Elementary PE 4 th Grade

Elementary PE 4

Grade

SEMESTER 1

UNIT 1: YOUR FITNESS

 Section 1.1: Course Introduction

 Section 1.2: Get Moving

 Section 1.3: Your Fitness Level

 Section 1.4: Goal Setting Learning Objectives

 Understand the course rules and activities

 Be prepared to start activity logs

 Begin locomotor and jump rope skills practice

 Know how to be safe when exercising

 List the 3 different types of exercise

 List and follow exercises

 Increase your strength, speed and agility

 Complete a fitness assessment

 What goals are

 The difference between short-term and long-term goals

 How to set your own realistic goals UNIT 2: SAFETY

 Section 2.1: Warm Up & Cool Down

 Section 2.2: Exercise Safety

 Section 2.3: Water Safety

 Section 2.4: Posture & Technique Learning Objectives:

 Know how to warm up and cool down

 Know the importance of warming up and cooling down

 Begin soccer dribbling and punting skills practice

 Know how to be safe when you exercise

 Follow safety rules

 The importance of water safety

 Know the water safety rules

 Understand why to follow the water safety rules

 Know the difference between poor and proper posture

 Perform different exercises correctly UNIT 3: IMPROVING FITNESS

 Section 3.1: Components of Fitness

 Section 3.2: Heart Rate & Intensity

 Section 3.3: FITT Principle

 Section 3.4: Principles of Fitness Learning Objectives:

 List the five components of fitness

 Know why it is important to make a balanced exercise routine

 Correctly measure your heart beat

 Know how hard your body is working by using your heart rate

 Define your target heart rate and maximum heart rate

 List and describe the FITT principles of exercise

 List the basic principles of exercise

 Use the principles of exercise in your own workouts

 Explain basic principles of fitness

 Use these principles in your own workouts

 Why it is important to have a balanced workout UNIT 4: PHYSICAL HEALTH

 Section 4.1: Skill vs Health

 Section 4.2: Muscle Strength & Endurance

 Section 4.3: Flexibility

 Section 4.4: Body Composition Learning Objectives:

 The benefits of being physically fit

 The parts of physical fitness

 The parts of skill-related fitness

 Define the words muscle strength and endurance

 Define the principle of specificity

 Identify the exercise to improve strength and endurance

 How to become flexible and why flexibility is important

 How to stretch safely

 What body composition is

 How to keep your body healthy

 Exercising regularly can help improve body composition SEMESTER 2

UNIT 5: BEING HEALTHY

 Section 5.1: Course Introduction

 Section 5.2: Motivation

 Section 5.3: Fitness Assessment

 Section 5.4: Dimensions of Health Learning Objectives:

 Understand the course rules and activities

 Be prepared to start activity logs

 Begin throwing and catching skills practice

 Identify excuses to not exercise

 Define motivation

 Identify ways to stay motivated to exercise

 List and follow exercises

 Increase your strength, speed and agility

 Complete a fitness assessment

 Identify the four dimensions of health

 Discuss the benefits of being healthy

 List things you can do to take care of each area of health

UNIT 6: GAME PLAY

 Section 6.1: Game Strategy

 Section 6.2: Evaluations

 Section 6.3: Water Safety

 Section 6.4: Cross-training Learning Objectives:

 Understand the difference between individual and team

sports

 Define various sports terms, such as offense, defense, opponents, etc.

 Understand how points are scored and games are won

 Discuss the difference between activities that take courage and high risk activities

 Learn ways to avoid danger while participating in sports

 Understand what it means to get and give feedback

 Discuss positive ways of giving feedback to others

 Identify put-downs and discuss why they are not helpful

 Discuss different sport activities that can take place in water

 List safety guidelines for playing in the swimming pool

 Discuss rules for water safety at lakes, rivers, and the beach

 Understand why it is not safe to play around storm drains

 Explain the safety rules for different water situations

 Define cross-training

 Identify sports that use similar muscle groups

 Discuss the benefits of cross-training

UNIT 7: NUTRITION

 Section 7.1: MyPlate

 Section 7.2: Nutrition & Exercise

 Section 7.3: Intake & Expenditure

 Section 7.4: Food Choices Learning Objectives:

 Discuss why eating a proper diet is important

 List foods from each food group

 Define empty calories and discuss why they should be limited

 Plan a balanced meal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner

 Define nutrient and discuss why you need to eat

 List the five main types of nutrients

 Discuss how each nutrient helps your body

 List foods that contain each nutrient

 Define the term "calorie" and discuss why we need them

 Understand what happens if you eat too many calories

 Discuss things you can do to make sure you are getting the right amount of calories

 Create a game and teach it to others

 Discuss what nutrients are important for exercise

 List foods that contain each nutrient

 Plan snacks that contain both carbohydrates and protein UNIT 8: SPORTSMANSHIP

 Section 8.1: Sportsmanship

 Section 8.2: Respect

 Section 8.3: Fitness

 Section 8.4: Staying Active Learning Objectives

 Define sportsmanship

 List qualities that contribute to good sportsmanship

 Identify behaviors that show bad sportsmanship

 Discuss cooperation and how it helps everyone to improve

 Understand that everyone is different

 Define respect

 Discuss ways to show respect to others

 Explain how exercise benefits all areas of health

 Distinguish between the ways exercise can improve social, mental, and intellectual health

 Help others understand why it is important to exercise

 How to stay active

 Why it is important to stay active

 How staying active will help you in the future