SPARK Alignment with Nova Scotia Physical Education Standards (K-2 Version 2008) Primary
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Basic Movement~ Students will be expected to: Respond to a variety of stop and Building a Foundation The Freeze ASAP start signals Rubric General Space and Building a Creative Moves Foundation Move and Parachute Groove Find a self-space in a large Building a Foundation Orientation and Building a boundaried area Rubric Personal Space Foundation General Space and Building a Creative Moves Foundation Roadway ASAP Identify the location of different Building a Foundation Basic Body Balance, Stunts, and body parts Rubric Positions Tumbling Body Management Building a and Balance Foundation Bean Bag Balances Balance, Stunts, and Tumbling Perform fast and slow movements Dance Rubric Tempos and Building a with various body parts Creative Moves Foundation The Mexican Hat Dance Dance Travel while moving in a variety of Building a Foundation Tempos and Building a body shapes, with and without a Rubric Creative Moves Foundation partner Pairs Combining Building a Movement Foundation Concepts ASAP I See, I See Put a variety of body parts and Building a Foundation Locomotor Skills, Building a objects into different levels, alone Rubric Levels, and Foundation and with a partner Directions Building a Movement Foundation Concepts Using Dance Hoops The Hokey Pokey Experience changing from a leading Games Rubric Pairs Combining Building a to a following position in relation Movement Foundation to a partner Concepts ASAP Partner Tag Games Catch and Chase Demonstrate ways to change Building a Foundation Pathways and Building a direction and pathways while Rubric Creative Moves Foundation moving through general space, in Chasing and Building a order not to collide with others Fleeing Foundation Jump, skip, gallop, and slide Building a Foundation 4 Corners ASAP Rubric Locomotor Skills, Building a Levels, and Foundation Directions ASAP Locomotor Grab Bag
Alternative Environment~ Not specifically addressed in SPARK K-2 curriculum
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Dance~ Students will be expected to: Experience the enjoyment of Games Rubric Emotion Motion ASAP participating alone and with others The Bunny Hop Dance The Chicken ASAP Dance Select and respond to music of Dance Rubric Tempos and Building a different tempos to stimulate Creative Moves Foundation locomotor movements Seven Jumps Dance The Mexican Hat Dance Dance Experience moving on straight, Building a Foundation Pathways and Building a curved, and zig-zag pathways Rubric Creative Moves Foundation The Muffin Man Dance The Conga Dance Demonstrate ways to change from Dance Rubric Pairs Combining Building a a leading to a following position in Movement Foundation relation to a partner Concepts Games Catch and Chase Dance Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride Demonstrate ways to express the Dance Rubric Showtime Dance qualities of fast and slow speed The Mexican Hat Dance through a variety of creative dance Dance Building a sequences Tempos and Foundation Creative Moves Perform simple sequences that focus Building a Foundation Alley Cat ASAP on changes in direction, level, Rubric Locomotor Skills, Building a pathway, and shape (separately or Levels, and Foundation combined) Directions Dance Showtime Balance, Stunts, and Stunts Add-On Tumbling
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Educational Gymnastics~ Students will be expected to: Demonstrate an understanding of Balance, Stunts, and Stunts Orientation Balance, Stunts, and safety rules specific to a gymnastic Tumbling Rubric Tumbling environment Demonstrate a willingness to take Balance, Stunts, and Partner Stunts Balance, Stunts, and turns, as directed, on various pieces Tumbling Rubric Stunts Circuit Tumbling of gymnastic equipment Balance, Stunts, and Tumbling Perform the qualities of fast and Balance, Stunts, and Tempos and Building a slow speed through a variety of Tumbling Rubric Creative Moves Foundation gymnastic sequences on the floor and on small equipment Demonstrate ways to follow Building a Foundation Pathways and Building a different pathways and directions Rubric Creative Moves Foundation while moving on the ground or on Locomotor Skills, Building a low equipment Levels, and Foundation Directions Balance, Stunts, and Animal Balancing Tumbling Act Demonstrate the use of movement Balance, Stunts, and Body Building a sentences (the starting position is Tumbling Rubric Management and Foundation the capital letter, the action is the Balance Balance, Stunts, and verb, the quality of movement is the adjective, and the finishing Basic Body Tumbling position is the period) to explore Positions balances and shapes Experience and perform a variety Balance, Stunts, and Weight Transfer Balance, Stunts, and of rolls (log, shoulder, forward) Tumbling Rubric and Rolls Tumbling Stunts Circuit Balance, Stunts, and Stunts Add-On Tumbling Balance, Stunts, and Tumbling Combine jumps and landing to Jumping Rubric Jumping and Balance, Stunts, and create a sequence Landing Tumbling Jumping and Jumping Landing Patterns Jumping Jumping Rhythmically Demonstrate ways to jump and Jumping Rubric Jumping and Balance, Stunts, and land using a variety of take-off and Landing Tumbling landing patterns (two feet to two Jumping and Jumping feet, one foot to two feet, one foot Landing Patterns Building a to one foot, and one foot to the Movement Foundation other foot) Concepts Using Hoops
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Skill Development~ Students will be expected to: Demonstrate an understanding of Games Rubric Catch a Tail Games fair-play principles Stuck-in-the-Mud Games Squirrels in the Games Trees Demonstrate a willingness to move Dance Rubric The Bunny Hop Dance in various formations (line, circle, The Muffin Man Dance scattered) Seven Jumps Dance Demonstrate an understanding of Building a Foundation General Space and Building a the difference between right and Rubric Creative Moves Foundation left Locomotor Skills, Building a Levels, and Foundation Directions Balance, Stunts, and Stunts Tumbling Introduction Catch a softly thrown ball at Catching and Self-Toss and Catch Catching and different levels using properly Throwing Rubric Partner Throw and Throwing positioned hands Catch Catching and Catching and Throwing Throwing Circuit Catching and Throwing Travel slowly in different directions Dribbling, Volleying, Dribbling Dribbling, Volleying, while manipulating a ball with and Striking Rubric Introduction and Striking various implements and body parts Sheep Dogs Dribbling, Volleying, (hands, feet, scoop, hockey stick) - and Striking on the spot while traveling Kicking and Trapping Use both right and left hands to Dribbling, Volleying, Volleying and Dribbling, Volleying, push a balloon upward and keep it and Striking Rubric Striking and Striking off the ground with the hands, or Introduction Dribbling, Volleying, with an implement (e.g., Sheep Dogs and Striking lightweight paddle) Keep It Up Dribbling, Volleying, and Striking Strike a lightweight ball with at Dribbling, Volleying, Volleying and Dribbling, Volleying, least three different body parts and Striking Rubric Striking and Striking (e.g., knee, foot, elbow) keeping it Introduction Dribbling, Volleying, in self-space Dribbling, and Striking Volleying, and Striking Circuit Strike a small playground ball off a Dribbling, Volleying, Batter Up! Dribbling, Volleying, tee or cone using the hand and Striking Rubric and Striking Throw various objects (e.g., ball, Catching and Throwing Catching and beanbag, Frisbee) at targets and Throwing Rubric Underhand to Throwing play target games Targets Catching and Bowlers Rollers Throwing Partner Throw Catching and and Catch Throwing Demonstrate techniques for Catching and Throwing Catching and throwing (stance, step, follow- Throwing Rubric Underhand to Throwing through) Targets Catching and Overhand Throw Throwing for Distance Catching and Clean Your Room Throwing Trap a slow moving ball with the Kicking and Trapping Partner Roll, Pass, Kicking and bottom of both feet Rubric and Trap Trapping Passing in Pairs Kicking and Kicking and Trapping Trapping Circuit Kicking and Trapping Swing a short rope in various Jumping Rubric Individual Rope Jumping positions with the right and left Jumping I Jumping hand (above head, in front of Individual Rope body, to right/left, under body) Jumping II Bounce a ball using two hands Dribbling, Volleying, Bounce and Catch Dribbling, and Striking Rubric Introduction Volleying, and Dribbling Striking Introduction Demonstrate ways to bounce and Dribbling, Volleying, Bounce and Catch Dribbling, catch using two hands, using a and Striking Rubric Introduction Volleying, and variety of balls (sponge, tennis, Striking playground) Use a variety of small equipment Jumping Rubric Stationary Rope Jumping (e.g., rope, hoop, ball, beanbag) to Jumping Jumping practice jumping over, around, and Jumping Building a through Rhythmically Foundation Movement Concepts Using Hoops Kick a ball at a large target (larger Kicking and Trapping Kicking for Kicking and ball, hoop, pylon, partner) Rubric Accuracy Trapping Triangle Passing Kicking and and 3-Player Kick Trapping and Score Skip with a short rope forward and Jumping Rubric Individual Rope Jumping backward Jumping I Jumping Individual Rope Jumping II
