Standard 4: Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
Grades K-2
Benchmark A: Demonstrate and develop health-related fitness.
Kindergarten
Fitness
1. Perform fitness-related activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Demonstrate sufficient fitness to sustain moderate to vigorous physical activity.
Grade One
Fitness
1. Perform fitness-related activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Demonstrate sufficient fitness to sustain moderate to vigorous physical activity.
Grade Two Fitness
1. Perform fitness-related activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Demonstrate sufficient fitness to sustain moderate to vigorous physical activity.
Standard 4
Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
Grades K-2
Benchmark B: Understand the principles, components and practices of health-related physical fitness.
Kindergarten
Effects of Physical Activity
1. Explore activities that contribute to a healthy lifestyle.
2. Name activities that increase heart rate.
3. Recognize changes in the body that result from participation in moderate and vigorous physical activity (e.g., faster heart rate, perspiration, changes in breathing).
Grade One
Effects of Physical Activity
1. Recognize activities that affect heart rate, flexibility and muscle strength.
2. Identify ways to stretch muscles in various parts of the body.
3. Identify how different physical activities (running, stretching, balancing) affect the body (e.g., increased heart rate, increased respiration and perspiration, fatigued muscles).
Grade Two
Effects of Physical Activity
1. Distinguish between exercises that improve endurance, flexibility and muscle strength.
2. Identify the importance of pacing to sustain moderate to vigorous activity for longer periods of time.
3. Recognize the importance of muscular strength to support body weight.
4. Recognize that health-related fitness consists of several different components (e.g., strength, flexibility, endurance).
Standard 4
Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
Grades 3-5
Benchmark A: Meet or exceed criterion-referenced health-related physical fitness standards.
Grade Three
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Grade Four
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Grade Five
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Standard 4
Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
Grades 3-5
Benchmark B: Understand the principles, components and practices of health-related physical fitness.
Grade Three
Components and Principles
1. Identify the healthy fitness level (e.g., zone, criteria) for a fitness assessment.
2. Recognize when to increase or decrease intensity during an activity based on internal or external feedback.
3. Understand the overall benefits of a healthy, active lifestyle.
4. Define the components of health-related fitness (body composition, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance, muscular strength).
5. Know parts of a physical activity session/workout (e.g., warm-up, main activity, cool-down).
6. Monitor heart rate at rest, during physical activity and during cool down.
Grade Four
Components and Principles
1. Relate performance on fitness assessment with criteria for health-related fitness.
2. Identify activities or exercises that might improve or maintain a component of health-related fitness.
3. Define and describe the role of each health-related fitness component (body composition, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance, muscular strength) in a healthy lifestyle (e.g., why be flexible, why have muscular strength?).
4. Recognize and recall the components of the Frequency, Intensity, Time and Type (FITT) principle.
5. Compare and contrast the difference between resting, active and cool-down heart rates.
Grade Five
Components and Principles
1. Relate performance on fitness assessment with criteria for health-related fitness.
2. Identify activities or exercises that might improve or maintain a component of health-related fitness.
3. Understand the components of the FITT principle.
4. Describe feelings in the body that result from varying frequency, intensity, time and type of physical activity.
5. Understand the components of health-related fitness and identify activities that have potential to develop each component.
6. Identify and perform activities to complete each part (e.g., warm-up, main activity, cool-down) of a physical activity or workout.
7. Recognize the principles of target heart rate.
Standard 4
Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
Grades 6-8
Benchmark A: Meet or exceed criterion-referenced health-related physical fitness standards.
Grade Six
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Grade Seven
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Grade Eight
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Standard 4
Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
Grades 6-8
Benchmark B: Understand the principles, components and practices of health-related physical fitness.
Grade Six
Components, Principles and Practices
1. Identify areas of improvement from fitness test results and identify and develop a plan to improve areas of deficit.
2. Use various forms of technology to monitor physical activity (e.g., heart monitor, pedometer).
3. Understand the components of health-related fitness (body composition, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance, muscular strength) and participate in specific fitness activities to benefit these components.
4. Give multiple examples of physical activities that meet basic requirements for each health-related component.
5. Recognize the principles of target heart rate.
6. Describe feelings in the body that result from varying frequency, intensity, time and type of physical activity.
7. Apply FITT principle when participating in a physical activity.
8. Identify principles of training such as specificity, overload and progression.
Grade Seven
Components, Principles and Practices
1. Evaluate results of fitness test and develop a plan to improve a fitness component.
2. Determine health-related fitness activities designed to improve or maintain body composition, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance, muscular strength both inside and outside of school.
3. Understand principles of training (i.e., specificity, overload, progression).
4. Apply FITT principle when participating in a physical activity.
5. Apply principles of target heart rate to physical activity.
Grade Eight
Components, Principles and Practices
1. Evaluate results of fitness test and develop a comprehensive program to improve fitness.
2. Apply health-related fitness activities designed to improve or maintain body composition, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance, muscular strength both inside and outside of school.
3. Apply principles of training (e.g., specificity, overload, progression) to maintain or improve health-related fitness.
