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California Physical Education Standards

6th Grade Standards

Movement Skills and Movement Knowledge

Standard 1 -The student will be competent in many movement activities.

* Throw a variety of objects, demonstrating both accuracy and force.

*Hand dribble and foot dribble a ball while preventing an opponent from stealing the ball.

*Keep an object going continuously with a partner, using a striking pattern.

 

Standard 2 - The student will understand how and why one moves in a variety of situations and will use this information to enhance his or her skills.

*Recognize and correct errors in personal movement patterns.

*Identify the basic locomotor, nonlocomotor, and manipulative skills that enhance performance.

*Provide constructive feedback to a partner.

 

Standard 3 - The student will achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.

*Keep a record of heart rate before, during, and after vigorous physical activity.

* Engage in physivcal activity at the target heart rate for a minimum of 20 minutes.

*Identify proper warm-up and cool-down techniques and the reasons for using them.

* Correctly demonstrate activities designed to improve and maintain muscular strength, endurance, flexibility, cardiorespiratory functioning, and proper body compostion (the five health components of fitness).

 

Self-Image and Personal Development

Standard 4 - The student will exhibit a physically active lifestyle and will understand that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, and self-expression.

*Participate in a variety of physical activities, both in and out of school, based upon individual interests and capabilities.

*Identify opportunities close to home for participation in different kinds of activities.

*Participate daily in some form of health-enhancing physical activity and identify the benefits resulting from this participation.

*Identify physical activity in informal settings that utilizes skills and knowledge gained in physical education classes.

 

Standard 5 - The student will demonstrate responsible personal behavior while participating in movement activities.

*Remain on task without close teacher monitoring.

*Use time wisely when given the oppotunity to practice and improve performance.

*Participate in establishing rules, procedures, and etiquette that are safe and effective for specific activities.

 

Social Development

Standard 6 - The student will demonstrate responsible social behavior while participating in movement activities. The student will understand the importance of respect for all others.

*Design and play small-group games that involve cooperating with others.

*Make suggestions for modifications in a game or activity that can iprove the game.

*Recognize the role of games, sports, and dance in getting to know and understand others with individual likenesses and differences.

 

Standart 7 - The student will understand the interrelationship between history and culture and games, sports, play, and dance.

*Describe physical education in the ancient world.

*Compare and contrast modern games and events, such as the modern Olympics, with ancient games and the earlier Olympics.