SPARK Alignment with Nova Scotia Physical Education Standards (K-2 Version 2008) 1st Grade
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Basic Movement~ Students will be expected to: Respond to a variety of stop and Building a Foundation The Freeze ASAP start signals Rubric General Space and Building a Creative Moves Foundation Move and Parachute Groove Find a self-space in a large Building a Foundation Orientation and Building a boundaried area Rubric Personal Space Foundation General Space and Building a Creative Moves Foundation Roadway ASAP Identify the location of different Building a Foundation Basic Body Balance, Stunts, and body parts Rubric Positions Tumbling Body Management Building a and Balance Foundation Bean Bag Balances Balance, Stunts, and Tumbling Perform fast and slow movements Dance Rubric Tempos and Building a with various body parts Creative Moves Foundation The Mexican Hat Dance Dance Travel while moving in a variety of Building a Foundation Tempos and Building a body shapes, with and without a Rubric Creative Moves Foundation partner Pairs Combining Building a Movement Foundation Concepts ASAP I See, I See Put a variety of body parts and Building a Foundation Locomotor Skills, Building a objects into different levels, alone Rubric Levels, and Foundation and with a partner Directions Building a Movement Foundation Concepts Using Dance Hoops The Hokey Pokey Experience changing from a leading Games Rubric Pairs Combining Building a to a following position in relation Movement Foundation to a partner Concepts ASAP Partner Tag Games Catch and Chase Demonstrate ways to change Building a Foundation Pathways and Building a direction and pathways while Rubric Creative Moves Foundation moving through general space, in Chasing and Building a order not to collide with others Fleeing Foundation Jump, skip, gallop, and slide Building a Foundation 4 Corners ASAP Rubric Locomotor Skills, Building a Levels, and Foundation Directions ASAP Locomotor Grab Bag
Alternative Environment~ Not specifically addressed in SPARK K-2 curriculum
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Dance~ Students will be expected to: Experience the enjoyment of Games Rubric Emotion Motion ASAP participating alone and with others The Bunny Hop Dance The Chicken ASAP Dance Select and respond to music of Dance Rubric Tempos and Building a different tempos to stimulate Creative Moves Foundation locomotor movements Seven Jumps Dance The Mexican Hat Dance Dance Experience moving on straight, Building a Foundation Pathways and Building a curved, and zig-zag pathways Rubric Creative Moves Foundation The Muffin Man Dance The Conga Dance Demonstrate ways to change from Dance Rubric Pairs Combining Building a a leading to a following position in Movement Foundation relation to a partner Concepts Games Catch and Chase Dance Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride Demonstrate ways to express the Dance Rubric Showtime Dance qualities of fast and slow speed The Mexican Hat Dance through a variety of creative dance Dance Building a sequences Tempos and Foundation Creative Moves Perform simple sequences that focus Building a Foundation Alley Cat ASAP on changes in direction, level, Rubric Locomotor Skills, Building a pathway, and shape (separately or Levels, and Foundation combined) Directions Dance Showtime Balance, Stunts, and Stunts Add-On Tumbling
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Educational Gymnastics~ Students will be expected to: Demonstrate an understanding of Balance, Stunts, and Stunts Orientation Balance, Stunts, and safety rules specific to a gymnastic Tumbling Rubric Tumbling environment Demonstrate a willingness to take Balance, Stunts, and Partner Stunts Balance, Stunts, and turns, as directed, on various pieces Tumbling Rubric Stunts Circuit Tumbling of gymnastic equipment Balance, Stunts, and Tumbling Perform the qualities of fast and Balance, Stunts, and Tempos and Building a slow speed through a variety of Tumbling Rubric Creative Moves Foundation gymnastic sequences on the floor and on small equipment Demonstrate ways to follow Building a Foundation Pathways and Building a different pathways and directions Rubric Creative Moves Foundation while moving on the ground or on Locomotor Skills, Building a low equipment Levels, and Foundation Directions Balance, Stunts, and Animal Balancing Tumbling Act Demonstrate the use of movement Balance, Stunts, and Body Building a sentences (the starting position is Tumbling Rubric Management and Foundation the capital letter, the action is the Balance Balance, Stunts, and verb, the quality of movement is the adjective, and the finishing Basic Body Tumbling position is the period) to explore Positions balances and shapes Experience and perform a variety Balance, Stunts, and Weight Transfer Balance, Stunts, and of rolls (log, shoulder, forward) Tumbling Rubric and Rolls Tumbling Stunts Circuit Balance, Stunts, and Stunts Add-On Tumbling Balance, Stunts, and Tumbling Combine jumps and landing to Jumping Rubric Jumping and Balance, Stunts, and create a sequence Landing Tumbling Jumping and Jumping Landing Patterns Jumping Jumping Rhythmically Demonstrate ways to jump and Jumping Rubric Jumping and Balance, Stunts, and land using a variety of take-off and Landing Tumbling landing patterns (two feet to two Jumping and Jumping feet, one foot to two feet, one foot Landing Patterns Building a to one foot, and one foot to the Movement Foundation other foot) Concepts Using Hoops
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Skill Development~ Students will be expected to: Demonstrate an understanding of Games Rubric Catch a Tail Games fair-play principles Stuck-in-the-Mud Games Squirrels in the Games Trees Demonstrate a willingness to move Dance Rubric The Bunny Hop Dance in various formations (line, circle, The Muffin Man Dance scattered) Seven Jumps Dance Demonstrate an understanding of Building a Foundation General Space and Building a the difference between right and Rubric Creative Moves Foundation left Locomotor Skills, Building a Levels, and Foundation Directions Balance, Stunts, and Stunts Tumbling Introduction Catch a softly thrown ball at Catching and Self-Toss and Catch Catching and different levels using properly Throwing Rubric Partner Throw and Throwing positioned hands Catch Catching and Catching and Throwing Throwing Circuit Catching and Throwing Travel slowly in different directions Dribbling, Volleying, Dribbling Dribbling, Volleying, while manipulating a ball with and Striking Rubric Introduction and Striking various implements and body parts Sheep Dogs Dribbling, Volleying, (hands, feet, scoop, hockey stick) - and Striking on the spot while traveling Kicking and Trapping Use both right and left hands to Dribbling, Volleying, Volleying and Dribbling, Volleying, push a balloon upward and keep it and Striking Rubric Striking and Striking off the ground with the hands, or Introduction Dribbling, Volleying, with an implement (e.g., Sheep Dogs and Striking lightweight paddle) Keep It Up Dribbling, Volleying, and Striking Strike a lightweight ball with at Dribbling, Volleying, Volleying and Dribbling, Volleying, least three different body parts and Striking Rubric Striking and Striking (e.g., knee, foot, elbow) keeping it Introduction Dribbling, Volleying, in self-space Dribbling, and Striking Volleying, and Striking Circuit Strike a small playground ball off a Dribbling, Volleying, Batter Up! Dribbling, Volleying, tee or cone using the hand and Striking Rubric and Striking Throw various objects (e.g., ball, Catching and Throwing Catching and beanbag, Frisbee) at targets and Throwing Rubric Underhand to Throwing play target games Targets Catching and Bowlers Rollers Throwing Partner Throw Catching and and Catch Throwing Demonstrate techniques for Catching and Throwing Catching and throwing (stance, step, follow- Throwing Rubric Underhand to Throwing through) Targets Catching and Overhand Throw Throwing for Distance Catching and Clean Your Room Throwing Trap a slow moving ball with the Kicking and Trapping Partner Roll, Pass, Kicking and bottom of both feet Rubric and Trap Trapping Passing in Pairs Kicking and Kicking and Trapping Trapping Circuit Kicking and Trapping Swing a short rope in various Jumping Rubric Individual Rope Jumping positions with the right and left Jumping I Jumping hand (above head, in front of Individual Rope body, to right/left, under body) Jumping II Bounce a ball using two hands Dribbling, Volleying, Bounce and Catch Dribbling, and Striking Rubric Introduction Volleying, and Dribbling Striking Introduction Demonstrate ways to bounce and Dribbling, Volleying, Bounce and Catch Dribbling, catch using two hands, using a and Striking Rubric Introduction Volleying, and variety of balls (sponge, tennis, Striking playground) Use a variety of small equipment Jumping Rubric Stationary Rope Jumping (e.g., rope, hoop, ball, beanbag) to Jumping Jumping practice jumping over, around, and Jumping Building a through Rhythmically Foundation Movement Concepts Using Hoops Kick a ball at a large target (larger Kicking and Trapping Kicking for Kicking and ball, hoop, pylon, partner) Rubric Accuracy Trapping Triangle Passing Kicking and and 3-Player Kick Trapping and Score Skip with a short rope forward and Jumping Rubric Individual Rope Jumping backward Jumping I Jumping Individual Rope Jumping II
