Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.5A Grade 4 CPI 11

 

Standard: 2.5 - Motor Skills

 

Strand: A -   Movement Skills 

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 11 - The student will demonstrate both improvised and choreographed movement sequences such as moving to poetry, or performing a folk dance or an aerobic routine.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        AN OLYMPIC CELEBRATION - This is an interdisciplinary activity using the Olympics as a theme. Focus on either the summer or winter games. Each class selects a participating country. With the help of the classroom teacher and library media specialist, students research the country. Students plan and participate in opening and closing ceremonies. The art teacher assists students to create flags, banners, and costumes representative of the chosen nation. The music teacher works with the students to select representative music and assists the physical education teacher to instruct students in a native folk dance. As part of the Olympic celebration students demonstrate one of the sports the country is noted for. (Students may also learn and present a game native to the country.)