SPARK Alignment with Alabama Physical Education Standards Standard Suggested Assessments Sample SPARK Activities Corresponding SPARK Unit Demonstrates competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few movement forms Applies movement concepts and principles to the learning and the development of motor skills. Exhibits a physically active lifestyle Achieves and maintains a healthenhancing level of physical fitness. K-2 (2008 Edition) Building a Foundation Rubric Balance, Stunts, and Tumbling Rubric Building a Foundation Rubric Games Rubric Locomotor Skills, Levels, and Directions Manipulatives Basic Body Positions Showtime Scoops and Balls Introduction Control Dribble Around Obstacles Introduction Flexibility Parachute Sugar and Fat Tag Weight Transfer and Rolls Locomotor Grab Bag Building a Foundation Manipulatives Balance, Stunts, and Tumbling Balance, Stunts, and Tumbling Catching and Throwing Kicking and Trapping Building a Foundation Building a Foundation Parachute Games Balance, Stunts, and Tumbling ASAP Demonstrates responsible personal Parachute Rubric Capture the Orb Parachute
and social behavior in physical activity settings. Demonstrates understanding and respect for differences among people in physical activity settings. Understands that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, selfexpression, and social interaction. Games Rubric Rubric Partner Stunts Long Rope Jumping I and II Houdini Hoops Frog Crossing The Mexican Hat Create a Emotion Motion Oxygen Boogie Balance, Stunts, and Tumbling Jumping Games Games ASAP Games
SPARK Alignment with Alabama Physical Education Standards Standard Suggested Assessments Sample SPARK Activities Corresponding SPARK Unit 3-5 (2007 Edition) Demonstrates competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few movement forms Applies movement concepts and principles to the learning and the development of motor skills. Exhibits a physically active lifestyle Achieves and maintains a healthenhancing level of physical fitness. Hockey Self-Check Create a Game Performance Rubric (Aerobic Games) Walk/Jog/Run Think About s Performance Rubric Batting Practice Ball-Control Drills Dribbling Drills Survivor Challenge Cooperative Countdown Aerobic Bowling Moving Around the Track Inside/Outside Walk/Jog Partner Walk/Jog and Talk Body Composition Muscular Strength and Endurance Fun and Flexibility with a Friend Aerobic Capacity Softball Soccer Hockey Challenges Aerobic Games Map Challenges Walk/Jog/Run Walk/Jog/Run s s Challenges s
Demonstrates responsible personal and social behavior in physical activity settings. Demonstrates understanding and respect for differences among people in physical activity settings. Understands that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, selfexpression, and social interaction. Cooperative All-Star Self Check Are You Part of the Cast? Cooperative All- Star Teammate Self Check Challenges Performance Rubric Group Juggling Stepping Stones Beat the Clock Mini-Hockey Survivor Challenge Stick with Me! Solo Aerobic Jump the (Individual Tricks) Moving Around the Track Hockey Challenges and Initiatives Challenges Jump Rope Map Challenges
SPARK Alignment with Alabama Physical Education Standards Grade 6 Standard Suggested Assessments Sample SPARK Activities Corresponding SPARK Unit Demonstrate rope-jumping and original dance routines that incorporate varying lengths, skill sequences, and musical accompaniments. Combine a variety of skills into sequenced routines. (MS Version 2011) Jump Rope Create a Routine Create a Routine Stunts and Tumbling Create a Routine Jump Rope Create a Routine Create a Routine Create a Routine Create a 4-Wall Line Create a Hip Hop Routine Stunts and Tumbling Buffet Create a Routine Create a Poco Loco Jump Rope Stunts and Tumbling Jump Rope Demonstrate dribbling, shooting, and striking skills. Specific Unit: Teacher Rubric Self-Check Peer Coach Dribbling to Open Space Dribble Keep Away Shooting Shooting Drills Batting Practice Basketball Soccer Basketball Hockey Softball Demonstrate forehand and Racquets and Paddles; Racquets and
