STANDARD Demonstrates competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few movement forms. The emphasis for the eighth grade student will be to: Develop mature for all basic manipulative, locomotor, and non-locomotor skills. Demonstrate mature strategies for net and invasion Adapt and combine skills to the demands of increasingly complex situations of selected movement forms. Demonstrate mature competence in more advanced specialized skills. Benchmark Students will demonstrate competence in modified versions of a variety of movement forms in team and individual sports, dance, and outdoor pursuits. IA Core: Skill Development Demonstrate initiative, self-direction, creativity, and entrepreneurial thinking – while exploring individual talents and skills necessary to be successful (IACore, 21st C.S.) Suggested Activities STANDARD Applies movement concepts and principals to the learning and development of motor skills. The emphasis for the eighth grade student will be to: Understand and more advanced movement and game strategies. Identify the critical elements of more advanced movement skills. Identify the characteristics of highly skilled performance in a few movement forms. Understand and more advanced knowledge of fitness components, (i.e., FITT Principle) Benchmark Students will begin to understand and apply more advanced movement and game strategies. IA Core: Development Demonstrate initiative, self-direction, creativity, and entrepreneurial thinking – while exploring individual talents and skills necessary to be successful (IACore, 21st C.S.) Suggested Activities
STANDARD Demonstrates competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few movement forms. The emphasis for the eighth grade student will be to: Develop mature for all basic manipulative, locomotor, and non-locomotor skills. Demonstrate mature strategies for net and invasion Adapt and combine skills to the demands of increasingly complex situations of selected movement forms. Demonstrate mature competence in more advanced specialized skills. Benchmark Students will demonstrate competence in modified versions of a variety of movement forms in team and individual sports, dance, and outdoor pursuits. IA Core: Skill Development – Demonstrate initiative, self-direction, creativity, and entrepreneurial thinking while exploring individual talents and skills necessary to be successful (IACore, 21st C.S.) Suggested Activities STANDARD Applies movement concepts and principals to the learning and development of motor skills. The emphasis for the eighth grade student will be to: Understand and more advanced movement and game strategies. Identify the critical elements of more advanced movement skills. Identify the characteristics of highly skilled performance in a few movement forms. Understand and more advanced knowledge of fitness components, (i.e., FITT Principle) Benchmark Students will begin to understand and apply more advanced movement and game strategies. IA Core: Development – Demonstrate initiative, self-direction, creativity, and entrepreneurial thinking while exploring individual talents and skills necessary to be successful (IACore, 21st C.S.) Suggested Activities
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