Fitness Unit

Our first unit of the year will be focusing on fitness and will last approximately 5 weeks.

The Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten will be working towards the following benchmarks: 

• We will be working on an awareness of personal space, general space, and boundaries while moving in different directions and with the body at high, medium and low levels in space.
• Identify people/objects that are within personal space and within boundaries.
• Sustain continuous movement for increasing periods of time, while participating in moderate to vigorous physical activity.
• Participate in physical activities that are enjoyable and challenging.
• Participate 3-4 times per week, for increasing amounts of time, in
• Moderate to vigorous physical activities that increase breathing and heart rate.
• Flexibility. Stretch arms, shoulders, back, and legs without hyper-flexing or hyperextending the joints.
• Willingly participate in new physical activities.
• Identify and demonstrate acceptable responses to challenges, successes, and failures in physical activity.
• Group Dynamics - Identify and demonstrate effective practices for working with a group without interfering with others.

1st and 2nd grades will build on the same benchmarks while increasing the complexity of the activities and adding new goals:

• Participate 3-4 times per week, for increasing amounts of time, in moderate to vigorous physical activities that increase breathing and heart rate.
• Sustain continuous movement for increasing periods of time, while participating in moderate to vigorous physical activity.
• Stretch arms, shoulders, back, and legs without hyper-flexing or hyper-extending the joints.
• Self Responsibility
• Willingly participate in new physical activities.
• Identify and demonstrate acceptable responses to challenges, successes, and failures in physical activity. Demonstrate the characteristics of sharing and cooperation in a physical activity setting.
• Invite others to use equipment and/or apparatus before repeating a turn.
• Identify and demonstrate the factors for being an effective partner in a physical activity setting.
• Identify and demonstrate effective practices for working with a group without interfering with others.

3rd-4th:

• Locomotor Movement
• Demonstrate warm-up and cool-down exercises.
• Flexibility
• Hold for an increasing period of time basic stretches for hips, shoulders, hamstrings, quadriceps, triceps, biceps, back, and neck.
• Body Composition
• Sustain continuous movement for increasing periods of time, while participating in moderate to vigorous physical activity.
• Aerobic Capacity
• Describe the relationship of the heart, muscles, blood, and oxygen during physical activity.
• Describe the changes in heart rate before, during, and after physical activity.
• Measure and record improvement in individual fitness activities.
• Explain that fluid needs are linked to energy expenditure.
• Identify the body’s normal reactions to moderate to vigorous physical activity.
• List and define the components of physical fitness.
• Self Responsibility
• List the benefits of following and the risks of not following safety procedures and rules associated with physical activity
• Social Interaction
• Use appropriate movement cues and positive words of encouragement while coaching others in physical activities.
• Demonstrate respect for individual differences in physical abilities.
• Flexibility
• Hold for an increasing period of time basic stretches for hips, shoulders, hamstrings, quadriceps, triceps, biceps, back, and neck.
• Explain why a specific stretch is appropriate preparation for a given physical activity.

5th-6th:

• Change directions quickly to maintain spacing between two players.
• Determine spacing between offensive and defensive players based on the speed of the players.
• Manipulative Skills
• Pass a ball back and forth with a partner using a chest pass and bounce pass.
• Movement Concepts
• Explain the importance of open space when playing sport-related games.
• Fitness Concepts
• Demonstrate how to warm-up muscles and joints prior to running, jumping, kicking, throwing and striking.
• Aerobic Capacity
• Participate 3-4 days per week, for increasing periods of time, in continuous, moderate to vigorous
• physical activities at the appropriate intensity for increasing aerobic capacity.
• Muscular Strength/Endurance
• Continuously perform increasing numbers of oblique curl-ups on each side.
• Body Composition
• Sustain continuous movement for an increasing period of time, while participating in moderate to vigorous physical activities.
• Fitness Concepts