Grade 6 PE Syllabus - SAU 14

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Course Title:
Course
Description
District
Competencies
for Learning
District Skills
Competencies
for Learning
Physical Education 6th grade
Participation and respect are encouraged in Physical education. Students will work
together to form a whole instead of functioning as individuals to help promote
teamwork. Communication and encouraging one another is another key aspect.
Students will be exposed to new activities and will continue to develop skills they
have learned in the past. Students will develop proper technique for throwing,
batting, tossing, kicking, serving a volleyball, and focus on accuracy. Personal fitness
activities will promote cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance
and strength.
Students will understand concepts and demonstrate ability to transfer skills across
content areas and apply concepts and skills to real-life situation.
Communication - Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate in
meaningful and appropriate ways within the context of their own unique
experiences, values, and perspectives.
Experiences - Students will understand that the processes of creating and/or
performing work are essential to the life experience of the individual and the
community.
Global Connections - Students will understand
that the unified arts have a fundamental connection with cultures and
history.
Evaluation - Students will understand
that the products of the unified arts are created to convey a point of view
realistically, abstractly, or digitally, and as a result can be critically and constructively
evaluated.
Integration - Students will understand that the unified arts integrate with other
content areas and these interdisciplinary connections enhance their experience.
Students will become a:
Collaborator – Students will understand that respect, collaboration, and leadership
are critical to interacting and working effectively with others.
Communicator – Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate clearly using
the most appropriate and effective means.
Contributor – Students will demonstrate the ability to contribute toward a better
world through community service, acceptance and tolerance of diverse people, and
responsibility for the environment.
Evaluator – Students will demonstrate the ability to access, evaluate, use, and
manage information.
Learner – Students will demonstrate the ability to be flexible, adaptable, and
accountable throughout the learning process.
Producer – Students will demonstrate the ability to manage projects, produce
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results, and create media products.
Technology User – Students will demonstrate the ability to use technology
respectfully and apply it effectively.
Thinker – Students will demonstrate the ability to think critically, creatively, and
systemically to define and solve problems.
School Based
Course
Competency
Statements
(CCS linked to
DCL)
Units of Study
Course Unit
Content and
Skills
1. 1. CCCG1: Engages in a physically active lifestyle (Communication,
Experience, Integration)
2. 2. CCCG2: Achieves and maintains a health enhancing level of physical fitness
(Communication, Experience, Integration)
3. 3. CCCG3: Demonstrates competency in motor skills and movements
patterns, proficiency in a few, and applies these skills and patterns in a
variety of physical activities. (Communication, Global connections,
Integration)
4. 4. CCCG4: Demonstrates understanding of movement concepts, principles,
strategies and tactics as they apply to the development of motor skills and
the learning and performance of physical activities (Communication, Global
Connections, Evaluation, Integration)
5. 5. CCCG5: Identifies that physical activities provides the opportunities for
health enhancement, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and social
interaction. (Communication, Experience, Integration)
6. 6. CCCG6: Exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self
and others in physical activity settings. (Communication, Experience,
Integration))
Basketball
Soccer
Softball/baseball
Volleyball
Recreational Games
Badminton
Fitness
Basketball
1. Students will be working on dribbling up and down the court with obstacles.
(Communication, Experiences, Evaluation)
2. Students will develop proper technique for shooting a basketball.
(Communication, Experiences, Evaluation)
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Soccer
1. Students will be demonstrating how to kick a soccer ball with the three different
parts of the foot. (Communication, Global Connection, Evaluation)
2. Students will be learning how to position on a soccer field and pass a soccer ball
across the field (Communication, Experiences, Evaluation)
3. Students will be able to work in small teams for a scrimmage (half without
blockers, half with blockers) (Communication, Experience, Evaluation)
Softball/Baseball
1. Students are using targets to hit 5 out of 10 times for overhand throwing
(Integration, Communication, Experience)
2. Students will be working on hitting drills and will try to hit 3 out of 7 pitches
(Communication, Experience, Integration)
Volleyball
1. Students will be working on getting at least 4 consecutive bumps to the partner
(Communication, Experience, Integration)
2. Students will be trying to hit a target (basketball hoop) 3 out of 5 times setting a
volleyball (Communication, Experience, Integration)
3. Students will be on two teams that will try to bump or set the volleyball over the
net to the other team and get a volley of 5 hits or more over the net
(Communication, Integration, Evaluation)
Recreational Games
1. Students will be hitting moving targets with an overhand throw in dodge ball
(Communicating, Experience, Global Connections, Experience)
2. Students will be throwing a football or running a football back in the game of
Capture the Football (Communication, Evaluation, Integration)
3. Students will be involved in ultimate Frisbee with teams and learning how to
communicate (Communication, Experience, Integration)
Badminton
1. Students will be demonstrating how to hold a racquet and overhand serve
(making contact) 5 times to the target (Communication, Integration)
2. Students will be learning how to volley over the net a minimum of 5 times with
partner (Communication, Integration, Evaluation)
3. Students will be working with a partner and work together to achieve a
scrimmage to 11 points vs. another team. (Communication, Integration, Experience)
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Instructional
Strategies
Assessment
Strategies
Approved February 2012
Fitness Testing
1. Students will be making a goal to achieve during fitness testing
(Communication, Experience, Integration)
Group learning through demonstrations and the use of the F.E.I. approach.
Students are developing personal fitness through goal setting, making predictions
and visualizing. Team building is a major focus utilizing: communication,
cooperation, asking questions and making connections. Gross motor and
manipulative skills are refined through practice, peer feedback, performance based
assessments and knowing what strategy works. Communication, along with group
discussions will help make connections through sports and body use (muscular
development, cardiovascular strength).
Classroom participation, exit tickets, reflection questions.
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