Kushner, Kate

Big Ideas: Physical Education 

• The lifestyle behaviors you develop now will have an impact on your wellness in the future.
• Physical Education promotes physical fitness, effective communication, teamwork, sportsmanship and determination to do your best
• Physical activity, positively impacts your physical, mental, social and emotional wellness. 

Physical Education: Curriculum Themes

Kindergarten to 4th Grade                                    

• Movement (ex. locomotor and non-locomotor movements)
• Fitness (ex. health and skill based fitness)
• Manipulative Games (ex. throwing, kicking, sticking, bouncing etc..)
• Cooperative & Creative Games (working togther)
• Invasion games (ex. soccer, basketball)
• Net Wall games (ex. volleyball, tennis) 
• Recreational Games (ex. tag games, ga-ga ball, bocce)
• Safety (ex. spatial awareness) 

I have a goal to have all students up and moving for 80 percent of their class time.