• Sixth-Grade Physical Education Units 

     

     

    Sixth-Grade Physical Education Learning Objectives

    Health & Skill Related Fitness

    • Identify activities that develop skill-related fitness.  Interpret personal health-related fitness assessments and determine which fitness components need improvement (e.g., pedometers, heart rate monitors, pulse sticks).

    Wellness

    • Evaluate decision-making behaviors as they affect wellness.

    Fitness Principles

    • Describe target heart rate as it relates to cardio respiratory endurance.

    Personal/Social Responsibilities

    • Explain how rules, safety and etiquette are important concepts in a physical education setting.

    Prevention

    • Identify and describe reasons for using proper warm-up, cool-down, stretching, and appropriate attire in a physical education setting.

    Body Management (mechanical principles)

    • Apply mechanical principals of force, stability, motion, and direction (e.g., lower the center of gravity)

    Movement Concepts (identify critical movement elements)

    • Identify critical elements to improve performance in selected skills (e.g., throw various objects)

    Developmental Games

    • Apply fundamental and sequential skills in game situations with increased proficiency.

    Skill Techniques

    • Demonstrate skills successfully in modified games of increased complexity.

    Individual, Dual and Team Sports 

    • Understand terminology, list rules and safety principles appropriate for individual, dual and team sports.  Demonstrate basic competence in a variety of individual, dual and team sports.

    Outdoor Pursuits / Recreational Activities

    • Define terminology, list rules and safety principles appropriate for challenge and recreational activities. 
    • Demonstrate basic competence in a variety of challenge and recreational activities.

    Essential Elements of Rhythm

    • Recognize and move to a tempo or beat with various intensity, mood, accent and rhythm patterns.

    Rhythmic Activities

    • Describe the benefits of dance as a lifetime activity as it relates to fitness – (e.g., flexibility, muscle coordination)

    Forms of Dance

    • Exhibit basic dance skills and fundamentals while demonstrating various dance forms (e.g., folk, line, square, social)

    Social/Cultural Aspects of Dance

    • Demonstrate appropriate social skills while participating in dance activities, including etiquette and courtesies appropriate to various dance forms.