backhand striking skills. Identify rules and regulations for a variety of sports and lifetime activities. Explain the importance of repetition and practice as a means for skill improvement. Modify physical activities, games, and sports to meet specified criteria. Explain sport-specific etiquette and good sportsmanship for team, individual, and dual sports. Demonstrate positive social interactions in situations that include members of different genders, cultures, ethnicities, Handball Units: Teacher Rubric Self-Check Peer Coach Specific Unit: Written Unit Tests What do you need to do to improve your skill performance? Create a Game: Hockey Specific Unit: Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda : Self-Check Performance Rubrics the Forehand Stroke the Backhand Stroke the Sidearm Stroke 7V7 Modified Softball 3-on-3 Basketball A Round of Golf Advanced Progressions Advanced Shots Disc Throwing Stations Vollyball Xtreme (Create a Game) Create a Game Soccer World Cup Quick-Play Mini- Football Team Paddle Ball Sepak Takraw Kin-Ball 4-Square Modified Cricket Paddles Racquets and Paddles Handball Softball Basketball Golf Stunts and Tumbling Handball Flying Disc Hockey Soccer Football Racquets and Paddles
abilities, and disabilities. Describe progress toward achieving personal fitness goals for each of the health-related fitness components. Peer Coaching Unit Test Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda Unit Written Test What are some activities you have used that are effective in improving each of the health-related physical fitness components? Gotta Have Heart Aerobic Capacity Heart Rate Highway Basic Exercise Techniques in the Middle Resistance Band Stability Ball and Medicine Ball Range of Motion Balancing Strength and Flexibility Yoga Pilates SPARKfit Personally Fit (SPARKfamily.org)
Analyze exercise and heart rate data to determine adjustments to health fitness plans. Identify possible injuries resulting from improper exercise routines. Create A Routine ( Aerobic Capacity) Extension: Heart Rate Monitors What types of stretches are unsafe? Why? Combining Aerobic Capacity and Flexibility Body Composition Body Composition BINGO Build a Pyramid Nutrition Team Challenge Fruit Smoothie Gotta Have Heart Aerobic Capacity Heart Rate Highway Daytona 2000 Create a Routine (Aerobic Capacity) Basic Exercise Techniques Resistance Band Stability Ball and Medicine Ball
Describe the structure and function of the muscular and skeletal systems as they relate to physical performance. : MS Unit Written Tests How would you describe the principle of overload to improve your muscular strength? Resistance Band Stability Ball and Medicine Ball in the Middle
SPARK Alignment with Alabama Physical Education Standards Grade 7 Standard Suggested Assessments Sample SPARK Activities Corresponding SPARK Unit Apply critical elements for all locomotor, nonlocomotor, and manipulative skills in modified game situations. Demonstrate striking skills in modified versions of sport and recreation activities. Analyze manipulative skills for specific sports or recreational activities. Identify applications of motor skills in both recreation and sport. (MS Version 2011) Specific Unit: Self-Check Performance Rubrics Peer Coaching Specific Unit: Self-Check Performance Rubrics Peer Coaching Specific Unit: Self-Check Peer Coaching Specific Unit: Self-Check Performance Rubrics Written Tests Modified Team Handball 7V7 Modified Softball Mini-Soccer Team Paddleball Mini-Hockey 2-Pitch Stickball Throw for Accuracy and Distance Advanced Shots Sepak Takraw Individual Juggling Tee, Jump, Field (Cricket) A Round of Golf Disc Golf Softball Soccer Racquets and Paddles Hockey Softball Flying Disc Handball Golf Flying Disc
Develop a transitional rhythmic sequence or dance. Establish personal fitness goals and methods to improve healthy habits. Define the principles of training and conditioning, including warm-up, conditioning, cool-down, overload, frequency, duration, intensity, and flexibility. Explain the association among nutrition, exercise, and rest in the development of a healthy lifestyle. Identify cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular Peer Coaching Create a Performance Rubric What should be included in a proper warm-up? What should be included in a proper cool-down? Written Test Performance Rubric : MS Unit Written Tests Create a 4-Wall Line Create a Poco Loco Create a Hip Hop Routine SPARKfit Personally Fit Range of Motion Individual Warm- Up Routines Partner Warm-Up Routines Body Composition Body Composition BINGO Build a Pyramid Nutrition Team Challenge Fruit Smoothie Gotta Have Heart Aerobic Capacity (SPARKfamily.org) Jump Rope Jump Rope