SPARK Alignment with Nova Scotia Physical Education Standards (K-2 Version 2008) 2nd Grade
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Basic Movement~ Students will be expected to: Demonstrate an understanding of Games Rubric Stunts Balance, Stunts, and safety rules in physical education Introduction Tumbling classes Parachute Parachute Introduction Respond and react to start and stop Games Rubric The Freeze ASAP signals (e.g., use drum, whistle, Dead Bugs ASAP voice) using speed as a variable Toys Alive! ASAP Experience a variety of ways of Building a Foundation Movement Building a moving in relation to a stationary Rubric Concepts Using Foundation partner or object Hoops Building a Grouping and Foundation Making Bridges Jumping Stationary Rope Jumping Experience combining shapes, Building a Foundation Locomotor Skills, Building a levels, and pathways into simple Rubric Levels, and Foundation sequences Directions Building a Pathways and Foundation Dance Creative Moves Building a Tempos and Foundation Creative Moves Demonstrate an understanding of Building a Foundation Fitness Building a the effect of physical activity on Rubric Introduction Foundation
Demonstrate a variety of warm-up Building a Foundation Flexibility Building a and cool-down activities Rubric Stunts Foundation Introduction Balance, Stunts, and Tumbling
Alternative Environment~ Not specifically addressed in SPARK K-2 curriculum
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Dance~ Students will be expected to: Experience dancing to a variety of Dance Rubric The Mexican Hat Dance music with varying tempos or Dance speeds Demonstrate an understanding of Dance Rubric Tarantella Dance the origin of dances taught in class, Mayonesa Dance and explore the cultures from The Conga Dance which these dances originate Experience using different body Building a Foundation Monkey See, ASAP shapes and movements to Rubric Monkey Do Jumping creatively express the various Jumping Dance qualities of effort (e.g., force, Rhythmically speed) Dance Perform locomotor and non- Dance Rubric Hawaiian Roller Dance locomotor movements with a Coaster Ride Dance partner demonstrating different The Bunny Hop Dance relationships (e.g., leading, The Conga following, mirroring) Demonstrate ways to create a still Dance Rubric Create a Dance Dance life and slow motion representation of a symbol or picture of physical activity Perform dance sequences that focus Dance Rubric Alley Cat ASAP on changes in direction, level, The Bunny Hop Dance pathway, and shape (separately or Seven Jumps Dance combined)
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Educational Gymnastics~ Students will be expected to: Take responsibility for the safety of Games Rubric Dynamic Balances Balance, Stunts, and oneself and others when using (SPARK It Up! Tumbling gymnastic equipment Raised Lines) Select and perform activity-specific stretches for gymnastics maneuvers Demonstrate ways to manage own Hanging, climbing not specifically addressed in K-2 SPARK curriculum body weight while hanging and climbing Demonstrate ways to transfer Jumping Rubric Hurdling Practice Jumping weight over low equipment (e.g., Weight Transfer Balance, Stunts, and hurdles, hoops, mats) in a variety and Rolls Tumbling of ways Experience the qualities of light and Balance, Stunts, and Stunts Add-On Balance, Stunts, and strong force through a variety of Tumbling Rubric Tumbling gymnastic sequences Perform different body shapes in Jumping Rubric Jumping and Jumping the air when jumping off the Landing Patterns Balance, Stunts, and ground or low-level equipment Jumping and Tumbling Landing Emphasize resilience in the landing Jumping Rubric Jumping and Jumping Landing Patterns Balance, Stunts, and Jumping and Tumbling Landing Perform a jump, land, and roll in Balance, Stunts, and Weight Transfer Balance, Stunts, and any direction Tumbling Rubric and Rolls Tumbling Stunts Add-On Balance, Stunts, and Showtime Tumbling Balance, Stunts, and Tumbling Demonstrate an understanding of Large apparatus not address in K-2 SPARK Curriculum proper spotting procedures when using large apparatus
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Skill Development~ Students will be expected to: Demonstrate using the inside of the Kicking and Trapping - Kicking and foot to send and collect a ball Rubric Trapping Control Dribble Kicking and Around Obstacles Trapping Tunnel Dribble Kicking and Trapping Move to catch an object in a small Catching and Monkey in the Recess Activities group (two on one keep away Throwing Rubric Middle situation) Demonstrate the ability to strike a Dribbling, Volleying, Volleying and Dribbling, suspended ball, using a forehand and Striking Rubric Striking Volleying, and motion, with either a hand or a Introduction Striking lightweight paddle Striking with Dribbling, Paddles Volleying, and Striking Send a ball along the ground and Dribbling, Volleying, Keep It Up Dribbling, through the air with a body part and Striking Rubric Partner Throw Volleying, and and an implement to a stationary and Catch Striking partner Partner Roll, Pass, Catching and and Trap Throwing Kicking and Trapping Run and kick a ball that is moving Kicking and Trapping Passing in Pairs Kicking and slowly toward or away from Rubric Triangle Passing and Trapping him/her, using the instep 3-Player Kick and Kicking and Score Trapping Kicking and Trapping Kicking and Circuit Trapping Use an overhand throw, so that the Catching and Overhand Throw Catching and ball travels in different pathways in Throwing Rubric for Distance Throwing the air and covers different Catching and Catching and distances Throwing Circuit Throwing Clean Your Room Catching and Throwing Use dodging skills in a small group Games Rubric Cookie Monster Games situation using a soft, lightweight Tag Games object Color Tag Games Catch and Chase Use a variety of objects (balls, Catching and Throwing Catching and beanbags) to practice throwing at a Throwing Rubric Underhand to Throwing target Targets Catching and Catching and Throwing Throwing Circuit Recognize that skill development Manipulatives Rubric Scarf Juggling Manipulatives requires practice Lead-Up Jumping Individual Rope Balance, Stunts, and Jumping II Tumbling Weight Transfer and Rolls Dribble a ball, using the hands or Dribbling, Volleying, Squirrels and Dribbling, feet and Striking Rubric Acorns Volleying, and Control Dribble Striking Around Obstacles Kicking and Tunnel Dribble Trapping Kicking and Trapping Strike a ball with a bat from a tee Dribbling, Volleying, Batter Up! Dribbling, or cone, using a correct grip and and Striking Rubric Volleying, and side orientation Striking Strike a ball repeatedly using Dribbling, Volleying, Volleying and Dribbling, different body parts and and Striking Rubric Striking Volleying, and implements Introduction Striking Keep It Up Dribbling, Striking with Volleying, and Paddles Striking Dribbling, Volleying, and Striking Demonstrate an understanding of Games Rubric General Space and Building a the significance of boundaries used Creative Moves Foundation in various activities I Want a Home ASAP Roadway ASAP Demonstrate an understanding of Games Rubric Crazy Cones Games the different roles in various game Sugar and Fat Tag Games situations The Dog Catcher Games Create a sequence using a variety of Jumping Rubric Long Rope Jumping rope swings Turning in Pairs Jumping Individual Rope Jumping Jumping I Showtime Demonstrate ways to skip with a Jumping Rubric Individual Rope Jumping rope, forward and backward Jumping II Jumping Jumping and Jumping Landing Circuit Showtime Perform a variety of single-rope Jumping Rubric Individual Rope Jumping skipping skills Jumping II Jumping Jumping and Jumping Landing Circuit Showtime Demonstrate and perform the Jumping Rubric Long Rope Jumping continuous turning of a long rope Turning in Pairs Jumping with a partner Long Rope Jumping Jumping I Long Rope Jumping II Demonstrate the ability to enter Jumping Rubric Long Rope Jumping and exit a moving long rope Jumping I Jumping Long Rope Jumping II Demonstrate ways to kick a ball at Kicking and Trapping Tunnel Dribble Kicking and a small target (foot, leg) Rubric Kicking for Trapping Accuracy Kicking and Soccer Golf Trapping Kicking and Trapping
