Grade 3 PE New Mexico Standards

Identify and avoid the negative influence of peers.

Consistently receive and send an object in an intended direction and height.

Hand-dribble and foot-dribble a ball and maintain control while traveling within a group;

Begin to interpret the results and demonstrate understanding of the significance of information provided by measures of physical fitness.

Participate in moderate to vigorous physical activities in a variety of settings:

Demonstrate the ability to successfully work in a variety of cultural or ethnic activities.

Demonstrates competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few movement forms. Students will:

Identify lifestyle factors that can be controlled and their impact on health and wellness.

Describe how participation in physical activity affects health.

Exhibits knowledge and ability to participate in a physically active lifestyle. Students will:

Demonstrate motor skills, motor behaviors and motor learning concepts in increasingly complex movement situations:

Accurately recognize critical elements of selected skills made by a fellow student and provide positive information and corrective information feedback to that student.

Throw, catch and kick using mature motor patterns; and

Explain the enjoyable characteristics of small group physical activities.

Utilize safety principles in physical activity settings:

Identify the benefits gained from regular physical activity:

Demonstrate competency in selected skills utilizing age-appropriate equipment:

Work independently and on-task for short periods of time:

Experience differences and similarities among people of different backgrounds by participating in activities of national, cultural and ethnic origins:

Practice physical activities to increase skills:

Recognize how the media, particularly advertising, influences the perception of ideal body types:

Explore cultural/ethnic self-awareness through participation in physical activity:

Travel into and out of a rope turned by others;

Recognize classroom and activity rules; grades K-4 performance standards:

Strike a softly-thrown lightweight ball using a bat, paddle or a variety of body parts.

Distinguish between compliance and non-compliance with game rules and fair play; and

Explain the relationship of body weight, body composition and participation in regular physical activity; and

Select activities designed to improve and maintain levels of fitness in each component of health-related fitness.

Interact with others by helping them successfully complete their small-group physical activity challenges.

Demonstrate competency in selected non-motor patterns:

Participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity outside of physical education most days of the week; and

Use physical activity as a measure of self-expression:

Differentiate between body type presented in the media and own healthy body type; and

Demonstrate competency in selected motor skills:

Explain how appropriate practice improves performance.

Develop strategies to show progress towards at least one personal fitness goal as determined by health-related fitness assessments.

Initiate the appropriate use of space in game and activity settings.

Work cooperatively and productively with a partner or small group:

Willingly try new activities; and

Demonstrate mature form in all locomotor patterns;

Demonstrates responsible personal and social behavior in physical activity settings. Students will:

Repeat cue words for selected motor skills and demonstrate/explain what is meant by each;

Cooperate and share with partners in physical activities;

Recognize the talents that individuals with differences can bring to group activities:

While traveling, avoid or catch an object or individual; and

Use information from a variety of sources, internal and external, to regulate their activity participation;

Articulate cultural/ethnic self awareness through written, oral or physical expression.

Match different types of physical activities with health-related physical fitness components:

Demonstrate interaction with others while participating in physical activities:

Develop and refine a gymnastics sequence demonstrating smooth transitions.

Design and perform movement sequences that combine traveling, balancing and weight transfer into smooth sequences with intentional changes in direction (i.e., gymnastics, dance, etc.); and

Honestly report the results of independent work.

Demonstrate critical elements of fundamental and specialized movement skills:

Adapt motor skills to the demands of a dynamic and unpredictable environment;

Accept consequences of personal choices.

Recognize importance of equipment placement and usage during physical education class; and

Demonstrates understanding and respect for differences among people in physical activity settings. Students will:

Refine movement errors in response to positive information and corrective information feedback;

Consistently comply with the physical education classroom rules to ensure the physical and emotional safety for all;

Applies movement concepts and principles to the learning and development of motor skills. Students will:

Demonstrate the ability to teach an activity or skill to a group of classmates;

Design a movement sequence/game that includes all members of the group in the success of the activity.

Identify physical activities that are enjoyable:

Celebrate personal successes and achievements and those of others; and

Transfer weight from feet to hands using controlled movement;

Voluntarily initiate skill practice to improve performance.

Recognize the influence of peer pressure and identify ways of resolving conflict:

Demonstrate concepts of body, effort, space and relationships in movement:

Develop patterns and combinations of movements into repeatable sequences.

Demonstrate the application of critical cues in selected motor skills; and

Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness. Students will:

Recognize and value the role of each individual in a small group.

Participate in a variety of physical activities in order to improve each component of health-related fitness.

Understands that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, self-expression and social interaction. Students will:

Balance with control on a variety of objects; and

Identify ways movement concepts can be used to refine movement skills; and

Work productively with a partner to improve selected motor skills by using the critical elements of the process; and

Select and participate regularly in health-related physical activities for enjoyment: