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Physical Education Standard 1: Students demonstrate skills and apply concepts to a variety of physical activities.

In Grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes:

• chasing, fleeing and dodging in game-like settings;
• leaping, leading with either foot (e.g., hurdles, dance patterns);
• consistently entering, jumping and exiting a rope turned by others;
• repeatedly jumping a self-turned rope;
• jumping for height and distance, landing with proper body alignment;
• transferring weight from feet to hands at fast and slow speeds using large extensions (e.g., mulekick, handstand, cartwheel);
• developing patterns and combinations of movements into repeatable sequences (e.g., dance, jump rope, gymnastics);
• balancing, with control, in static and dynamic positions (e.g., in a headstand or tripod position, on a balance board or fitball);
• maintaining appropriate body alignment during activity (e.g., lift, carry, push, pull);
• hand dribbling a ball, maintaining control, while traveling within shared space (space shared with other students);
• foot dribbling a ball and maintaining control while traveling within shared space;
• striking a ball back to a partner or target using a variety of body parts (e.g., open palm, instep of foot);
• striking a ball with a bat or racquet using proper body alignment and grip techniques;
• throwing overhand demonstrating accuracy and force to target or partners;
• catching with proper technique a ball rebounding from a wall or thrown by a partner;
• drop kicking a ball to targets or partners with proper technique;
• punting a ball to targets or partners with proper technique;
• recognizing strategies used in simple games and activities;
• identifying ways movement concepts can be used to refine movement skills (e.g., effort, space, force, flow); and
• describing essential elements of mature movement patterns.

As students in Grades 5 - 8 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes:

• combining skills to participate effectively in team and individual activities, including modified versions of such activities (e.g., an activity played with fewer players, a different field or different rules than usual);
• using basic offensive and defensive strategies while playing a sport, including modified versions of a sport;
• identifying and following rules while playing sports and games; and demonstrating basic rhythmic or dance patterns.

Physical Education Standard 2: Students demonstrate the components of health-related physical fitness.

In Grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes:

• maintaining continuous aerobic activity during warm-ups, games and dance activities;
• demonstrating activities that develop muscular strength, endurance and flexibility components.

As students in Grades 5 - 8 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes:

• participating in sustained aerobic and anaerobic activities, maintaininga target heart rate sufficient to achieve cardiovascular benefits; and
• developing health-related fitness in the areas of endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility.

Physical Education Standard 3: Students demonstrate knowledge of physical fitness concepts and the benefits of an active, healthy lifestyle.

In Grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes:

• identifying benefits that result from health-related fitness activities;
• identifying benefits that may result from applying technology in physicaleducation settings (e.g., using heart rate monitors and other forms of performance feedback); and
• identifying and applying basic fitness concepts: frequency, intensity, time, and type of physical activity.

As students in Grades 5 - 8 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes:

• understanding physical fitness concepts and the benefits of an active, healthy life-style;
• understanding principles of training and conditioning such as safety factors and knowledge required in a variety of muscular endurance and strength activities; and
• understanding the necessity for warming up prior to and cooling down at the completion of all fitness activities.

Standard 4: Students demonstrate safe, responsible behavior in physical education settings.

In Grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes:

• exhibiting consideration for and cooperation with classmates and teachers (e.g., taking turns, sharing equipment, using supportive comments, resolving conflicts appropriately); and
• working safely and productively during activity time (e.g., self initiated or assigned task).

As students in Grades 5 - 8 extend their knowledge, what they know andare able to do includes:

• demonstrating conduct appropriate for engaging in physical activity, including conflict resolution when needed; and
• developing an understanding of the need for respecting physical and performance limitations of self and others.