SPARK Alignment with Nova Scotia Physical Education Standards (3-6 Version 2009) 3rd Grade
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Basic Movement~ Students will be expected to: Demonstrate an understanding of Cooperative Skills Medicine Ball Group Fitness safety rules in physical education Performance Rubric Activities Stunts and classes Learning the Tumbling Stunts Chasing and Fleeing Tag Respond and react to start and stop Recess Activities The Snake Walk/Jog/Run signals (e.g., use drum, whistle, Rubric 4-Corner Scramble Recess Activities voice) using speed as a variable Offense/Defense ASAP Experience a variety of ways of Chasing and Fleeing Hoop It Up! Recess Activities moving in relation to a stationary Self-Check Grid Passing Basketball partner or object Experience combining shapes, Create a Dance Rubric Create a Dance Dance levels, and pathways into simple Create a Routine Group Fitness sequences Stunt Stories and Stunts and Tumbling Tales Tumbling Demonstrate an understanding of Fitness Circuits Think Moving Around Map Challenges the effect of physical activity on the Track Fitness Challenges Solo Aerobic Fitness Circuits Fitness Aerobic Capacity Circuit Demonstrate a variety of warm-up Fun and Flexibility Daily Dozen Stunts and and cool-down activities Task Card Perimeter Move Tumbling Meet Me in the ASAP Middle ASAP
Alternative Environment~ Not specifically addressed in SPARK 3-6 curriculum
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Dance~ Students will be expected to: Experience dancing to a variety of Dance Self-Check Louisiana Saturday Dance music with varying tempos or Night Dance speeds Whomp It Up Dance Alunelul Demonstrate an understanding of Dance Self-Check Alunelul Dance the origin of dances taught in class, Cotton-Eyed Joe Dance and explore the cultures from Irish Jig Dance which these dances originate Experience using different body Create a Dance Rubric Create a Dance Dance shapes and movements to creatively express the various qualities of effort (e.g., force, speed) Perform locomotor and non- Dance Performance Hot Time Dance locomotor movements with a Rubric Virginia Reel partner demonstrating different Scatter Square relationships (e.g., leading, Dance following, mirroring) Demonstrate ways to create a still Create a Dance Rubric Create a Dance Dance life and slow motion representation of a symbol or picture of physical activity Perform dance sequences that focus Dance Performance California Strut Dance on changes in direction, level, Rubric 5, 6, 7, 8 Dance pathway, and shape (separately or Hot Time Dance combined)
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Educational Gymnastics~ Students will be expected to: Take responsibility for the safety of Use of gymnastic apparatus not specifically addressed in SPARK 3-6 Curriculum oneself and others when using gymnastic equipment Select and perform activity-specific Stunts and Tumbling Daily Dozen Stunts and stretches for gymnastics maneuvers Rubric Tumbling Demonstrate ways to manage own body weight while hanging and Not specifically addressed in SPARK 3-6 Curriculum climbing Demonstrate ways to transfer Stunts and Tumbling Look, Learn and Stunts and weight over low equipment (e.g., Rubric Leave Tumbling hurdles, hoops, mats) in a variety of ways Experience the qualities of light and Stunts and Tumbling Stunt Stories and Stunts and strong force through a variety of Rubric Tumbling Tales Tumbling gymnastic sequences Create a Routine Stunts and Those Tricky Tumbling Transitions Stunts and Tumbling Perform different body shapes in Stunts and Tumbling Look, Learn and Stunts and the air when jumping off the Rubric Leave Tumbling ground or low-level equipment Emphasize resilience in the landing Stunts and Tumbling Look, Learn and Stunts and Rubric Leave Tumbling Perform a jump, land, and roll in Stunts and Tumbling Stunt Stories and Stunts and any direction Rubric Tumbling Tales Tumbling Those Tricky Transitions Demonstrate an understanding of proper spotting procedures when Not specifically addressed in SPARK 3-6 Curriculum using large apparatus
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Skill Development~ Students will be expected to: Demonstrate using the inside of the Soccer Self- Passing Drills Soccer foot to send and collect a ball Check Pass and Follow Soccer Soccer Skills Corner to Corner Soccer Performance Pass and Go Rubric Move to catch an object in a small Basketball Grid Passing Basketball group (two on one keep away Performance Rubric Keep Away (2 on Basketball situation) 1) Basketball 3-Catch Basketball Demonstrate the ability to strike a Racquets and Paddles Paddles Call Ball Racquets and suspended ball, using a forehand Skills Performance Batter Splatter Paddles motion, with either a hand or a Rubric Introduction to Racquets and lightweight paddle Badminton Paddles Racquets and Paddles Send a ball along the ground and Hockey Self- Pass and Follow Hockey through the air with a body part Check Corner to Corner Hockey and an implement to a stationary Soccer Self- Pass and Go Soccer partner Check Trap, Pass, and Follow Run and kick a ball that is moving Soccer Skills 5-Player Kick and Soccer slowly toward or away from Performance Rubric Dribble Soccer him/her, using the instep Corner to Corner Soccer Give and Go Use an overhand throw, so that the Softball Skills Partner Throw Softball ball travels in different pathways in Performance Rubric and Catch Softball the air and covers different Out at Home! Softball distances Beat the Ball Use dodging skills in a small group Chasing and Fleeing Tag Team Chasing and Fleeing situation using a soft, lightweight Performance Rubric object Use a variety of objects (balls, Flying Disc Flying Disc Golf Flying Disc beanbags) to practice throwing at a Performance Rubric Football Golf Football target Shooting Drills Basketball Recognize that skill development Stunts and Tumbling Look, Learn and Stunts and requires practice Rubric Leave Tumbling Jump the Circuit Jump Rope Movement Band Movement Bands Circuit Dribble a ball, using the hands or Basketball Self- Dribbling Drills Basketball feet Check Soccer Hoopla Soccer Soccer Self- Rainforest Soccer Check Strike a ball with a bat from a tee Softball Skills Batting Practice Softball or cone, using a correct grip and Performance Rubric Pepper Softball side orientation Open Base Softball Strike a ball repeatedly using Volleyball Self- Passing Pairs Volleyball different body parts and Check Mini-Hockey Hockey implements Hockey Self- Paddle 2-Square Racquets and Check Paddles Racquets and Paddles Self- Check Demonstrate an understanding of Chasing and Fleeing Capture the Flag Aerobic Games the significance of boundaries used Rubric Mini-Basketball Basketball in various activities 4-Zone Football Football Demonstrate an understanding of Aerobic Games Rubric Offense/Defense ASAP the different roles in various game Quiddich Aerobic Games situations Raiders of the Ark Create a sequence using a variety of Jump Rope Skills Create a Routine Jump Rope rope swings Performance Rubric Demonstrate ways to skip with a Jump Rope Skills Jump the Circuit Jump Rope rope, forward and backward Performance Rubric Jump Wheel Jump Rope Jump Rope Add- Jump Rope On Perform a variety of single-rope Jump Rope Skills Jump the Circuit Jump Rope skipping skills Performance Rubric Jump Wheel Jump Rope Jump Rope Add- Jump Rope On Demonstrate and perform the continuous turning of a long rope Long rope skills addressed in SPARK K-2 manual Jumping Unit with a partner Demonstrate the ability to enter and exit a moving long rope Demonstrate ways to kick a ball at Soccer Skills Passing Drills Soccer a small target (foot, leg) Performance Rubric 5 Person Kick and Soccer Dribble Soccer Mini-Soccer
SPARK Alignment with Nova Scotia Physical Education Standards (3-6 Version 2009) 4th Grade
