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The Physical Education Framework is a key and fundamental resource for developing quality physical education programs. The Framework describes a sequential, developmental, age-appropriate physical education program designed to provide students with knowledge and ability needed to maintain active, healthy lifestyles. In accordance with the Framework, the three major goals for the physical education curriculum are:
Movement skills and movement knowledge: Students need to develop effective motor skills and to understand the fundamentals of movement by practicing and analyzing purposeful movement;
Self-image and personal development: Students develop and maintain a positive self-image and strive to become the best that they can be through planned physical activities;
Social development: Students develop appropriate social behaviors by working independently and with others during planned physical activity;
The vision of those who created these standards is for all students to be involved in physical education and to have fun while moving. Students who participate in quality physical education programs receive a variety of benefits, including:
- the development of a variety of motor skills and abilities related to lifetime leisure skills;
- an improved understanding of the importance of maintaining a health lifestyle;
- an improved understanding of movement and the human body;
- an improved knowledge of the rules and strategies of particular games and sports;
- self-confidence and a sense of self-worth in relation to physical education and recreation programs;
Physical Education Methods of Assessment:
Each day, students receive a grade for a combination of participation, effort, attitude, proper dress, and being on time to class. If you sit out, you do not receive participation credit for the day. Students’ skills and fitness improvement and knowledge will also be evaluated regularly by performance, projects, and tests.
Grading Practices
- Participation, Effort, & Attitude = 50 %
- Skills-Improvement & Knowledge = 20 %
- Fitness- Improvement & Knowledge = 20 %
- Final = 10 %
General Pacing Plan
Weeks 1-3
- Flag Football
Weeks 4-6
- Softball
Weeks 7-9
- Basketball
Weeks 10-14
- Volleyball
Weeks 15-18
- Paddle Tennis
Weeks 19-21
- Dodgeball
Weeks 22-24
- Soccer
Weeks 25-27
- Track & Field
Weeks 28-30
- Tennis/ Badminton
Weeks 31-33
- Hockey
Weeks 34-36
- Ultimate Frisbee
Along with each sport’s drills and activities, all students will participate in two “fitness days” each week. These fitness days will include several varieties of cardiovascular aerobic activities; including: distance running, plyometric agilities, hill-repeats, and jumping rope.