The purpose of this unit theme is to provide the student with a variety of challenging movement body experiences to help improve body awareness, muscular control, static and dynamic balance, muscular strength, flexibility, and agility during weight transfer, weight bearing, and stillness activities.

To meet the standard (rubric score of 3) set by the Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs) for Health and Fitness and their Grade Level Expectations a physically educated student will know and be able to do for:

Health and Fitness EALR 1.1: Demonstrate Physical Skills - 3rd Grade:
Dramatize fundamental rhythmic patterns
Static balance with control (i.e. scales, stability ball, head stands)
Fundamental forward and backward tumbling/weight transfer

Health and Fitness EALR 1.1: Demonstrate Physical Skills - 4th Grade:
Dynamic balance with control (e.g. rolls, cartwheels, balance beams)
Designs and performs repeatable sequences of rolling and weight transfer activities with smooth transition

Health and Fitness EALR 1.1: Demonstrate Physical Skills - 5th Grade:
Demonstrates rhythmic movement with smooth transitions (routines)
Static and dynamic balance incorporated within a routine

Other EALRs associated:

1.2, 1.3, 4.1

NASPE National Standards:

Standards 1-6

Student Generated Outcomes:

- To move dynamically with balance and
coordination.
- Helps increase muscular strength, and flexibility
- Exercise
- Wellness
- Skills needed for other activities (such as
skateboarding, scooter, bike and horseback riding)
- Tumbling helps to avoid injury when falling
- Good for developing balance for doing other
activities.

Student Generated Skill Work:

- Balance (both static and dynamic)
- Rolls (forward and backward)
- Cartwheels
- Round offs
- Balance beams
- Routines with transitions
- Springboard approach
- Modeling
- Cooperative work, cooperation, and sportsmanship.
- Maintaining Stillness through dynamic/static
balance

Student Generated Safety for Tumbling:

- Have self-space
- Do not touch or talk to others (unless permission)
- Keep body weight off of head using hands to
support body weight
- Do not do anything that was not taught by
Mr. Persse
- Always know what you are going to do before you
do it
- Know your limits
- Report any and all injuries to Mr. Persse
immediately.

Students will do a formal peer-assessment on day 5, and a summative assessment of their skills will be taken on day 8

The 60-second Curl-up test will conclude, and the Sit and Reach test measuring the Health-related component for flexibility will take place. The Sit and Reach fitness assessment will be practiced every day during this unit, and wrap up at the end of the volleyball unit.

After the 1-minute Run Club warm-up students will learn how to stretch (Sit and Reach) and strengthen (bottom-kickers) the hamstring muscle group while learning function, location, and number of muscles.