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Active Living~ Students will be expected to: Demonstrate an understanding of Fun and Flexibility Daily Dozen Stunts and the importance and benefits of Task Card Perimeter Move Tumbling warm-up and cool-down activities Meet Me in the ASAP Middle ASAP Demonstrate knowledge of the Fitness Challenges Daily Dozen Stunts and Rubric Fitness Grids Tumbling groups and use them to increase Inside-Outside Fitness Circuits strength and perform locomotor Walk/Jog Walk/Jog/Run activities of low-, medium-, and high-intensity (e.g., walking, jogging, running) Develop a variety of skipping skills Group Fitness Rubric Create a Routine Group Fitness for use in an aerobic activity Demonstrate a willingness to Recess Activities Straddleball Recess participate in an intramural activity Rubric 2-Square Recess at lunch time or after school Wallball Recess Identify and list benefits resulting Sample debrief Body Fitness Circuits from participation in different Question: Composition Fitness Challenges forms of physical activities What are the benefits Circuit Fitness Circuits over time of Solo Aerobic participating in Fitness Challenge physical activities and Fitness Grids exercise on a regular basis? Participate with and show respect Cooperative Skills Soccer Group Soccer for persons of like and different skill Performance Rubric Challenge Jump Rope levels Group Jump Rope Fitness Challenges Challenge Survivor Challenge Identify good and bad foods and Body Composition Body Fitness Challenges their effect on the body BINGO SPARK It Up! Composition Fitness Circuits BINGO Body Composition Circuit
Alternative Environment~ Not specifically addressed in SPARK 3-6 curriculum
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Dance~ Students will be expected to: Demonstrate ways to travel, Dance Performance California Strut Dance changing speed and direction, in Rubric Achy Breaky Dance response to a variety of rhythms Heart Dance Louisiana Saturday Night Perform simple rhythmic actions to Dance Performance 5-6-7-8 Dance songs Rubric Movement Band Movement Bands Circuit Group Fitness Aerobic Dance Demonstrate ways to mirror and Dance Performance Hot Time Dance match the movements of a Rubric Virginia Reel Dance travelling partner to form Create a Dance Dance sequences and dances Demonstrate ways to combine two Create a Dance Rubric Create a Dance Dance or more movement patterns based Create a Routine Movement Bands on sets of either three or four beats Create a Routine Group Fitness into repeatable sequences or to music Perform a folk dance for a group Dance Performance Alunelul Dance (e.g., younger students, parents, Rubric Cotton-Eyed Joe Dance senior citizens) Irish Jig Dance Identify and describe how culture is Dance Performance Alunelul Dance reflected in folk dance Rubric Cotton-Eyed Joe Dance Irish Jig Dance Identify and compare the use of a Dance Performance Irish Jig Dance variety of types of music used in Rubric Virginia Reel Dance dance, and appreciate and respect Mambo #5 Dance the place of each
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Educational Gymnastics~ Students will be expected to: Apply appropriate safe spotting Stunts and Tumbling Partner Stunts and procedures for gymnastics activities Performance Rubric Switcheroo Stunt Tumbling Hunt Perform balance in a variety of Stunts and Tumbling Look, Learn and Stunts and positions using one, two, three, Performance Rubric Leave Tumbling four, or five bases of support and demonstrating various shapes and body control (wide, narrow, curled) Demonstrate ways to travel, jump, Stunts and Tumbling Look, Learn and Stunts and land, and roll over low equipment Performance Rubric Leave SPARK It Tumbling (starting with the roll with or Up Mini-Obstacle without hands on the floor) Course Demonstrate a variety of rolls (e.g., Stunts and Tumbling Look, Learn and Stunts and shoulder, forward, back) using Performance Rubric Leave Tumbling correct technique Those Tricky Experience using small equipment Look, Learn and Stunts and (e.g., hoops, ropes) to create a Leave SPARK It Tumbling sequence of various gymnastic skills Up Mini-Obstacle Course Create and perform simple Create a Routine Create a Routine Stunts and sequences alone or with a partner Rubric Stunt Stories and Tumbling involving rolling, weight transfers, Tumbling Tales Stunts and and balances Tumbling
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Skill Development~ Students will be expected to: Throw balls of various sizes and Softball Skills Partner Throw Softball weights to an appropriate target or Performance Rubric and Catch Football partner using a smooth overhand Air It Out Aerobic Games motion Quidditch Perform dodging skills Chasing and Fleeing Basic Tag Chasing and Fleeing Performance Rubric Hospital Tag Chasing and Fleeing Partner Tag Chasing and Fleeing Dribble with feet and hands in a Soccer Skills Soccer Hoopla Soccer group in a restricted area without Performance Rainforest Soccer colliding with others Rubric Dribbling Drills Basketball Basketball Skills Performance Rubric Strike a lightweight ball in Volleyball Introduction to Volleyball succession using at least two Performance Rubric Forearm Pass Volleyball different body parts, keeping it in (Bump) self-space Introduction to Overhead Pass (Set) Strike a ball to a wall or a partner, Racquets and Paddles Stroke and Catch Racquets and with a paddle, using forehand and Performance Rubric Paddle Wall Ball Paddles backhand strokes Paddle 2-Square Racquets and Paddles Racquets and Paddles Strike a softly thrown, lightweight Volleyball Bumping Buddies Volleyball ball back to a partner using a Performance Rubric Setting Pairs Volleyball variety of body parts and combinations of body parts (e.g., the bump volley as in volleyball, the thigh as in soccer) Demonstrate ways to avoid or Chasing and Fleeing Basic Tag Chasing and Fleeing catch an individual or object while Rubric Offense/Defense ASAP travelling Air Assault Football Demonstrate ways to keep an Volleyball Forearm 21 Volleyball object in the air using a variety of Performance Rubric Cooperative Volleyball body parts and implements in a Countdown Volleyball small group (e.g., balls, scoops, Crossover paddles, head, hands, feet) Identify and demonstrate the Softball Self-Check Pitch and Catch Softball techniques of basic games skills SPARK Softball Softball (throw, catch) and practice Passing and Football independently to improve skill Receiving Drills level Demonstrate an understanding of Aerobic Games Rubric Raiders of the Ark Aerobic Games the basic rules of the games played Capture the Flag Aerobic Games in class Quidditch Aerobic Games Demonstrate an appreciation of the Cooperative Self- Beat the Clock Cooperatives differences between co-operative Check Pass It Around Cooperatives and competitive activities and the Cooperative Volleyball role of each in physical education Countdown Demonstrate ways to toss/catch Juggling Scarves Addressed in SPARK K-2 Curriculum three scarves in own space
SPARK Alignment with Nova Scotia Physical Education Standards (3-6 Version 2009) 5th Grade
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Active Living~ Students will be expected to: Select and perform stretching Fun and Flexibility Daily Dozen Stunts and activities for specific muscle groups Task Card (Fitness Fun and Flexibility Tumbling Challenges) with a Friend Fitness Challenges Flexibility Circuit Fitness Circuits Demonstrate the ability to monitor Debrief question: Aerobic Dance Group Fitness heart rate before, during, and after What was your heart Walk/Jog Walk, Jog, Run activity rate before you Switcheroo Activities started the activity? Moving for Time Map Challenges What was your heart rate during the activity? What was your heart rate two minutes after the activity? Five minutes after? Experience recovering from Sample debrief Solo Aerobic Fitness Challenges vigorous physical activity in an question: Fitness Challenge Fitness Circuits appropriate length of time How would you rate Aerobic Capacity Group Fitness your level of exercise Circuit intensity using the Aerobic Dance scale of perceived exertion? Identify proper warm-up, Debrief Question: Flexibility Circuit Fitness Circuits conditioning, and cool-down What types of Fitness Grids Fitness Circuits techniques and the reasons for stretches are unsafe? Partner Mixed Fitness Fitness Challenges using them Why? Challenge Participate with and show respect Cooperative Skills Soccer Group Cooperative Skills for persons of like and different skill Performance Rubric Challenge Performance Rubric levels Group Jump Rope Challenge Survivor Challenge Demonstrate a willingness to Intramurals not Addressed in 3-6 SPARK curriculum participate in an intramural activity Demonstrate a willingness to choose and participate in an Home Plays Various Units activity at home or in the community for personal enjoyment and health benefits Monitor nutritional intake and Debrief Question: Body Composition Fitness Circuits relate it to an active, healthy How long would you Circuit Fitness Challenges lifestyle need to run to burn Solo Aerobic Fitness Fitness Circuits the calories that are in Challenge one cup of ice cream? Fitness Grids
Alternative Environment~ Not specifically addressed in SPARK 3-6 curriculum
