Grade 6 PE Missouri Standards

Apply fundamental and sequential skills in game situations with increased proficiency.

Body Systems

Fitness Principles

Social/Cultural Aspects of Dance

Physical Activity and Lifetime Wellness

Demonstrate basic competence in a variety of individual, dual and team sports.

Health-Related and Skill-Related Fitness

Specialized Activities

Personal/Social Responsibilities

Outdoor Pursuits/Recreational Activities

Identify activities that develop skill-related fitness.

Body Management

Identify critical elements to improve performance in selected skills (e.g., throw various objects).

Personal Fitness and Healthy Active Living

Movement Concepts

Wellness

Explain how the circulatory system and respiratory system respond to physical activity.

Demonstrate basic competence in a variety of outdoor pursuits and recreational activities.

Define terminology, list rules and safety principles appropriate for specialized activities included in the instructional program.

Prevention

Identify and describe reasons for using proper warm-up, cool-down, stretching, and appropriate attire in a physical activity setting.

Evaluate decision-making behaviors as they affect wellness.

Developmental Games

Explain how the muscular system and skeletal system work together to move the body.

Injury Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation

Responsible Personal and Social Behavior in the Physical Activity Setting

Individual, Dual and Team Sports

Fundamental Movement Skills and Games

Define terminology, list rules and safety principles appropriate for outdoor pursuits and recreational activities (e.g., table tennis, orienteering).

Apply mechanical principles of force, stability motion, and direction (e.g., lower the center of gravity).

Describe target heart rate as it relates to cardio respiratory endurance.

Identify terminology, list rules and safety principles appropriate for individual, dual and team sports.

Demonstrate skills successfully in modified games of increased complexity.

Skill Techniques

Sport Skills and Lifetime Activities

Describe the benefits of dance as a lifetime activity as it relates to fitness (e.g., flexibility, muscle coordination).

Interpret personal health-related fitness assessments and determine which fitness components need improvement (e.g., pedometers, heart rate monitors, pulse sticks).

Forms of Dance

Demonstrate appropriate social skills while participating in dance activities, including etiquette and courtesies appropriate to various dance forms.

Efficiency of Human Movement and Performance

Rhythmic Activities

Explain how rules, safety and etiquette are important concepts in a physical activity setting.

Exhibit basic dance skills and fundamentals while demonstrating various dance forms (e.g., folk, line, square, social).

Rhythms and Dance