Middletown Public Schools
26 Oliphant Lane
Middletown, RI 02842
District email: info@mpsri.net
Phone: (401) 849-2122
Fax: (401) 849-0202
District webmaster: mpsit@mpsri.net
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Elementary Physical Education Overall Goal
The overall goal of Physical Education is that the student will achieve optimum growth and development. Through physical activity, one will team skills, attitudes and behaviors that are conducive to a healthy lifestyle. All activities that are taught at the elementary school level are season related. Activities can vary widely, from basic locomotor movements such as walking, running, skipping, hopping, jumping, leaping, galloping and sliding, to non-locomotor movements such as bending, swinging, turning, twisting, pushing, pulling, fleeing, chasing, and tagging. Many activities that are worked on are manipulative type activities. These are complex motor patterns, and stages of development can be observed through young students performance. Manipulative activities are throwing, catching, kicking and striking. Students work on both individual and team type activities. All activities can be adapted for a wide variety of special students. Skills are stressed at the elementary level, "back to basics" is a central idea for skill development. At the elementary level emphasis is not placed on winning, it is placed on having a positive experience!
Some short-term goals are:
- Using physical education to learn or emphasize colors, shapes, sizes and letters.
- Learning about space, boundaries and direction.
- Knowledge: Learning and understanding concepts in each activity.
Some long-term goals are:
- Better muscle tone.
- Increased flexibility and (ROM) Range of Motion.
- Improved cardiovascular fitness.
- Greater speed and muscular endurance.
- To increase students awareness of the health benefits they receive through physical education.
Middletown Content Standards in Physical Education
- Demonstrates competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few movement forms.
- Applies movement concepts and principles to the leaming and development of motor skills.
- Exhibits a physically active lifestyle.
- Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
- Demonstrates responsible personal and social behavior in physical activity settings.
- Demonstrates understanding and respect for differences among peoples in physical activity settings.
- Understands that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and social interaction.
Daily Requirements in Physical Education
- Demonstrates competency of strategy in a specified activity.
- Respects their teacher, classmates and themselves.
- Follows directions the first time given.
- Exhibits a basic understanding of "safety".
- Adequate participation and effort during the activity.
Both the Content Standard or Standards related to the activity as well as the Daily Requirements must be met by all students for the class to exceed the standard. The various standard levels used in physical education are: work in progress, meet the standard and exceed the standard.
Because of our scheduling, classes earn their mark as a whole unit due to the amount of instructional time, and the amount of students being serviced.
Concepts Discussed
Specific ideas that are discussed and reinforced through Physical Education are: | Dedication | Team Work | Physical Fitness | Honesty |
Word of the Week
Words that are taught in association with athletics and positive attitudes. | Pride | Imagination | Believe and Succeed | Do It Now | | Perseverance | Possibilities | Champion | Determination | | Opportunity | Excellence | Commitment | Courage | | Dream | Leader | Efficient | Self-Confidence |
Body Awareness
Muscles and Bones are taught so that students can learn and appreciate their physical self. Students at the elementary level learn these through repetition! | Deltoid | Pectoralis Major | Bicep | Tricep | Latissimus Dorsi | | Rectus Abdominus | Quadricep | Hamstring | Gastrocnemeius | | Cranium | Spine | Clavicle | Sternum | Humerus | | Rib Cage | Ulna | Radius | Pelvis | Femur | | Tibia | Fibula | Tarsals | Metatarsals |
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