Physical Education Grade 4 

This course is intended to help students meet or exceed grade 4 physical education content standards 1-5 and the corresponding performance standards 1.1-5.6.

Movement Focus

• Movement concepts: describe offense and defense; create space between players.
• Body management: perform simple balance stunts with a partner; move to maintain appropriate space between players, while on offense and defense; appropriate body orientation when serving and/or striking a ball.
• Locomotor movement: jump a self-turned rope.
• Manipulative skills: overhand serve; forearm pass; catch and throw while both partners are moving; hand dribble; catch a fly ball; overhand throw to a small target; throw a flying disc using a backhand movement; catch a fly ball; kick a ball to a moving partner; kick a stationary ball in the air; punt a ball; strike a tossed ball; dribble with feet; manipulate an object with a long handled implement; trap a ball with the foot; volley a ball using a forearm pass.
• Rhythmic skills: basic square dance; music routine that includes even and uneven locomotor patterns.

Fitness Focus

• Fitness concepts: warm-up and cool-down exercises; body positioning for pushing and pulling; principles of fitness; personal short term goals; healthy food choices; importance of water; fuel use during high-intensity and low intensity activities.
• Aerobic capacity: calculate heart rate; recovery time; intensity of activity; build aerobic capacity.
• Muscular strength/endurance: increase number of curl-ups.
• Flexibility: demonstrate proper alignment while stretching.
• Body composition: sustain continuous movement for increased periods of time; calorie consumption and fat burning.
• Assessment: measure and record changes in aerobic capacity and muscular strength; meet minimum health-related fitness standards.

Social Focus

• Self-responsibility: set personal goals; collect and record personal progress toward a fitness goal; accept personal responsibility for performance; respond with dignity and respect to winning and losing.
• Social interaction: include others; respect individual differences in activity.
• Group dynamics: accept opponent’s skill level, use of strategies and ability to work effectively with teammates.