Classes rotate among the first grade teachers on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:50am to 12:20pm. Each teacher focuses on a different skill and students are required to participate. If your child has a health issue and cannot participate in PE for a period of time, he or she must bring a note from a doctor to excuse her from activities. On Friday, we also have an unstructured physical education time called UPE from 11:50am to 12:20pm. District physical education activities are based on the California Physical Education Framework. The framework contains three major goals with interrelated curriculum strands for all grades. Emphasis: Moving Through Space and Time (First Grade) Movement Skills and Movement Knowledge Develop motor skills and an understanding of the fundamentals of movement through practice. Areas of study and practice may include: - Locomotor Skills: walking, running, hopping, jumping, skipping, sliding, galloping, leaping - Non-locomotor Skills: bending, rocking, swinging, twisting, stretching, pushing, pulling - Object Manipulation: roll, toss, bounce with two hands, kick, strike, etc., with safe objects - Balance - Health-Related Fitness Components: flexibility, muscle strength and endurance, cardiorespiratory endurance - Importance of Exercise and Nutrition - Role of the Circulatory System Social Development and Social Interaction Students develop appropriate social behaviors by working independently and with others during planned physical activity and at play. Self-Image and Self-Realization Activities are designed to develop and maintain positive body-image as well as understanding that the body undergoes growth changes which influence movement. Emphasis: My Partner and I�How We Move in Space (Second Grade) Movement Skills and Movement Knowledge Develop motor skills and an understanding of the fundamentals of movement through practice. Areas of study and practice may include: - Locomotor Movement: walking, running, hopping, jumping, skipping, sliding, galloping, leaping - Non-locomotor Skills: bending, rocking, swinging, twisting, stretching, pushing, pulling - Manipulative Skills: catching ball after one bounce, kicking a stationary ball in various ways - Dance - Partnership of Heart and Lungs in Cardiorespiratory Health - Heart-healthy Foods Social Development and Social Interaction Students develop appropriate social behaviors by working independently and with others during planned physical activity and at play. Activities may include: - play with partners through movement - sharing - movement experiences which rely on cooperation Self-Image and Self-Realization Activities are designed to develop and maintain positive self-image. Students see themselves in relationship to others, appreciate their own feelings and the feelings of others. |
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| Physical Education Cupertino Union School District Highlights of the Core Subjects (Revised July 2002) |