endurance, speed, power, and agility as the components of fitness. What are the components of healthrelated fitness? Heart Rate Highway Basic Exercise Techniques in the Middle Resistance Band Stability Ball and Medicine Ball Range of Motion Balancing Strength and Flexibility Yoga Pilates Combining Aerobic Capacity and Flexibility Body Composition Body Composition
Apply methods to monitor the body's response to exercise. Apply the principles of training and conditioning necessary for a specific sport or recreational activity. Relate overload, frequency, intensity, duration, specificity, and progression to specific sports, dance, and recreational activities. Pedometer Tracking Log Heart Rate Monitor Log Create A Routine ( Aerobic Capacity) Extension: Heart Rate Monitors Self- Check Peer Coaching How would you use the principle of overload to safely BINGO Build a Pyramid Nutrition Team Challenge Fruit Smoothie Gotta Have Heart Aerobic Capacity Heart Rate Highway Resistance Band Stability Ball and Medicine Ball in the Middle Resistance Band Stability Ball and Medicine Ball SPARKfit Personally Fit (SPARKfamily.org) SPARKfit Personally Fit (SPARKfamily.org) SPARKfit Personally Fit (SPARKfamily.org)
Identify the characteristics of both good and poor sportsmanship. Analyze components of at least one international game. Categorize games, sports, and recreational activities by themes. Apply appropriate methods for communicating with confrontational opponents. Exhibit attributes needed to accomplish a set goal in a competitive and cooperative environment. improve your muscular strength? : MS Unit Written Tests Peer Coach Self Check Teacher Rubrics Coulda Shoulda Woulda (all units) Unit Test Performance Rubric How can you apply your racquet skills to handball? To volleyball? Coulda Shoulda Woulda (all units) Self-Check Performance in the Middle Royal Court Event: National Hockey League All-Star Dream Event SPARK Event: FIBA World Championships Sepak Takraw Modified Cricket Modified Team Handball the Serve the Handball Serve Serving Challenges SPARK Events Moon Ball Turnstile Cross the Pond Hockey Basketball Racquets and Paddles Handball All Units
Identify promotional techniques for securing community participation in a physical education-related project. Rubric What techniques could you use to encourage community attendance at your event? SPARK Events All Units
SPARK Alignment with Alabama Physical Education Standards Grade 8 Standard Suggested Assessments Sample SPARK Activities Corresponding SPARK Unit Demonstrate competence in a variety of activities. Incorporate striking skills that demonstrate accuracy, distance, trajectory, and consistency in a variety of innovative activities. Discuss the concepts that affect motor skill development and performance. Analyze the critical elements of skills associated with sports or recreational activities to determine which are specific to the activity. (MS Version 2011) Specific Unit: Self Check Peer Coach Teacher Rubric Racquets and Paddles,, Hockey, Handball, Golf Peer Coach Self-Check Teacher Rubric How do you apply rotation principles when performing a cartwheel? Throwing a disc? How can you apply your racquet skills to handball? To volleyball? How do Self-Guided Tour Mini- Tee Ball Derby Volley Tennis Stations Shooting Drills Extreme Rally Target Golf Advanced Progressions Shot Put Disc Throwing Stations the Serve the Handball Serve Serving Challenges Stunts Softball Racquets and Paddles Hockey Handball Golf Stunts and Tumbling Track Flying Disc Racquets and Paddles Handball