4. Apply FITT principle when participating in a physical activity.
5. Apply principles of target heart rate to physical activity.
Standard 4
Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
Grades 9-12
Benchmark A: Meet or exceed criterion-referenced health-related physical fitness standards.
Grade Nine
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Grade Ten
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Grade Eleven
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Grade Twelve
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Standard 4
Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
Grades 9-12
Benchmark B: Understand the principles, components and practices of health-related physical fitness.
Grade Nine
Components, Principles and Practices
1. Evaluate a fitness self-assessment and develop and implement a one-month personal physical fitness plan.
2. Demonstrate and report on the components of health-related fitness within a personal physical activity program.
3. Construct a timeline for improvement to accompany personal fitness plan.
4. Define and determine target training zone and apply it to fitness and physical activities.
5. Apply principles of training to monitor and adjust activity levels to meet personal fitness needs.
Grade Ten
Components, Principles and Practices
1. Evaluate a fitness self-assessment and develop an appropriate conditioning program for lifetime participation.
2. Refine and report the components of health-related fitness within a personal physical activity program.
3. Construct a timeline for improvement to accompany personal fitness plan.
4. Define and determine target training zone within a personal physical activity program and work to improve.
5. Analyze and apply the components of fitness to a personal physical activity program (body composition, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance, muscular strength).
Grade Eleven
Components, Principles and Practices
1. Evaluate a fitness self-assessment and develop a physical fitness plan that accommodates changes in age, growth and development to enhance personal health and performance in future leisure and workplace activities.
2. Create a personal physical activity fitness program recognizing all components utilized in a balanced manner.
3. Develop and maintain a personal fitness portfolio (e.g., assessment scores, goals for improvement, plan of activities for improvement, log of activities being done to reach goals, timeline for improvement).
4. Apply the overload, specificity, progression and FITT principles to a personal fitness program.
5. Include scientific principles and concepts as strategies for improvement of personal fitness (methods of stretching, types of muscular contractions).
Grade Twelve
Components, Principles and Practices
1. Evaluate a fitness self-assessment and develop a physical fitness plan that accommodates changes in age, growth and development to enhance personal health and performance in future leisure and workplace activities.
2. Create a personal physical activity fitness program recognizing all components utilized in a balanced manner.
3. Develop and maintain a personal fitness portfolio (e.g., assessment scores, goals for improvement, plan of activities for improvement, log of activities being done to reach goals, timeline for improvement).
4. Apply the overload, specificity, progression and FITT principles to a personal fitness program.
5. Include scientific principles and concepts as strategies for improvement of personal fitness (methods of stretching, types of muscular contractions).
Benchmark A: Demonstrate and develop health-related fitness.
Kindergarten
Fitness
1. Perform fitness-related activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Demonstrate sufficient fitness to sustain moderate to vigorous physical activity.
Grade One
Fitness
1. Perform fitness-related activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Demonstrate sufficient fitness to sustain moderate to vigorous physical activity.
Grade Two Fitness
1. Perform fitness-related activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Demonstrate sufficient fitness to sustain moderate to vigorous physical activity.
Standard 4
Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
Grades K-2
Benchmark B: Understand the principles, components and practices of health-related physical fitness.
Kindergarten
Effects of Physical Activity
1. Explore activities that contribute to a healthy lifestyle.
2. Name activities that increase heart rate.
3. Recognize changes in the body that result from participation in moderate and vigorous physical activity (e.g., faster heart rate, perspiration, changes in breathing).
Grade One
Effects of Physical Activity
1. Recognize activities that affect heart rate, flexibility and muscle strength.
2. Identify ways to stretch muscles in various parts of the body.
3. Identify how different physical activities (running, stretching, balancing) affect the body (e.g., increased heart rate, increased respiration and perspiration, fatigued muscles).
Grade Two
Effects of Physical Activity
1. Distinguish between exercises that improve endurance, flexibility and muscle strength.
2. Identify the importance of pacing to sustain moderate to vigorous activity for longer periods of time.
3. Recognize the importance of muscular strength to support body weight.
4. Recognize that health-related fitness consists of several different components (e.g., strength, flexibility, endurance).
Standard 4
Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
Grades 3-5
Benchmark A: Meet or exceed criterion-referenced health-related physical fitness standards.
Grade Three
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Grade Four
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Grade Five
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Standard 4
Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
Grades 3-5
Benchmark B: Understand the principles, components and practices of health-related physical fitness.
Grade Three
Components and Principles
1. Identify the healthy fitness level (e.g., zone, criteria) for a fitness assessment.
2. Recognize when to increase or decrease intensity during an activity based on internal or external feedback.
3. Understand the overall benefits of a healthy, active lifestyle.
4. Define the components of health-related fitness (body composition, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance, muscular strength).
5. Know parts of a physical activity session/workout (e.g., warm-up, main activity, cool-down).
6. Monitor heart rate at rest, during physical activity and during cool down.
Grade Four
Components and Principles
1. Relate performance on fitness assessment with criteria for health-related fitness.
2. Identify activities or exercises that might improve or maintain a component of health-related fitness.
3. Define and describe the role of each health-related fitness component (body composition, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance, muscular strength) in a healthy lifestyle (e.g., why be flexible, why have muscular strength?).
