Grade 4

Motor Skills

Movement Knowledge & Application (MKA)

Fitness & Physical Activity (FPA)

Personal & Social Responsibility (PSR)

Values Physical Activity (VPA)

Hop (one foot), gallop, slide, skip

Jog, run

Jump & land for distance (horizontal)

Jump & land for height (vertical)

Dance

Balance

Weight Transfer & Rolling (OPTIONAL)

Combinations (optional)

Underhand Throw

Overhand Throw

Catching

Passing & Receiving with implements

Dribbling with hands

Dribbling with feet

Kicking (force or distance)

Passing & Receiving with feet

Striking with hand(s)

Striking, short implement

Striking, long implement

Jumping Rope

Space Awareness (location)

Space Awareness (pathways, levels, directions

Effort: speed and force

Relationships (body shapes, with objects, with people)

Movement Principles (base of support, muscle tension, ready position)

Performance Cues

Simple Strategies

Health-related Fitness

Physical Activity

Personal Responsibility

Feedback

Working with others

Procedures & Rules

Safety

Appreciation

Challenge

Uses various locomotor skills in a variety of small-sided games/practice tasks, dance, and/or educational gymnastics experiences.

Uses appropriate speed in chase, flee, and dodge activities.

Combines jumping and landing with traveling (e.g., running and leaping).

Combines traveling with jumping and landing.

Performs a cultural dance on beat with correct pattern.

Balances with a partner demonstrating counterbalance, muscular tension, and extension of free body parts.

Uses transfers of weight or rolling as a transitional movement in a sequence.

Performs a forward roll or shoulder roll using momentum to come to a standing position.

Combines traveling, balance and weight transfers/rolls to create and perform an educational gymnastics sequence.

Throws underhand to a partner or target with accuracy.

Throws overhand to a partner or target with accuracy.

Catches an object at various levels and locations around the body (from partner).

Passing and receiving with a partner while stationary with accuracy.

Dribbles with preferred hand using mature pattern while jogging.

Dribbles while increasing and decreasing speeds.

Dribbles with feet using mature pattern while jogging.

Dribbles with feet while increasing and decreasing speeds.

Kicks a ball with a running approach for accuracy.

Kicks a moving ball with a running approach.

Passes and receives the ball with the insides/outsides of the feet to a moving partner.

Strikes an object in partner or small-sided practice tasks.

Overhead volleys a ball with two hands, body positioned under the ball, and contact made with finger pads sending it upward.

Strikes an object with a short-handled implement sending it forward using a forehand pattern with side to target and implement back in preparation.

Strikes an object with a long-handled implement (e.g., bat, hockey stick, golf club) with proper grip, body orientation, and swing plane.

Performs a simple jump rope routine with short or long rope.

Compares and contrasts open and closed spaces.

Applies the concept of open space to combination skills (e.g., traveling and dribbling).

Compares and contrasts use of pathways, levels, and directions.

Uses pathways, levels, and directions in a variety of small-sided games/practice tasks, dance, and/or educational gymnastics experiences.

Compares and contrasts use of speeds and forces within movement.

Uses speeds and forces in a variety of small-sided games/practice tasks, dance, and/or educational gymnastics experiences.

Compares and contrasts relationships in movement.

Uses relationships in a variety of small-sided games/practice tasks, dance, and/or educational gymnastics experiences.

Explains how movement principles are used in a variety of dance and/or educational gymnastic experiences.

Applies movement principles in a variety of dance and/or educational gymnastics experiences.

Explains how to correctly perform a skill.

Designs and implements simple strategies in game-like activities.

Identifies the components of health-related fitness.

Analyzes opportunities in the community for physical activity.

Exhibits responsible behavior in group settings.

Reflects on personal behavior in group settings.

Listens respectfully to corrective feedback from teachers and peers.

Interacts positively with others regardless of personal differences.

Adheres to specific rules to promote fair play in small-sided games.

Applies safety principles in all physical activities.

Ranks different physical activities based on personal preference.

Discusses the challenge that comes from learning a new physical activity.