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Physical Education Grades 1-2

SAMPLE CORECONTENT/SKILLS	SUGGESTEDACTIVITIES	NATIONAL PE STANDARDS
		1	2	3	4	5	6
Motor Skills
Demonstrate skills of chasing, fleeing, and dodging to avoid others.	• Tag games (e.g., freeze tag, color tag)	√	√
Combine locomotor patterns in time to music (rhythms).	• Gymnastics/tumbling	√	√
Demonstrate control (symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes) while balancing on a variety of body parts.	• Scoops and balls • Aerobics	√	√
Catch and throw an object with a partner.	• Lead-up games, soccer, basketball, volleyball, softball, hockey	√	√				√
Strike a ball repeatedly with a paddle.	• Racquet/paddles and balloons	√	√
Volley an object, maintaining control with hands, arms, or racquet.		√	√
Application
Identify four characteristics of a mature throw.	• Obstacle course	√	√
Use concepts of space awareness and movement control to run, hop, and skip in different ways in a large group without bumping into others or falling.	• Partner activities: kicking, catching, and throwing • Scooters	√	√			√	√
Identify and demonstrate the major characteristics of mature movement (e.g., walking, running, hopping).		√	√

Physical Education - Grades: First-Second

SAMPLE CORECONTENT/SKILLS	SUGGESTEDACTIVITIES	NATIONAL PE STANDARDS
		1	2	3	4	5	6
Active Living
Seek participation in gross motor activity of a moderate to vigorous nature.	• Out of school/community *activities (e.g., biking, hiking, organized sports)	√	√		√		√
Participate in a wide variety of *activities that involve locomotion (e.g., skip, hop, jump, gallop, leap, slide, run, walk), non-locomotion (e.g., twist, turn, balance), and manipulation of objects outside of physical education class (e.g., dribble, jump rope).	• Sharing activities students have participated in outside of class	√	√		√	√	√
Complete physical education activity “homework” assignments.					√	√	√
Physical Fitness
Engage in appropriate activity that results in the development of muscular strength.	• Tension bands/tubing (strength building)	√	√		√		√
Sustain activity for longer periods of time while participating in chasing, fleeing, or traveling activities in physical education and/or on the playground.	• Maintaining aerobic activity for a specified time	√	√		√	√	√
Identify changes in the body during vigorous physical activity.	• Description of changes in body after vigorous activity by student				√		√
Support body weight for climbing, hanging, and momentarily taking weight on hands.		√	√		√
Move each joint through a full range of motion.		√	√		√

*See list of “outside of school” activities in appendix.

SAMPLE CORECONTENT/SKILLS	SUGGESTEDACTIVITIES	NATIONAL PE STANDARDS
		1	2	3	4	5	6
Personal and Social Skills
Use equipment and space safely and properly.	• Red light/green light					√	√
Respond positively to reminder about a rule infraction.	• Fitness stations for small and large groups					√	√
Practice specific skills as assigned until the teacher signals the end of practice.	• “Stop and Listen” signal game	√	√			√	√
Stop activity immediately at the signal to do so.	• Tumbling					√
Report the results of work honestly.	• Student modified games					√
Invite a peer to take his/her turn at a piece of apparatus before repeating a turn.	• Scooters					√	√
Assist partner by sharing observations about skill performance during practice.	• Problem solving games and activities					√	√
Value of Exercise
Appreciate the benefits that accompany cooperation and sharing.	• “Outside the gym” (e.g., swimming, hiking)					√	√
Display consideration of others in physical activity settings.	• Project Adventure activities					√	√
Demonstrate the elements of socially acceptable conflict resolution.						√
Accept the feelings resulting from challenges, successes, and failures in physical activity.						√	√
Try new activities.							√