4. Recognize and recall the components of the Frequency, Intensity, Time and Type (FITT) principle.
5. Compare and contrast the difference between resting, active and cool-down heart rates.
Grade Five
Components and Principles
1. Relate performance on fitness assessment with criteria for health-related fitness.
2. Identify activities or exercises that might improve or maintain a component of health-related fitness.
3. Understand the components of the FITT principle.
4. Describe feelings in the body that result from varying frequency, intensity, time and type of physical activity.
5. Understand the components of health-related fitness and identify activities that have potential to develop each component.
6. Identify and perform activities to complete each part (e.g., warm-up, main activity, cool-down) of a physical activity or workout.
7. Recognize the principles of target heart rate.
Standard 4
Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
Grades 6-8
Benchmark A: Meet or exceed criterion-referenced health-related physical fitness standards.
Grade Six
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Grade Seven
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Grade Eight
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Standard 4
Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
Grades 6-8
Benchmark B: Understand the principles, components and practices of health-related physical fitness.
Grade Six
Components, Principles and Practices
1. Identify areas of improvement from fitness test results and identify and develop a plan to improve areas of deficit.
2. Use various forms of technology to monitor physical activity (e.g., heart monitor, pedometer).
3. Understand the components of health-related fitness (body composition, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance, muscular strength) and participate in specific fitness activities to benefit these components.
4. Give multiple examples of physical activities that meet basic requirements for each health-related component.
5. Recognize the principles of target heart rate.
6. Describe feelings in the body that result from varying frequency, intensity, time and type of physical activity.
7. Apply FITT principle when participating in a physical activity.
8. Identify principles of training such as specificity, overload and progression.
Grade Seven
Components, Principles and Practices
1. Evaluate results of fitness test and develop a plan to improve a fitness component.
2. Determine health-related fitness activities designed to improve or maintain body composition, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance, muscular strength both inside and outside of school.
3. Understand principles of training (i.e., specificity, overload, progression).
4. Apply FITT principle when participating in a physical activity.
5. Apply principles of target heart rate to physical activity.
Grade Eight
Components, Principles and Practices
1. Evaluate results of fitness test and develop a comprehensive program to improve fitness.
2. Apply health-related fitness activities designed to improve or maintain body composition, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance, muscular strength both inside and outside of school.
3. Apply principles of training (e.g., specificity, overload, progression) to maintain or improve health-related fitness.
4. Apply FITT principle when participating in a physical activity.
5. Apply principles of target heart rate to physical activity.
Standard 4
Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
Grades 9-12
Benchmark A: Meet or exceed criterion-referenced health-related physical fitness standards.
Grade Nine
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Grade Ten
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Grade Eleven
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Grade Twelve
Fitness
1. Perform fitness activities using appropriate principles and practices.
2. Meet criterion-referenced standards for the components of health-related fitness.
Standard 4
Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
Grades 9-12
Benchmark B: Understand the principles, components and practices of health-related physical fitness.
Grade Nine
Components, Principles and Practices
1. Evaluate a fitness self-assessment and develop and implement a one-month personal physical fitness plan.
2. Demonstrate and report on the components of health-related fitness within a personal physical activity program.
3. Construct a timeline for improvement to accompany personal fitness plan.
4. Define and determine target training zone and apply it to fitness and physical activities.
5. Apply principles of training to monitor and adjust activity levels to meet personal fitness needs.
Grade Ten
Components, Principles and Practices
1. Evaluate a fitness self-assessment and develop an appropriate conditioning program for lifetime participation.
2. Refine and report the components of health-related fitness within a personal physical activity program.
3. Construct a timeline for improvement to accompany personal fitness plan.
4. Define and determine target training zone within a personal physical activity program and work to improve.
5. Analyze and apply the components of fitness to a personal physical activity program (body composition, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, muscular endurance, muscular strength).
Grade Eleven
Components, Principles and Practices
1. Evaluate a fitness self-assessment and develop a physical fitness plan that accommodates changes in age, growth and development to enhance personal health and performance in future leisure and workplace activities.
2. Create a personal physical activity fitness program recognizing all components utilized in a balanced manner.
3. Develop and maintain a personal fitness portfolio (e.g., assessment scores, goals for improvement, plan of activities for improvement, log of activities being done to reach goals, timeline for improvement).
4. Apply the overload, specificity, progression and FITT principles to a personal fitness program.
5. Include scientific principles and concepts as strategies for improvement of personal fitness (methods of stretching, types of muscular contractions).
Grade Twelve
Components, Principles and Practices
1. Evaluate a fitness self-assessment and develop a physical fitness plan that accommodates changes in age, growth and development to enhance personal health and performance in future leisure and workplace activities.
2. Create a personal physical activity fitness program recognizing all components utilized in a balanced manner.
3. Develop and maintain a personal fitness portfolio (e.g., assessment scores, goals for improvement, plan of activities for improvement, log of activities being done to reach goals, timeline for improvement).
4. Apply the overload, specificity, progression and FITT principles to a personal fitness program.
5. Include scientific principles and concepts as strategies for improvement of personal fitness (methods of stretching, types of muscular contractions).