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Use PowerPoint to present ideas/concepts/
information in class
Technology and Research
•
Investigate teacher selected Internet resources
and discuss and compare findings for
usefulness as a class
Technology and Problem Solving
and Decision Making
•
Identify and discuss uses of rubrics to define
and evaluate elements (e.g., content, purpose,
usefulness) of class project
•
Enter/edit data in a prepared spreadsheet to
perform calculations
PE/WELLNESS
Physical Wellness
•
Understand health risks for age group
•
Predict consequences of various health-related
behaviors
•
Demonstrate correct hand-washing technique
•
Describe events/situations which should
include hand washing
•
Demonstrate appropriate behaviors for
entering or crossing a street or road (e.g., stop,
look both ways, etc.)
•
Understand the importance of playground,
school bus, and school ground safety rules
•
Demonstrate how to make emergency
phone calls
•
Identify firefighters and other law enforcement
or rescue personnel by their appearance
•
Identify dental emergencies and how to
get help
•
Identify risks of incorrect use of medicines
•
Understand school rules regarding use of
medicines and substances
•
Know never to touch needles/syringes or
containers for alcohol or tobacco
•
Understand harmfulness of alcohol abuse
Social/Emotional Wellness
•
Explain that feelings (e.g., anger, fear, sadness,
excitement) are normal and acceptable
•
Identify the relationship between feelings
and behaviors
•
Differentiate between healthy and unhealthy
expressions of feelings
•
Identify behaviors controlled by self
•
Identify the benefits of healthy relationships
•
Respect the rights of others
•
Describe ways of resolving conflicts without
fighting
•
Explain the differences between the
acceptability of feelings and acceptability
of behaviors
•
Understand that different people have different
abilities
•
Understand why it is important to play and
cooperate with a partner regardless of personal
differences such as gender, skill level, or
ethnicity
•
Understand the importance of respecting
others during play
•
Understand safe practices, physical education
rules, and procedures
•
Understand the importance of cooperation
with a partner in working together to complete
an assigned task
•
Understand the importance of resolving
conflicts in socially acceptable ways
•
Participate willingly in individual and group
activities
Nutrition
•
Discuss how foods of the Food Guide Pyramid
are needed for growth and health
•
Select healthy snacks for teeth and body from
the Food Guide Pyramid
•
Recognize physical signs of hunger and satiety
Fitness
•
Can understand and identify one or two
components of a health related fitness
assessment
•
Demonstrate the ability to understand the
concept of pacing during cardiovascular
endurance activities
•
Understand the importance of stretching
exercises that enhance flexibility in a variety of
muscle groups
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Demonstrate knowledge of muscular strength
and endurance in a variety of muscle groups
•
Investigate likes and dislikes connected with
participation in physical activity
•
Explore activities which require physical activity
during non-school hours
•
Demonstrate manipulative skills
•
Demonstrate the manipulative skill of striking,
trapping, and tossing a ball to a moving partner
•
Demonstrate the manipulative skill of rising and
sinking while twisting, necessary for participation
in a dance, activity, or game situation
•
Demonstrate static and dynamic balances
using different body parts
•
Understand critical elements of the basic
locomotor and manipulative skills
•
Identify movement concepts of space and
effort and relationships that vary the quality of
movement
•
Understand the importance of warm up and
cool down
ART
Artistic Perception
•
Identify and analyze different artistic
materials, processes, and techniques
•
Compare and contrast the use of art elements
in the environment, their own artwork, and
artwork they are studying with an emphasis on
color, line, texture, and shape
•
Identify and discuss art principles found in
the environment, their own artwork, and artwork
they are studying with a focus on movement
•
Begin to use art vocabulary to analyze and
respond to works of art
•
Identify primary and secondary colors with the
use of a color wheel
•
Recognize warm, cool, and neutral color
families
Creative Expression
•
Produce different compositions using a variety
of processes, media, and techniques
that successfully communicate their ideas,
experiences, and stories such as drawing or
painting a still life or creating art to wear
•
Use art materials, such as colored chalk, paint,
or clay to complete exercises that explore the
use of elements such as variations in the use of
line, shape, shading, and color to communicate
ideas
•
Use various media to demonstrate art
principles such as movement and balance (e.g.,
show contrast in a two- or three-dimensional
artwork)
•
Use clay to create three-dimensional forms
such as a sculpture or container (coil pots)
•
Work independently with various art materials
•
Use art materials and tools in a responsible way
Historical and Cultural Context
•
Identify and talk about art forms in their
community
•
Identify and describe various art genres from
a variety of time periods and cultures
•
Recognize how people throughout time have
responded to the world through art
•
Create projects in relation to holidays, seasons,
and our environment
•
Recognize how homes around the world reflect
their environment
•
Identify one or more well known artists and
their artwork
Aesthetic Valuing
•
Describe and explain what he/she likes or
dislikes about a work of art
•
Identify broad categories of artworks
•
Group works of art according to attributes,
such as realistic or abstract
Connections and Applications
•
Identify connections between arts and other
disciplines (e.g., learn history through art,
learns about adjectives by describing artwork)
•
Apply knowledge of art to other disciplines
•
Connect their learning of art to other fine arts
such as music or dance
•
Describe the role of the architect
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