Curriculum and Assessment Guide
Mahopac
Physical Education
Curriculum Map - Elementary
Physical
Conditioning
Activities
Heart rate monitoring
Large Group Manipulatives
Rhythmic
Games
Activities/Dance
Team Sports
Tag Games
Bowling
Square Dance
Cross country running
Parachute
Striking
Social Dance
Softball/Tee Ball/Whiffle Ball
Physical fitness testing
Cooperative Games and Rope skills
Activities
Scooters
Tininkling
Soccer
Lummi Sticks
Volleyball
Fitness Challenge
Basketball
Ball skills
Football
Scoops
Floor Hockey
Lacrosse
International Handball
Circus Arts
Gymnastics Track and Field
Movement
Concepts
Individual
Sports
Juggling
Individual Stunts
Sprinting
Locomotor Skills
Lifetime Activities
Stilts
Partner Stunts
Long Distance Races
Pathways
Bowling
Diablo
Movement Sequences Relays
Spatial Awareness
Tennis
Feathers
Tumbling
Standing Long Jump/High Jump
Body Awareness
Golf
Throwing Events
Effort Concepts
Racquet Ball
Chinese Ribbon Dance Ropes
Devils Sticks
Relationship Concepts
Spinning Plates
Motor skills
Balance Boards
Curriculum and Assessment Guide
Mahopac
Physical Education
Elementary Map: Physical
Conditioning
Essential Questions
A. What is basic conditioning?
B. How do basic conditioning skills contribute towards other activities?
C. How is fitness measured and improved?
Content
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Warm up/cool down
Cardio-vascular endurance
Flexibility
Strength and Endurance
Cooperation
A.
B.
C.
Stretching
Walking/ Jogging/ Running
Strength and Endurance Activities
Skills
Assessment
A.
B.
C.
D.
Teacher Observation
Self check of heart rate
Timed runs
Flexibility Worksheet
Curriculum and Assessment Guide
Mahopac
Physical Education
Elementary Map: Large Group
Games
Essential Questions
1. Why is team work needed in game play?
2. What is spatial awareness?
3. Why is it necessary to follow the rules of the game?
Content
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Spatial Awareness
Cooperation
Following procedure and directions
Sportsmanship
Safety
Skills
1.
2.
3.
4.
Chasing, fleeing, and dodging
Throwing and catching
Striking
Passing
Assessment
1. Teacher observation
2. Occasional score keeping
3. See Assessment example #9
Curriculum and Assessment Guide
Mahopac
Physical Education
Elementary Map:
Manipulatives
Essential Questions
1. What role does practice play in performance?
2. What is a self space and why is it important to stay in one while using small
equipment?
Content
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Eye/hand coordination
Eye/foot coordination
Agility
Safety
Cooperation
Spacial Awareness
Skills
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Handling
Trapping
Catching
Throwing
Striking
Bouncing
Rolling
Assessment
1. Written Assessment
2. Teacher Observation
3. Self and Partner assessment
Curriculum and Assessment Guide
Mahopac
Physical Education
Elementary Map: Rhythm and
Dance
Essential Questions
1. What is rhythm?
2. Why do we study the dance of other cultures?
3. Where in our environment do we find examples of rhythm?
Content
1.
2.
3.
4.
Varied Movement Patterns
Dance as a form of expression
Muscle/ movement relationships
Creating movement patterns
Skills
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Perform specific dance patterns
Pathways
Combining movements
Timing
Spatial awareness
Identifying community resources for dance performances
Assessment
1. Creating and performing original dance patterns
2. Teacher observation
Curriculum and Assessment Guide
Mahopac
Physical Education
Elementary Map: Team Sports
Essential Questions
1.
2.
3.
4.
What is teamwork?
Why should you play in your assigned position?
What are the characteristics of a good team player?
What are the rules of the game?
Content
1. Working with teammates on specific skills for each sport
2. Lead up activities and games
Skills
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Passing
Dribbling
Trapping
Throwing/Catching
Volleying
Shooting
Defending
Assessment
1. Group Discussion
2. Teacher Observation
3. Student record keeping
Curriculum and Assessment Guide
Mahopac
Mahopac
Physical Education
Education
Physical
Elementary Map: Circus Arts
Essential Questions
1. How does juggling improve your level of concentration?
2. What is self-expression?
3. What are the benefits of performing for others?
Content
1.
2.
3.
4.
Eye-Hand Coordination
Determination
Development of dominant and non dominant hand
Team work
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Juggling- balls, scarves, rings, clubs
Diablo
Spinning Plates
Unicycles
Chinese Ribbon Dance
Devil Sticks
Stilts
Skills
Assessment
1.
2.
3.
4.
Teacher Observation
Self-reflection
Partner Evaluation
Performance
Curriculum and Assessment Guide
Mahopac
Physical Education
Elementary Map: Track and
Field
Essential Questions
1. What events are offered in the 5th Grade Track Meet?
2. What does it mean to be part of a team?
3. What criteria are used to place individuals in an event?
Content
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Discovering physical aptitude for events
Teamwork
Cooperation
Listening skills
Fitness
Skills
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Running
Jumping
Relay Races
Throwing
Hurdles
Assessment
1. Teacher Observation
2. Recognition of individual performance
3. Score Keeping
Curriculum and Assessment Guide
Mahopac
Physical Education
Elementary Map: Movement
Concepts
Essential Questions
1. What is personal space? General space?
2. What are locomotor movements? Non-locomotor movements?
Content
1. Personal/General space
2. Locomotor/non-locomotor movement
3. Pathways and levels
Skills
1. Chasing, fleeing, and dodging
2. Walk, run, skip, hop, jump, slide, gallop
3. Curved, straight, and zig zag
Assessment
1. Teacher observation
2. Group discussion
3. See Assessment example #10
Curriculum and Assessment Guide
Mahopac
Physical Education
Elementary Map: Individual
Sports
Essential Questions
1. How are team and individual sports different?
2. What are the rules of the sport?
Content
1.
2.
3.
4.
Golf
Tennis
Bowling
Lifetime Recreational Activities
Skills
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Hitting
Striking
Rolling
Eye hand coordination
Lead up games and activities
Assessment
1. Modified match play
2. Teacher Observation
3. Student record keeping
Curriculum and Assessment Guide
Mahopac
Physical Education
Elementary Map: Gymnastics
Essential Questions
1. What are the events for gymnastics?
2. What does it mean to “spot” someone?
3. When does the sport of gymnastics become dangerous for the participants?
Content
1. Tumbling
2. Individual Events
Skills
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Balance
Transferring weight
Agility
Rolling
Swinging
1.
2.
3.
4.
Teacher Observation
Self-reflection
Partner Evaluation
Performance
Assessment