NORTH MAC ELEMENTARY
CURRICULUM GUIDE
Teacher: Mr. Derek A. Smith
Grade Level: K-2
Course: Physical Education
Course Aims: To provide students the opportunity to develop fundamental movement and social skills necessary to participate in physical
activity and become lifelong movers.
Course Description: In this class students will be exposed to variety of activities aimed to provide opportunities to practice and develop
fundamental movement and social skills. Students will learn and practice locomotor and non-locomotor movement skills, manipulative skills,
team-building and social interaction skills. Students will develop and understanding of cognitive concepts linked to fitness, wellness, skill
development, and social development appropriate to each grade/developmental level.
Materials:
North Mac Elementary School gymnasium and outdoor facilities
Various appropriate physical education equipment
Assessment
Students will be assessed each unit based on the student’s ability to accurately perform the desired skill, or demonstrate and understanding of the
cognitive concept. Rubrics and checklists will be used to determine degree of skill mastery based on select skill cues and identifiers.
Exit Skills:
Upon completion of this Kindergarten thru Second Grade physical education curriculum, students should have mastered the basic locomotor skills
of galloping, jumping, hopping, skipping, sliding, leaping, running and walking. Students also should have developed, and be emerging in, other
non-locomotr and manipulative skills including dodging, fleeing, chasing, tagging, underhand and overhand throwing, catching, rolling, kicking
and striking. Students should be able to listen and follow directions and safety procedures for activity, while respecting their surroundings and
each other.
Example
Identifier/Cue
Side to Target
Step with Opposition
Follow Throw to Opposite Knee
Overhand Throwing
Score: 1=Rarely 2=Sometime 3=Regularly
1
2
1
2
1
2
Total Score =
3
3
3
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Content
Readiness Skills
- Class Rules/Procedures
- Listening/Following Directions
- Safety Procedures
- Body/Spatial Awareness
- Start Stop Signals
Traveling
- Pathways
- Inside/Around
- Locomotor Movement Skills
o Walking
o Running
o Galloping
o Skipping
o Sliding
o Hopping
o Jumping
o Leaping
Basic Non-Locomotor Skills
- Bending
- Turing
- Twisting
- Pulling/Pushing
- Fleeing, Chasing and Tagging
Manipulative Skills
- Underhand Throwing
Basic Fitness Skills/Concepts
COURSE: __K-2 Physical Education__
Activities/Assessment
Standards
Activity Examples:
Start/Stop Games
Animal Movement Games
Locomotor Hellos
Hula Hoop Road Trip
Locomotor Dice
Tag Games
Tick-Tock-Toss
Bozo Buckets
Hungry Hippos
Muscle Mondays
Fitness Fridays
Assessments:
- Self-Assessments
- Peer Assessments
- Underhand
Throwing Rubric
19.B.1a Understand
spatial awareness and
relationships to objects
and people.
19.C.1a
Demonstrate safe
movement in physical
activities.
19.A.1a
Demonstrate control
when performing
Fundamental
locomotor, nonlocomotor, and
manipulative skills.
20.A.1b
Engage in sustained
physical activity that
causes increased heart
rate, muscle strength,
and range of movement.
Essential Questions
1.
Can the student follow directions and
start/stop signals to a degree that allows them
to participate safely during physical activity?
2.
Does the student demonstrate awareness of
self, others, and surroundings during activity?
3.
Can the student understand and identify the
difference between the inside and outside of a
designated area?
4.
Can the student execute fundamental locomotor
skills to a degree that allows them to
participate effectively in low organized games?
5.
Can the student flee, chase and tag safely
enough to participate in fitness enhancing tag
games?
6.
Can the student step with opposition, swing the
hand below the waist, and follow throw low
when executing an underhand throw?
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Content
Parachute
- Rules/Safety
- Basic Games/Routines
Manipulative Skills
- Overhand Throwing
Basic Basketball Skills
- Dribbling
- Passing
- Pass Receive
Health Related Fitness Concepts
Holiday Units
COURSE: __K-2 Physical Education__
Activates/Assessment
Standards
Activity Examples:
Parachute
- Color Change
- Making Waves
- Volcano
Underhand Throwing
- Step, Listen, Throw
- Clean Up the Yard
- Oscar’s Garbage Can
Basketball Skills
- Dribble Relays
- (dribbling)Wreck it
Ralph
- Passing Relays
19.B.1b
Understand and execute
basic movement
patterns.
