Grade 4 PE Tennessee Standards

Values Physical Activity (VPA)

Personal & Social Responsibility (PSR)

Fitness & Physical Activity (FPA)

Movement Knowledge & Application (MKA)

Motor Skills

Health-related Fitness

Identifies the components of health-related fitness.

Physical Activity

Analyzes opportunities in the community for physical activity.

Space Awareness (location)

Compares and contrasts open and closed spaces.

Applies the concept of open space to combination skills (e.g., traveling and dribbling).

Space Awareness (pathways, levels, directions

Compares and contrasts use of pathways, levels, and directions.

Uses pathways, levels, and directions in a variety of small-sided games/practice tasks, dance, and/or educational gymnastics experiences.

Effort: speed and force

Compares and contrasts use of speeds and forces within movement.

Uses speeds and forces in a variety of small-sided games/practice tasks, dance, and/or educational gymnastics experiences.

Relationships (body shapes, with objects, with people)

Compares and contrasts relationships in movement.

Uses relationships in a variety of small-sided games/practice tasks, dance, and/or educational gymnastics experiences.

Movement Principles (base of support, muscle tension, ready position)

Explains how movement principles are used in a variety of dance and/or educational gymnastic experiences.

Applies movement principles in a variety of dance and/or educational gymnastics experiences.

Performance Cues

Explains how to correctly perform a skill.

Simple Strategies

Designs and implements simple strategies in game-like activities.

Hop (one foot), gallop, slide, skip

Uses various locomotor skills in a variety of small-sided games/practice tasks, dance, and/or educational gymnastics experiences.

Overhand Throw

Throws overhand to a partner or target with accuracy.

Catching

Catches an object at various levels and locations around the body (from partner).

Passing & Receiving with implements

Passing and receiving with a partner while stationary with accuracy.

Dribbling with hands

Dribbles with preferred hand using mature pattern while jogging.

Dribbles while increasing and decreasing speeds.

Dribbling with feet

Dribbles with feet using mature pattern while jogging.

Dribbles with feet while increasing and decreasing speeds.

Kicking (force or distance)

Kicks a ball with a running approach for accuracy.

Kicks a moving ball with a running approach.

Passing & Receiving with feet

Passes and receives the ball with the insides/outsides of the feet to a moving partner.

Striking with hand(s)

Strikes an object in partner or small-sided practice tasks.

Overhead volleys a ball with two hands, body positioned under the ball, and contact made with finger pads sending it upward.

Striking, short implement

Strikes an object with a short-handled implement sending it forward using a forehand pattern with side to target and implement back in preparation.

Striking, long implement

Strikes an object with a long-handled implement (e.g., bat, hockey stick, golf club) with proper grip, body orientation, and swing plane.

Jog, run

Uses appropriate speed in chase, flee, and dodge activities.

Jumping Rope

Performs a simple jump rope routine with short or long rope.

Jump & land for distance (horizontal)

Combines jumping and landing with traveling (e.g., running and leaping).

Jump & land for height (vertical)

Combines traveling with jumping and landing.

Dance

Performs a cultural dance on beat with correct pattern.

Balance

Balances with a partner demonstrating counterbalance, muscular tension, and extension of free body parts.

Weight Transfer & Rolling (OPTIONAL)

Uses transfers of weight or rolling as a transitional movement in a sequence.

Performs a forward roll or shoulder roll using momentum to come to a standing position.

Combinations (optional)

Combines traveling, balance and weight transfers/rolls to create and perform an educational gymnastics sequence.

Underhand Throw

Throws underhand to a partner or target with accuracy.

Personal Responsibility

Exhibits responsible behavior in group settings.

Reflects on personal behavior in group settings.

Feedback

Listens respectfully to corrective feedback from teachers and peers.

Working with others

Interacts positively with others regardless of personal differences.

Procedures & Rules

Adheres to specific rules to promote fair play in small-sided games.

Safety

Applies safety principles in all physical activities.

Appreciation

Ranks different physical activities based on personal preference.

Challenge

Discusses the challenge that comes from learning a new physical activity.