1st Grade Standards and Q1 Outline

1st grade PE Standards:

Standard1:  Movement Competence and Understanding

  • Demonstrate competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
  • Demonstrate basic locomotor and non-locomotor skills and rhythmic and cross-lateral movements
  • Demonstrate fundamental manipulative skills.
  • Establish a beginning movement vocabulary

Standard 2:  Physical and Personal Wellness

  • Participate in and understand the benefits of regular physical activity
  • Identify the body’s normal reactions to moderate and vigorous physical activity.

Standard 3:  Social Emotional Wellness

  • Exhibit responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings.
  • Work independently and with others to complete work.
  • Follow the rules of an activity.

Standard 4:  Prevention and Risk Management

  • Apply personal safety knowledge and skills to prevent and treat injury.
  • Develop movement control for safe participation in games and physical activities.
 

Week 1:  During week one in first grade PE we will be learning the rules, routines, and procedures that will be using in my class.  We will be covering how to be safe in the gym with various safety rules as well as how to respect one’s self, respect others, and to respect the equipment/gym.  We will review frequently throughout the year to help all students succeed and be safe in PE.  We will also be reviewing/learning new locomotor movements and respond appropriately to a variety of cues.  We will also identify basic exercises that help to strengthen various muscles of the body, such as push-ups, curl-ups, squats, planks, mountain climbers, and identify physical activities that require strong muscles.

 

Week 2:  In week 2 we will start our throwing and catching unit.  Students will focus on the learning objectives of throwing an object with an overhand or underhand motion while stepping forward in opposition. Tossing a ball to oneself using the underhand throw pattern and catch it before it bounces.  Lastly to catch a thrown large object with both hands.  This week we will also be focusing on what is happening to our body’s during physical activity and will identify heart beating faster, harder breathing, and sweating as reactions to exercise.

 

Week 3:  This week we will start our dribbling and kicking unit.  We will focus on how to kick a stationary object using a simple kicking pattern, and how to dribble a ball with our feet while staying in control of our body.  We will also be working on lower body coordination through various games and activities.  This week we will also be covering the importance of water and nutrition.

 

Week 4:  Our last unit of the first rotation will be our striking unit.  We will focus on using body parts and light implements to strike stationary and moving objects through various games and activities.  We will also be learning how regular physical activity contributes to emotional well-being. How taking responsibility for one’s own health is an essential step toward developing and maintaining a healthy active lifestyle, and how the body reacts positively to physical exercise.