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Dance~ Students will be expected to: Demonstrate and participate in a Dance Rubric Hot Time Dance variety of dance steps (e.g., Virginia Reel Dance promenade, do-si-do) Create, perform, and teach a simple Create a Dance Rubric Create a Dance Dance dance of his/her choice (e.g., line, Create a Routine Group Fitness folk, modern) Create a Routine Movement Bands Demonstrate the use of a variety of Dance Rubric Hot Time Dance relationships with a partner, or Virginia Reel Dance group, in a repeatable dance (e.g., behind, beside, mirroring, matching) Demonstrate an understanding of Dance Rubric Hot Time Dance the roles of males and females in Virginia Reel Dance the world of dance Demonstrate an appreciation of Create a Dance Rubric Create a Dance Dance ways to use the body and Create a Routine Group Fitness movement activities to Create a Routine Movement Bands communicate ideas and feelings
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Educational Gymnastics~ Students will be expected to: Demonstrate ways to jump and Stunts and Tumbling Look, Learn and Stunts and land for height as well as for Rubric Leave Tumbling distance, using both a one- and two-foot take-off Balance on low equipment (tables, benches) using a variety of bases of support Move feet into a high level by Stunts and Tumbling Look, Learn and Stunts and placing weight on the hands and Rubric Leave Tumbling landing with control Transfer weight in a variety of ways along low- and medium-level Gymnastic apparatus not specifically addressed in SPARK 3-6 curriculum apparatus (beam, bench), using changes in direction, level, speed, and body shape Identify and describe the elements Sample Debrief Create a Routine Stunts and of different types of gymnastics Question: Tumbling (e.g., educational, artistic, How do artistic and rhythmic) rhythmic gymnastics differ? How are they similar? Demonstrate an appreciation that Sample Debrief Look, Learn and Stunts and people have various levels of Question: Leave Tumbling flexibility and muscular strength, Why is it beneficial to Partner and these levels determine their have strong muscles in Switcheroo Stunt performance in gymnastics the arms, chest, and Hunt back when performing gymnastic activities? Create, individually or with Create a Routine Stunt Stories and Stunts and partners, a three- or four-part Rubric Tumbling Tales Tumbling routine, using a chosen theme Create a Routine (flight, weight transfer, balance) Participate in gymnastic activities Stunts and Tumbling Daily Dozen Stunts and that increase upper body strength Rubric Tumbling (e.g., climb, pull, swing, hang)
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Skill Development~ Students will be expected to: Catch objects of different sizes and Football Performance Air Assault Football weights while moving toward a Rubric Raiders of the Ark Aerobic Games specified area Hoop to Hoop Flying Disc Strike a ball, using a golf club or a Hockey Performance Corner to Corner Hockey hockey stick, so that it travels in an Rubric Pass and Go Hockey intended direction Passing Drills Hockey 5-Player Shoot and Dribble Bounce and then strike a small Racquets and Paddles Paddle 2-Square Racquets and object using a forehand motion Skills Performance Paddle Wall Ball Paddles with a lightweight paddle or racket Rubric Strike a gently tossed ball from a Racquets and Paddles Stroke and Catch Racquets and partner, using a backhand motion Skills Performance Paddles Rubric Demonstrate ways to purposefully Basketball Skills Defense! Soccer use general space to create or deny Performance Rubric Keep Away Basketball space when developing or using Keep Away Soccer game strategies Dribble a ball with hands and feet Hockey Skills Hockey Hoopla Hockey and maintain control while Performance Rubric Round Up Hockey travelling within a group Dribbling Drills Basketball Demonstrate an understanding of Aerobic Games Rubric Defense! Hockey offensive and defensive strategies in Offense/Defense ASAP the games Keep Away (2-on- Aerobic Games 1) Identify a game from Canada and one from another country, learn Addressed in SPARK MS curriculum (World Games Unit) the rules of each, and present to the class Apply and respect the rules of Aerobic Games Mini-Hockey Hockey Performance Mini-Basketball Basketball Rubric Mini-Soccer Soccer Recess Activities Self-Check Recess Activities Performance Rubric Demonstrate respect for his/her Cooperative Skills Soccer Group Soccer opponents and give everyone an Performance Rubric Challenge Jump Rope equal chance to participate Group Jump Rope Fitness Challenges Challenge Survivor Challenge Devise strategies to keep opponents Basketball Skills Defense! Soccer from reaching a specific area, Performance Rubric Keep Away Basketball person, or object Capture the Flag Aerobic Games Use basic juggling skills to toss/catch Juggling scarves addressed in SPARK K-2 curriculum (Manipulatives Unit) scarves
SPARK Alignment with Nova Scotia Physical Education Standards (3-6 Version 2009) 6th Grade
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Active Living~ Students will be expected to: Seek out, participate with, and Are You Part of the Stepping Stones Cooperative Games show respect for persons of like Cast? Cooperative and Initiatives and different skill levels Cooperative All-Star Volleyball Volleyball Teammate Self Group Trick Add- Movement Bands Check On
Select and lead a warm-up and/or Sample Debrief Fun and Flexibility Fitness Challenges cool-down activity question: with a Friend Fitness Circuits Perform activity-specific stretching What should be Flexibility Circuit Stunts and included in a proper Daily Dozen Tumbling warm-up? What should be included in a proper cool-down? Demonstrate a willingness to Map Challenges Moving Around Map Challenges choose to exercise at home for Mileage Chart the Track Fitness Challenges personal enjoyment and benefit Solo Aerobic Walk, Jog, Run Fitness Challenge Activities Walk/Jog Switcheroo Participate in games, sports, dance, Personal Best Day: My Wallball Recess Activities and outdoor pursuits, both in and Personal Best Progress Home Plays Various Units outside school, based on individual and Goals Card Walk/Jog Walk, Jog, Run interests and capabilities Switcheroo Activities Demonstrate the ability to officiate Recess Performance Peaceful Recess Activities a small-group game in class, Rubric Resolution Cards intramural, or in the community (e.g., boys and girls club, scouts/guides) Select activities designed to Sample Debrief Personal Best Day Personal Best Day improve and maintain muscular Question: Pedometer Map Challenges strength and endurance, flexibility, What activities did Activity Fitness Circuits and cardiorespiratory functioning you include to meet Mixed Fitness each fitness Circuit component? Explain the benefits of good Sample Debrief Body Fitness Circuits nutrition on activity level Question: Composition Fitness Challenges What are the benefits Circuit Fitness Circuits of good nutrition for Solo Aerobic physical activities and Fitness Challenge exercise? Fitness Grids
Alternative Environment~ Not specifically addressed in SPARK 3-6 curriculum
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Dance~ Students will be expected to: Teach a dance of their choice to a Create a Dance Create a Dance Dance group of younger students Perform dance sequences that show Dance Rubric Hot Time Dance smooth transitions between Pata Pata Dance movements Jekyll Island Dance Stomp Create dance sequences using a Create a Dance Create a Dance Dance variety of external stimuli (e.g., Create a Routine Movement Bands parachute, scarf, umbrella, home- made instruments) focusing on body shapes Select a dance form and research its Academic Integration Alunelul Dance historical, social, and cultural Cotton-Eyed Joe Dance context Irish Jig Dance Recognize the role of dance in Academic Integration Alunelul Dance getting to know and understand Cotton-Eyed Joe Dance Irish Jig Dance
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Educational Gymnastics~ Students will be expected to: Use small equipment (e.g., ribbons, Rhythmic Gymnastics not addressed in SPARK 3-6 curriculum balls, clubs) to create rhythmic gymnastic sequences to music Demonstrate ways to transfer Stunts and Tumbling Look, Learn and Stunts and Tumbling weight, from feet to hands, at fast Rubric Leave Stunts and Tumbling and slow speeds, using large Those Tricky extension (e.g., mule-kick, Transitions handstand, cartwheel) Create and perform repeatable Create a Routine Stunt Stories and Stunts and sequences (with a partner or in a Tumbling Tales Tumbling small group) involving rolling and Create a Routine Stunts and other skills (such as travelling, Tumbling balancing, and weight transfers) Balance in a symmetrical or asymmetrical shape on large gymnastics equipment (e.g., beams, tables, benches) Balance on a variety of moving Gymnastic apparatus not specifically addressed in SPARK 3-6 curriculum objects (e.g., balance boards, skates, scooters) Set up apparatus that promote climbing, swinging, pulling, and hanging Transfer gymnastic skills (e.g., Sample Debrief Daily Dozen Stunts and balance) into other movement Question: Tumbling categories Can you name some skills learned in one activity that can be transferred to another type of activity?
