Sixth Grade P.E.
Students continue to participate in a variety of activities designed to develop specific skills in each major unit, expose them to a variety of activities in explorative units, build on their fitness development, and promote cooperation and collaboration between classmates.
In the major units of badminton, basketball, flag football, soccer, softball, and volleyball, specific skills are developed building on the fundamental movements solidified in fifth grade. Fitness development continues to be interwoven throughout the year, beginning to develop more of a tie-in to the class activity focus than as stand-alone activities.
Cooperation and collaboration continue to be prioritized over competition, and students are regularly challenged to work together to break their own records to develop consistency in the skill we are working on. Partner feedback is introduced, and students practice giving and receiving peer feedback and practicing positive ways to share information with each other.
Sixth-grade assessment is based on progress towards mastering the specific skills focused on and assessed in each major unit, and written quizzes to assess understanding of the techniques and basic rules introduced for each activity.
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