Critique game strategies for innovative or cooperative group activities. Provide performance cues and feedback while participating in partner skill practice sessions. Compare methods of heart rate monitoring, fitness testing, respiration rate, and body composition through a variety of activities. Define the components of fitness, including muscular strength, agility, speed, power, flexibility, cardiovascular endurance, and muscular endurance. they differ? Create a Game Task Card Performance Rubric Specific Unit Peer Coach Heart Rate Monitor Log Create A Routine ( Aerobic Capacity) Extension: Heart Rate Monitors : MS Unit Written Tests What are the components of healthrelated fitness? Xtreme Cross the Great Divide Radioactive River Serve, Return, Catch Merengue Jigsaw Partner Stunts Gotta Have Heart Aerobic Capacity Body Composition Gotta Have Heart Aerobic Capacity Heart Rate Highway Basic Exercise Techniques in the Middle Racquets and Paddles Stunts and Tumbling
Resistance Band Stability Ball and Medicine Ball Range of Motion Balancing Strength and Flexibility Yoga Pilates Combining Aerobic Capacity and Flexibility Body Composition Body Composition BINGO Build a Pyramid Nutrition Team Challenge Fruit Smoothie Predict outcomes in terms of the Create A Routine Gotta Have Heart
body's response during phases of selected activities. Design an individual fitness plan. Evaluate individual fitness plans. Identify positive influences related to participation in different forms of physical activities in modern culture by exploring self-expression and social benefits and developing positive peer relationships. Identify similarities and differences among cultures for specific dances, games, sports, and recreational activities. ( Aerobic Capacity) Extension: Heart Rate Monitors Performance Rubric Performance Rubric What activities did you include to meet each fitness component? Teacher Rubric () Peer Coach () Performance Rubric Aerobic Capacity Heart Rate Highway Daytona 2000 Create a Routine (Aerobic Capacity) Personally Fit SPARKfit Personally Fit SPARKfit Create a Poco Loco Xtreme Poker Adventure Race Sepak Pass and Serve (Sepak Takraw) SPARKfamily.org SPARKfamily.org
Engage regularly in physical activities based on personal interest for the development of a healthy lifestyle. Solve problems in initiative activities and cooperative games by determining causes and testing solutions. Plan a community service project related to physical education for the purpose of encouraging the development of healthy habits. Personally Fit Activity Challenge: In the Mood to Move Teacher Rubric () What techniques could you use to encourage community attendance at your event? Modified Cricket The Korobushka Jigsaw Gotta Have Heart Resistance Band Stability Ball and Medicine Ball Combining Aerobic Capacity and Flexibility Body Composition Problem-Solver Adventure Race Radioactive River Karrimor International Mountain Marathon SPARK Events All Units
SPARK Alignment with Alabama Physical Education Standards Standard Suggested Assessments Sample SPARK Activities Corresponding SPARK Unit 9-12 (2007 Edition) Demonstrates competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few movement forms Applies movement concepts and principles to the learning and the development of motor skills. Choreography Project Weight Room and Lab Safety Test Jump Rope Line Tinikling/Jump Bands Power Stretching/Yoga Pilates Personal Program Exhibits a physically active lifestyle Assessment 5, 6, 7, 8 Pilates/Yoga Troika Achieves and maintains a healthenhancing level of physical fitness. Demonstrates responsible personal and social behavior in physical activity settings. Jump Rope Routine Score Sheet Teambuilding Response Journal Jump Rope Two by Four Shuffle Spider s Web Warp Speed Jump Rope Line Tinikling/Jump Bands Power Stretching/Yoga Pilates Personal Program Pilates/Yoga Jump Rope /Team building /Team building /Team building
Demonstrates understanding and respect for differences among people in physical activity settings. Understands that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, selfexpression, and social interaction. Teambuilding Response Journal Personal Program Evaluation Everybody Up Gordian Knot Trolleys Power Stretching/Yoga Pilates Personal Program /Team building /Team building /Team building Power Stretching/Yoga Pilates Personal Program