Goal 4

STANDARD FOUR: Students will develop responsible and respectful personal and social behavior in physical activity settings.

Indicator 1: Students will model and encourage appropriate personal and social conduct in physical activities.

3-5 Benchmarks:

  1. perceive one’s personal role in maintaining a safe physical activity environment.
  2. practice acceptable etiquette and sportsmanship in physical activity settings.
  3. apply conflict resolution processes in physical activity settings.
3-5 Level Sample Activities/Tasks:
  1. follow rules, procedures, and safety practices in various physical activities
  2. make positive comments and refrain from ‘put-downs’ during physical activity
  3. use various strategies to solve personal/team differences, e.g., rock-paper-scissors, flipping a coin, drawing straws

 Indicator 2: Students will value and maximize the contributions and potential of each individual in group activities.

3-5 Benchmarks:

  1. recognize and support various roles in group settings.
  2. recognize and support the productive efforts each individual brings to physical activity settings.
  3. recognize various roles and purposes of leadership in group settings.
3-5 Level Sample Activities/Tasks:
  1. demonstrate specific responsibilities of people/positions within a group activity, e.g., middle back position in a volleyball game
  2. participate in various games/activities in which success depends upon the contributions of each team member, e.g., Double-Dutch rope jumping
  3. accept individual responsibility for completing a specific task in a group activity, e.g., team challenges

 Indicator 3: Students will evaluate the positive impact of contributions provided through human diversity.

3-5 Benchmarks:

  1. explore the effects of an individual’s uniqueness within physical activity settings.
  2. support the inclusion of all students in physical activity settings.
  3. explore the positive contributions derived from diversity in physical activity settings.
3-5 Level Sample Activities/Tasks:
  1. integrate individual uniqueness and ideas to create a partner-dance to a specific rhythm
  2. demonstrate ways to adapt various physical activities to include all students, e.g., peer tutoring
  3. explain the history of and perform dances from various cultures