. Perform
self expression.
3. Incorporate
physical fitness to life-long experiences.
4. Use
technology with physical activity.
5. Achieve
various ways to be healthy.
Description of activity:
Students will:
-
Perform various fitness concepts to gain better
overall health.
-
Gain more knowledge to maintain a healthy
lifestyle.
-
Use pedometers for cardiovascular fitness,
exercise bands for resistance training, exercise balls and step aerobic steps
for a combination of fitness concepts.
-
Encourage other classmates to increase their
fitness levels by working as a group.
-
Use dance as a form of movement, self expression
and fitness.
-
Keep journals on own self achievements in and
out of school.
Duration: Two classes out of a six day cycle for a total of
six to eight classes.
UNIT 5 –
THROWING/CATCHING
Standard 2.5 and 2.6
Objectives:
Each student will be able to:
1. Participate
in various activities incorporating throwing/catching skills.
2. Develop
strength, accuracy and hand/eye coordination.
3. Demonstrate
teamwork and sportsmanship during activity.
Description of activity:
Students will:
-
Perform activities/games where throwing and
catching are essential.
-
Show proper sportsmanship during the activities.
-
Demonstrate team building strategies to perform
activities/games.
-
Participate in activities that include Frisbee,
track and field, softball/baseball, football, etc.
-
Participate in cooperative games that also
contain throwing/catching activities.
Duration: Two classes out of a six day cycle for a total of
six to eight classes.
UNIT 6 –
STRIKING/KICKING
Standard 2.5 and 2.6
Objectives:
During this unit, students will:
1. Participate
in various activities incorporating striking/kicking skills.
2. Develop
strength, accuracy and hand/eye coordination.
3. Develop
teamwork and sportsmanship during activity.
Description of activity:
Students will:
-
Perform various games to enhance striking/kicking
skills.
-
Demonstrate proper sportsmanship during the
activities.
-
Demonstrate team building strategies to perform activities/games.
- Participate in activities including soccer, racket sports, hockey, etc.
- Participate in cooperative games that also contain striking/kicking activities.
Duration: Two classes out of a six day cycle for a total of
six to eight classes.
UNIT 7 – COOPERATIVE
GAME ACTIVITIES
Standard 2.5 and 2.6
Objectives:
Each student will be able to:
1. Work
as a team.
2. Build confidence within themselves.
3. Build
trust within a group.
4. Perform
activities which are fun and thought provoking.
5. Develop
the essentials for performing all physical education activities.
Description of activity:
Students will:
-
Perform basic getting to know you games.
-
Develop relationships with others to perform
various activities.
- Work as a team to solve problems.
-
Develop trust to allow students to succeed and
move on to other activities.
-
Demonstrate sportsmanship by encouraging others
to perform tasks.
-
Perform activities like human knot, moon ball,
parachute slides, and more.
-
Participate in activities that also encourage
fitness concepts.
Duration: Two classes out of a six day cycle for a total of
six to eight classes.
UNIT 8 - BASKETBALL
Standard 2.5 and 2.6
Objectives:
Each student will be able to:
1. Use
learned skills to play.
2. Develop
teamwork.
3. Follow
rules.
4. Demonstrate
sportsmanship.
5. Develop
strategies for better performance.
Description of activity:
Students will:
-
Increase fitness levels when performing
basketball activities.
-
Discuss strategies for better basketball
performance.
-
Use skills learned to perform in a basketball game.
-
Demonstrate teamwork and sportsmanship when
playing in a game.
Duration: Two classes out of a six day cycle for a total of
six to eight classes.
UNIT 9 - VOLLEYBALL
Standard 2.5 and 2.6
Objectives:
Each student will be able to:
1. Develop
serving skills over a net.
2. Demonstrate
sportsmanship.
3. Develop
teamwork.
4. Develop
strategies to win the game.
5. Understand
rules.
Description of activity:
Students will:
-
Perform underhand serving skills to get the ball
over the net.
-
Learn to keep score during a game.
-
Demonstrate teamwork to participate in the game.
-
Ask questions on strategy of the game.
- Play in a tournament.
Duration: Two classes out of a six day cycle for a total of
six to eight classes.
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