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Grade 3 - 5, Track and Field Unit |
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Overview
Running, jumping, throwing, and sprinting are all skills that come natural
to children. The Track & Field Unit is one of the most popular units in
the curriculum because of all the different events that students can
participate in. The relay events not only require skill in the art of
running, but a relay member must be able to communicate, cooperate, and be a
good team member. Every year each school has a traditional Track & Field Day
or a Field Day which students participate in a variety of cooperative games
and individual or team activities. Track & Field is called Athletics in many
countries and is one of the oldest sports that is traced back to 776 B C. in
Olympia, Greece. The first 13 Olympic Games featured only one event a foot
race that was 200 meters. The summer Olympics takes place every four years
and is rotated to different countries. This year the Summer Olympic Games
will be held in Beijing, China.
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Standards
Enduring Understandings
- important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the
instruction received this year.
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A
complete fitness program promotes participation in grade level skills
and activities that build health and wellness including cardiovascular
fitness,
flexibility, body composition, muscular strength and endurance.
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Good
sportsmanship includes following rules of play/ participation, being
responsible for yourself and the safety of others and equipment.
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We
can increase our health and wellness by participating in lifetime
activities i.e., running / jogging is one of the most popular and
requires little equipment.
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Rules help keep games and activities safe and fair.
Essential Questions
- most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer
after completing learning activities.
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Why is it important to stretch before exercise?
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How many track events involve running?
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What
are the names of the jumping events?
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How do class rules and team rules help make competitive sports and
individual sports more enjoyable?
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Why is cooperation important
when a person is on a relay team, how does this transfer over in to
life?
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What does good sportsmanship look like
for track and field events?
Standard
1: Demonstrates skills in a variety of activities
Benchmark: Loco
motor, non-loco motor, manipulative skill development and movement
District Indicator: Repeatedly performs loco motor, non-loco motor, and
manipulative skills in isolation and combination
Essential Skills
Demonstrates loco motor, non-loco
motor, and manipulative skills in isolation and combination
Demonstrates
cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength and flexibility.
Participates in a standardized fitness test.
Cardiovascular - Participated in games that increase breathing, heart rate,
sustains activity for increasingly longer periods of time.
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