BELLE VERNON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT

GENERAL SYLLABUS OUTLINE

**This syllabus is subject to change**

Course Name:

Physical Education

Grade:

5

1.)

Course Description:

To provide activities to help enhance the academic, social, and physical needs of the elementary student.

To offer an exciting range of innovative activities that will reinforce academic learning, strengthen group

cooperation skills, and encourage the mastery of those physical education skills so vital for the

kindergarten to fifth grade student.  Practical, easy to use activities are organized to provide year

round participation for the whole child.  Easy activity has a recommended grade level, specific educational

goals, equipment and materials needed with easy to follow instructions.  Learning about oneself is a lifetime

practice.  Out student's ultimate knowledge, attitude, self-expression, and physical skill depend largely

on their elementary school and childhood experiences.  The feelings of success, ability, and self-esteem

may be the most valuable gifts we can give our students, for they are tools that can help shape the future.

It is our sincere belief that physical education makes a worthwhile contribution to the development of

attitudes, which will help to acquire and maintain physical fitness not only during the pupils school days

but also later in life.

2.)

Learning Standards:

10.4

Physical Activity

10.5

Concepts, Principles, and Strategies of Movement

3.)

Student Objectives:

10.4.6     Physical Activity

v

Identify and engage in moderate to vigorous physical activities that contribute to physical

fitness and health.

v

Explain the effects of regular participation in moderate to vigorous physical activities on

the body systems.

v

Identify and apply ways to monitor and assess the body's response to moderate to

vigorous physical activity.

v

Describe factors that affect childhood physical activity preferences.

v

Identify factors that have an impact on the relationship between regular participation in

physical activity and the degree of motor skill improvement.

v

Identify and describe positive and negative interactions of group members in physical

activities.

10.5.6      Concepts, Principles and Strategies of Movement

v

Explain and apply the basic movement skills and concepts to create and perform

movement sequences and advanced skills.

v

Identify and apply the concepts of motor skill development to a variety of basic skills.

v

Describe the relationship between practice and skill development.

v

Describe and apply the principles of exercise to the components of health-related and

skill-related fitness.

v

Identify and use scientific principles that affect basic movement skills using appropriate

vocabulary.

v

Identify and apply game strategies to basic games and physical activities.

4.)

Course Text:

v  Elementary Handbook of Indoor and Outdoor Games by Art Kamiya

v  You'll Never Guess What We Did In Gym Today by Tillman and Toner

v  Complete Elementary Physical Education Guide by Bryant and Oliver

5.)

Major Units or Themes:  (Include the following)

v    Relays

v    Ball Related Activities

v    Tag Related Games

v    Aerobics

v    Station Activities

v    Tumbling Activities

v    Obstacle Course

v    Presidential Challenge Physical Fitness Testing

6.)

Teaching Methods:

v     Verbal Instructions

v     Handouts

v     Positive Reinforcement

v     Good Class Management

v     Consistency

v     Skill Development

v     Demonstrations

v     Motivation

7.)

Assessment:

Students Will Be Assed Through:

v     Observations

v     Grading

v     Checklists

"S"--Satisfactory

v     President's Fitness Challenge

"U"--Unsatisfactory

v     Participation

**Comments Will Also Be Made To Show

Progress**