20.B.1a
Describe immediate
effects of physical
activity on the body
(e.g., faster heartbeat,
increased rate of
breathing)
20.A.1a
Identify characteristics
of health-related and
skill-related fitness
Essential Questions
1.
Can the student cooperate with classmates
to appropriately execute parachute routines
and participate in basic parachute games?
2.
Can the student appropriately execute the
overhand throw by stepping with
opposition, bringing the ball to the ear with
side to target, and following throw across
the body while rotating at the waist?
3.
Can the student dribble a ball, maintaining
control using the pads of the finger, during
a relay game?
4.
Can the student execute a basketball style
pass of a large ball, with accuracy, using
two ands and stepping toward the target?
5.
Does the student demonstrate an
understanding of the relationship between
intensity of activity and increase of heart
and breathing rate?
Tag Games
Muscle Mondays
Fitness Fridays
Assessment Examples:
- Teacher Observation
- Self-Assessments
- Peer Assessments
- Overhand throwing
Rubric
- Dribbling Rubric
21.B.1a
Work cooperatively with
another to accomplish an
assigned task
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Content
Scooters
- Basic Single Scoots
o Seated
o Knees
o Spider Man
o Bear Scoot
- Basic Partner Scoots
o Seated Back-to-Back
o Seated Side-by-Side
o Push Cart
o Medic
- Scooter Relays
- Scooter Games
Roller Skating
- Rules/Safety
- Standing/Balancing
- Marching
- Forward Skating
- Backward Skating
- Stopping/Safe Falling
Manipulative Skills
- Striking
Health Related Fitness Concepts
COURSE: __K-2 Physical Education__
Activities/Assessment
Standards
Activity Examples:
Scooters
- Basic Scoots
- Single Scoot Relays
- Partner Scoot Relays
- Scooter Games
o Tag Games
o Scooter Soccer
o Wreck it Ralph
Roller Skating
- March Across
- Circle Skate
Striking
- Scooter Hockey
Muscle Mondays
Fitness Fridays
Assessment Examples:
- Teacher Observation
- Self-Assessments
- Peer Assessments
21.A.1a
Follow directions and
class procedures while
participating in physical
activities.
19.A.1b
Participate daily in
moderate to vigorous
physical activity while
performing basic
movement patterns.
Essential Questions
1.
Can the student execute single and
partner scoots safely an
appropriately, while participating in
scooter games?
2.
Can the student safely execute the
basic skating skills appropriate for
early elementary students, including
standing, marching, forward skating,
turning, and stopping?
3.
Can the student consistently use an
implement to strike another object, to
a degree that allows the student to
participate in a game of scooter
hockey?
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Content
Manipulatives
- Rolling
- Catching
- Kicking
Jump Rope/Hoops
- Single Rope Skills
- Long Rope Skills
- Hoop Skills
Jump Rope for Heart
Health Related Fitness Concepts
COURSE: ___K-2 Physical Education__
Activities/Assessment
Activity Examples:
Rolling
- Partner Drills
- Team Relays
- Rolling Games
- Bowling
Catching
- Partner Drills
- Relays
- Low Organized
Games
Kicking
- Partner Drills
- Relays
- Simple Games
Jump Rope
- Line Jumps
- Snake
- Swinging Rope
Assessment Examples:
- Teacher Observation
- Self-Assessments
- Peer Assessments
- Rolling Skill Rubric
- Kicking Skill Rubric
Standards
19.B.2b
Develop a basic
understanding of multiple
basic movement patterns
with additional
combination movement
patterns.
Essential Questions
1.
Can the student roll a ball with
correct form by stepping with
opposition, bending at the waist,
and swinging the hand low along
the ground during rolling games
in physical education?
2.
21.B.2a
Work cooperatively with a
partner or small group to
reach a shared goal during
physical activity.
Can the student catch a ball away
from his/her body, using two
hands, during throwing and
catching games?
3.
20.A.2b
Regularly participate in
physical activity for the
purpose of sustaining or
improving individual
levels of health-related and
skill-related fitness.
Can the student execute a kick
with correct form by stepping
with opposition, swinging the leg
bag and forward, striking the ball
with the top of the shoe, during
passing drills in physical
education?
4.
Does the student demonstrate
adequate understanding of basic
health related fitness concepts,
specifically the impact of
frequency, intensity and time, to
be able to improve levels of
fitness through physical activity?