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Skill Development~ Students will be expected to: Design and play small-group co- Softball Create a Create a Game Softball operative games Game Rubric Perform an overhead volley using a Volleyball Skills Crossover Volleyball lightweight ball back and forth with Performance Rubric Setting Pairs Volleyball a partner across a medium-level net or rope Strike a rebounding ball from a wall Racquets and Paddles Paddle Wall Ball Racquets and using forehand or backhand Performance Rubric Paddles strokes, moving back to a ready position between strokes Throw a variety of objects Flying Disc Flying Disc Golf Flying Disc combining both accuracy and Performance Rubric Target Throw Flying Disc distance (e.g., Frisbees, deck tennis Football Golf Football rings, footballs) Explain and apply safety Sample Debrief Learning the Stunts and procedures in equipment handling Question: Stunts Tumbling and game play Name some situations Partner Ball Cooperatives that would make an Challenges Fitness Challenges activity unsafe. (Partner Fun and Trust) Survivor Challenge Manipulate objects (e.g., kick, Debrief Question: Grid Passing Basketball throw) using varied amounts of What adjustments do Air It Out Football force, flow, and speed appropriate you need to make to Pass and Follow Hockey to the given situation catch a ball that is thrown faster? From farther away? Pass and catch a ball while guarded Football Performance 4-Zone Football Football by opponents Rubric 3-Catch Basketball Basketball Quidditch Aerobic Games Explain why time and effort are Sample debrief Aerobic Dance Group Fitness prerequisites for skill improvement question: and fitness benefit Describe the principles Pick A Card Fitness Circuits of training (F.I.T.T.) Circuit Fitness Challenges How would you Survivor apply them to Challenge improve aerobic endurance? Muscular strength? Muscular endurance? Flexibility? Body composition?
SPARK Alignment with Nova Scotia Physical Education Standards (MS Version 2010) 7th Grade
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Activities Corresponding Assessments SPARK Unit
Active Living~ Students will be expected to: Set and modify goals to develop Personally Fit personal fitness to maintain a healthy lifestyle Categorize activities and exercises Peer Coach (Fitness Volley Tennis, Heart Racquets and according to cardiovascular benefits Stations Task Card) Rate Extension Paddles Self-Check (Fitness) Gotta Have Heart Fitness Unit Test (Fitness) Aerobic Capacity Circuit Fitness Describe and practice relaxation Self-Check (Fitness) Introduction to Yoga Fitness techniques for stress management Describe the relationship between Fitness Unit Written Body Composition Fitness nutrition and activity Test Circuit Fitness Body Composition Fitness BINGO Fitness Build a Pyramid Fitness Nutrition Team Challenge Fruit Smoothie Explain the benefits of and Fitness Unit Written Combining Aerobic Fitness demonstrate warm-up and cool- Test Capacity and Flexibility down activities Participate in activities that enhance Personally Fit Activity Gotta Have Heart Fitness cardiovascular fitness, muscular Challenge: Resistance Band Workout Fitness strength, endurance, and flexibility In the Mood to Move Stability Ball and Medicine Fitness Ball Workout Fitness Combining Aerobic Fitness Capacity and Flexibility Body Composition Circuit Indentify resources in the Personally Fit community that contribute to active living
Outdoor Activities~ Not specifically addressed in SPARK MS curriculum
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Dance~ Students will be expected to: Perform a variety of individual Dance Teacher Rubric Electric Slide Dance novelty dances (e.g., Y.M.C.A., Beat It! Poco Loco Dance Macarena, line dance, limbo) Perform an aerobic dance sequence Create a Routine Task Create a Routine Fitness to music Card (Aerobic Capacity) Dance Cardio Dance Day Demonstrate the use of a variety of Props in dances not specifically addressed in MS SPARK curriculum objects (e.g., fans, drums, hats) to create dances Perform a variety of line, circle, and Dance Teacher Rubric Alunelul Dance (SPARK 3-6 square dances learned in Cotton-Eyed Joe curriculum) elementary school Irish Jig Create and perform movement Dance Teacher Rubric Create a 4-Wall Dance sequences to a variety of music and Line Dance Dance rhythmic forms Create a Poco Dance Loco Create a Hip Hop Routine
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Educational Gymnastics~ Students will be expected to: Demonstrate safety procedures and Stunts and Tumbling: Self-Guided Tour Stunts practices to avoid unnecessary risks Self Check Partner Stunts Stunts Peer Coach Teacher Rubric Perform correct techniques for basic Stunts and Tumbling: Self-Guided Tour Stunts gymnastics skills (e.g., rolls, Self Check Stunts and Tumbling Stunts cartwheels, handstands) Peer Coach Buffet Teacher Rubric Demonstrate travel, balance, and Stunts and Tumbling: Self-Guided Tour Stunts weight transfers on the floor and Self Check Stunts and Tumbling Stunts on small and/or large equipment Peer Coach Buffet Teacher Rubric
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Sport Experience~ Students will be expected t o: Demonstrate sport-specific skills and MS Unit Introduction to Basketball be able to break them down into Teacher Rubrics Shooting Football their components: preparation, MS Unit Self- Passing and Soccer action, follow-through Checks Receiving MS Unit Peer Shooting and Coach Goaltending Participate in a wide variety of MS Unit 3-on-3 Basketball Basketball sports and games Teacher Rubrics Quick-Play Mini- Football MS Unit Self- Football Golf Checks A Round of Golf MS Unit Peer Coach Demonstrate an understanding of MS Unit Written Tests WFDF World Flying Disc rules with regard to safety Overall Flying Soccer Disc Football Championship Mini-Soccer Flag-Pulling Demonstrate an understanding of MS Teacher Rubrics A Round of Golf Golf rules in game situations Volleyball Royal Volleyball Court World Games Modified Team Handball Demonstrate positive personal Cooperatives: Poker Adventure World Games social behaviors that emphasize fair Peer Coach Race World Games play Self Check Seconds to Spare World Games Teacher Rubrics Centipede Pass World Games Coulda Shoulda Indiana Jones Woulda (all units)
SPARK Alignment with Nova Scotia Physical Education Standards (MS Version 2010) 8th Grade
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Active Living~ Students will be expected to: Use relaxation techniques for stress Fitness Self-Check Introduction to Yoga Fitness management Design and analyze a personal Personally Fit nutrition plan Analyze activities and exercises Fitness: Range of Motion Fitness according to benefits to muscular MS Unit Written Circuit Fitness strength, cardiovascular fitness, Tests Basic Exercise Fitness flexibility, and endurance Peer Coach Techniques Self Check Aerobic Capacity Teacher Rubrics Circuit
Explain the benefits of and Fitness Unit Written Range of Motion Fitness demonstrate warm-up and cool- Tests Circuit Fitness down activities Balancing Strength Fitness and Flexibility Combining Aerobic Capacity and Flexibility Participate in activities that enhance Fitness: Range of Motion Fitness muscular strength, cardiovascular Self Check Circuit Fitness fitness, flexibility, and endurance Teacher Rubric Basic Exercise Fitness Techniques Aerobic Capacity Circuit Plan how to utilize community Personally Fit resources
