Elmwood's Physical Education program is a health-based, life-long fitness oriented curriculum. Students will take part in a 30 minute fitness plan based on all of the five fitness related components, strength, flexibility, cardiovascular, endurance, and body fat. During the remaining classtime, students will take part in a wide variety of activities, games, or sports that provide for futuristic endeavors.
Expectations
1. Students should dress in appropriate
attire each class day.
2. Students should keep class materials
locked in locker room.
3. Students should participate
in all class activities.
4. Students should show respect
toward school properties and others in the same environment.
5. Students should display
good sportsmanship, teamwork, and positive work ethic during class
activities.
6. Students should demonstrate
the basic skills needed for participation in class activities.
7. Students should employ
safety skills during class activities.
8. Students should be able
to outline a personal fitness plan based on the five health-related fitness
components.
9. Students should be able
to assess their individual level of fitness and prescribe activities for
improvement
of their overall fitness level.
10. Students should work
to improve their overall health related fitness.
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Physical Education Objectives
1. Students will be able to perform
skills efficiently in a variety of leisure activities, sports, creative
movement and work-related activities.
2. Students will demonstrate the
basic tasks necessary to compete in a given sport.
3. Students will be able to develop
basic strategies of various sports.
4. Students will be able to improve
one’s level of fitness.
5. Students will be able to prescribe
various exercises appropriate to each fitness component.
6. Students will be able to incorporate
the 5 components of fitness into a daily exercise plan.
7. Students will demonstrate basic
rules of various games, sports, or movement activities.
8. Students will be able to analyze
various movement patterns for efficiency and effectiveness.
9. Students will be able to develop
rules and safety procedures for physical activities.
10. Students will be able to select
and apply offensive, defensive and cooperative strategies in selected activities,
games and sports.
11. Students will be able to interpret
the effects of exercise/physical activity on the level of health-related
fitness.
12. Students will be able to describe
ways the human body interrelates with exercise.
13. Students will be able to participate
in various types of fitness training programs (e.g., circuit, cross and
interval training) and describe the characteristics and benefits of each.
14. Students will remain physically
active for 30 minutes/3 times per week.
15. Students will examine the benefits
of physical activity on one’s overall health.
16. Students will be able to estimate
THR and to make the connection between THR and one’s cardiovascular improvement.
17. Students will be able to describe
the relationship among body composition, fitness, and diet.
18. Students will be able to apply
the FIT principle to the activities performed on the 7 day planner.
19. Students will be able to record
and interpret health-related physiological data.
20. Students will be able to prepare
an individual health-related fitness profile and evaluate fitness level
on each component.
21. Students will be able to demonstrate
decision-making skills both independently and with others during physical
activities.
22. Students will be able to apply
identified procedures and safe practices to all group physical activity
settings.
23. Students will design and be
graded on an individual fitness program.
24. Students will be able to complete
a given task on time.
25. Students will be able to work
cooperatively with others to achieve group goals in competitive games and
non-competitive situations.
26. Students will be able to explain
how body system functions can be maintained and improved (e.g., exercise,
nutrition, safety).
27. Students will be able to explain
immediate and long-term effects of health habits on the body systems (e.g.,
diet/heart disease, exercise/fat reduction, stress management/emotional
health).
28. Students will be able to formulate
strategies to prevent conflict and resolve differences.
29. Students will be able to explain
how decision making affects the achievement of individual health goals.
30. Students will be able to evaluate
progress toward the attainment of a health goal.
31. Students will become acquainted
with the overload principle and be able to apply it to certain situations.
32. Students will perform various
stretching activities in order to properly warm up prior to physical activity.
33. Students will be able to realistically
show progression from workout to workout.
34. Students will practice healthy
behaviors throughout class activities.
35. Students will display good
sportsmanship throughout all class activities.
36. Students will show respect
towards others by honoring their feelings/beliefs.
37. Students will respect school
properties, and school equipment.
38. Students will be able to resolve
conflicts arising during class participation.
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Grading
12th graders-
30% of total grade is calculated through student's improvment on fitness
tests
20% of total grade is calculated by student's individual goal assessments
30% of total grade is the student's digiwalker scores or HR monitor score
10% of total grade is assessed through quizzes, tests, or written assignments
10% of total grade is the student's cooperative spirit, sportsmanship,
and effort
11th-8th graders- 40% of total grade
is calculated through student's improvement on fitness tests
40% of total grade is the student's digiwalker scores or HR monitor scores
10% of the total grade is assessed though quizzes, tests, or written assignments
10% of total grade is the student's cooperative spirit, sportsmanship,
and effort
7th graders-
40% each digiwalker scores
50% daily dress and cooperation rubric
10% quizzes, test scores, or written work
Course Units
Semester One
1st 9 weeks: Bocce ball
Ultimate sports
Flag football
Frisbee golf
Dodgeball
2nd 9 weeks: Matball
Volleyball
Basketball
Semester Two
3rd 9 weeks: Basketball
Cricket
Wiffleball
Badminton
4th 9 weeks: Ultimate Sports
Pickleball
Recreational games
Softball
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