Outdoor Activities~ Not specifically addressed in SPARK MS curriculum
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Dance~ Students will be expected to: Demonstrate learned traditional, Dance: La Bomba Poco Loco Dance line, circle, and square dances from Teacher Rubric Rev up the Bomba Dance previous grades Self Check Poco Loco Dance Peer Coach Hip Hop Basic Moves Dance Jigsaw Dance Merengue Etiquette Dance Basics Dance Merengue Jigsaw
Merengue Sweetheart Merengue Mixer! Practice new traditional, line, circle, Dance: Pencil Full of Lead Dance and square dances Test Poco Loco Dance Teacher Rubric Corazon Espinado Dance Self Check Poco Loco Dance Peer Coach Hip Hop Basic Moves Dance Jigsaw Dance Swing Etiguette and Dance Basics
Tur Turns) Swing Sweetheart More Swing Moves Create, with a partner, an aerobic Create a Routine Task Create a Routine Fitness dance sequence to music Card (Aerobic Capacity) Dance Cardio Dance Day Dramatize through dance such Dance: Create a Hip Hop Dance things as historical events, movie Test Routine Dance themes, poetry, or art Teacher Rubric Create your own Self Check Swing Moves Peer Coach Choreograph movement sequences Dance: Create a Hip Hop Dance using elements of movement and Test Routine Dance basic dance steps and patterns Teacher Rubric Create your own Self Check Swing Moves Peer Coach
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Educational Gymnastics~ Students will be expected to: Demonstrate safety procedures and Stunts and Tumbling: Self-Guided Tour Stunts practices to avoid unnecessary risks Self Check Partner Stunts Stunts Peer Coach Teacher Rubric Experience individual, partner, and Stunts and Tumbling: Self-Guided Tour Stunts small-group balance and counter- Self Check Stunts and Tumbling Stunts balance Peer Coach Buffet Teacher Rubric Develop and perform, with a Stunts and Tumbling: Self-Guided Tour Stunts partner, a sequence containing Self Check Stunts and Tumbling Stunts basic gymnastic skills on the floor Peer Coach Buffet and on small and/or large Teacher Rubric equipment
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Sport Experience~ Students will be expected to: Refine sport-specific skills through MS Unit Self-Checks, Ball Control Drills Soccer practice and repetition Peer Coach Dribbling Drills Hockey Serve, Return, Handball Catch Demonstrate the discipline and MS Unit Self-Checks Putting to Targets Golf attitude required to master a skill Individual Juggling World Games (Sepak Takraw) World Games Target Practice Demonstrate an understanding of MS Teacher Rubrics, Zone and Player- Soccer positioning in offensive and Unit Written Tests to-Player Defenses Hockey defensive situations Zone Defense Flying Disc Zone and Persona Defense Participate in sport and games using MS Teacher Rubrics Modified Team World Games modified rules Handball Maintain the safety of game play MS Teacher Rubrics A Round of Golf Golf when rules are modified Quick-Play Mini- Football Football World Games Modified Team Handball Demonstrate positive personal and Cooperatives: Poker Adventure World Games social behaviors that emphasize fair Peer Coach Race World Games play Self Check Seconds to Spare World Games Teacher Rubrics Centipede Pass World Games Coulda Shoulda Indiana Jones Woulda (all units)
SPARK Alignment with Nova Scotia Physical Education Standards (HS Version 2007) 9th Grade
Standard Suggested Sample SPARK Corresponding SPARK Assessments Activities Unit
Active Living~ Students will be expected to: Use relaxation techniques for stress Yoga/Pilates Feedback Yoga Yoga management and Evaluation Design a nutritional plan Personal Fitness Personal Fitness Personal Fitness appropriate for a specific activity Program Evaluation Project Project (e.g., cross-country skiing, weight lifting, aerobics) Participate in activities that develop Personal Fitness Power Power personal fitness for active, healthy Program Evaluation Stretching/Yoga Stretching/Yoga living Pilates Pilates Aerobics Aerobics Personal Fitness Personal Fitness Project Project Workout Buddies Hearty Hoopla Jump Rope Routine Plan and participate in personal Personal Fitness Personal Fitness Personal Fitness fitness and activity programs, using Program Evaluation Project Project the principles of training Design a circuit that includes Personal Fitness Personal Fitness Personal Fitness activities to develop muscular Program Evaluation Project Project strength, cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, and endurance Set specific goals that use Personal Fitness Personal Fitness Personal Fitness community resources or facilities to Program Evaluation Project Project enhance his/her personal active- living goals
Outdoor Activities~ Not specifically addressed in SPARK MS curriculum
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Dance~ Students will be expected to: Research and share with peers Pata Pata Dance dances from other countries and/or Troika Dance cultures Create and teach an aerobic dance sequence to a small group in the class Integrate sports themes and music Dance Skill Evaluations et Choreography Project victory dance and football, slow- 0motion replay and martial arts) Create, choreograph, and perform dances for themselves and others in a variety of dance forms Apply the principles of mechanics 5-6-7-8 Dance to improve performance in dance Pata Pata activities Troika
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Educational Gymnastics~ Students will be expected to: Demonstrate safety procedures and Weight Room and Personal Fitness Project practices to avoid risks Fitness Lab Safety Test Create and perform group Gymnastics not specifically addressed in SPARK HS Manual sequences using basic gymnastics skills on the floor and on small and/or large equipment Demonstrate balance and body Skill Evaluations Yoga Yoga control as they relate to sport (e.g., snowboarding, heading a soccer ball, or catching balls in the air)
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Sport Experience~ Students will be expected to: Play a variety of games putting Skill Evaluations Volleyball Passing Volleyball several sport-specific skills into Forehand and Racquetball practice Backhand Techniques Identify the relationship between Skill Evaluations Power Power body mechanics and performance Stretching/Yoga Stretching/Yoga Apply game strategies in a variety Skill Evaluations Return Service to Volleyball of sports and games Target Softball 5-Person Hit and Run Softball Demonstrate an understanding of Group Minefield the role that leadership plays in Evaluation Electric Fence Cooperatives sport experiences Teambuilding All Aboard Response 2 Group Human Journal Ladder Debrief Modify rules of games for a variety Skill Evaluations 5-Person Hit and Softball of purposes Run Softball Demonstrate an understanding of Skill Evaluations Peer Teaching Peer Teaching rules through officiating Demonstrate positive personal and Group Two by Four social behaviors that emphasize fair Evaluation Shuffle play Teambuilding Response Warp Speed Journal Everybody Up Debrief Gordian Knot Trolleys Cooperatives Minefield Popsicle Push-Ups Electric Fence All Aboard Balloon Bop 2 Group Human Ladder Alaskan Pipeline Hog Call Straddleball Time Bomb Cross Training Carnival Challenge Digital Cross Training Adventure Things That Make
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