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SPARK Alignment with Texas Physical Education Standards Grade 6 (MS Version 2011) Standard Suggested Assessments Sample SPARK Activities Corresponding SPARK Unit (1) Movement. The student demonstrates competency in movement patterns and proficiency in a few specialized movement forms. (A) Perform locomotor skills in dynamic fitness, sport, and rhythmic activities. Specific Unit Teacher Rubrics Create a Routine (Aerobic Capacity) Create a 4-Wall Line Dance Flag Pulling Fitness Dance Football (B) Use relationships, levels, speed, direction, and pathways effectively in complex group and individual physical activities such as crouching low for volleyball digs, stretching high during lay-ups, positioning for a soccer pass, or passing ahead of a receiver. Specific Unit Teacher Rubrics 3-on-3 Basketball Mini-Soccer Mini-Volleyball Basketball Soccer Volleyball (C) Perform sequences that combine traveling, rolling, balancing, and weight transfer into smooth, flowing sequences. Stunts and Tumbling Teacher Rubric Creating Combinations Stunts and Tumbling Buffet Create a Routine Stunts and Tumbling (D) Move in time to complex rhythmical patterns such as 3/4 Dance Teacher Rubric Rev Up the Electric Slide Dance

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SPARK Alignment with Texas Physical Education Standards

Grade 6 (MS Version 2011)

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(1) Movement. The student demonstrates competency in movement patterns and proficiency in a few

specialized movement forms.

(A) Perform locomotor skills in

dynamic fitness, sport, and

rhythmic activities.

Specific Unit Teacher

Rubrics Create a Routine

(Aerobic Capacity)

Create a 4-Wall

Line Dance

Flag Pulling

Fitness

Dance

Football

(B) Use relationships, levels, speed,

direction, and pathways effectively

in complex group and individual physical activities such as crouching

low for volleyball digs, stretching

high during lay-ups, positioning for

a soccer pass, or passing ahead of a

receiver.

Specific Unit Teacher

Rubrics 3-on-3 Basketball

Mini-Soccer

Mini-Volleyball

Basketball

Soccer

Volleyball

(C) Perform sequences that

combine traveling, rolling,

balancing, and weight transfer into

smooth, flowing sequences.

Stunts and Tumbling

Teacher Rubric Creating

Combinations

Stunts and Tumbling Buffet

Create a Routine

Stunts and Tumbling

(D) Move in time to complex

rhythmical patterns such as 3/4

Dance Teacher Rubric Rev Up the

Electric Slide Dance

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

time or 6/8 time. The Korobushka Jigsaw

The Norwegian Polka

(E) Design and refine a jump rope

routine to music.

Jump Rope Teacher

Rubric Create a Routine

Create a Routine Showcase

Jump Rope

(F) Throw a variety of objects demonstrating both accuracy and

distance such as frisbee, softball,

and basketball.

Specific Unit Teacher Rubrics

Partner Passing

Distance and Accuracy

Fly Out Throw Out

Basketball

Flying Disc

Softball

(G) Strike a ball to a wall or a

partner with a paddle/racquet using

forehand and backhand strokes

continuously.

Racquets and Paddles

Self Check, Peer coach,

Teacher Rubric

Serve, Return, Catch

Extreme Rally

Volley Tennis

Racquets and Paddles

(H) Strike a ball using a golf club or

a hockey stick consistently so it

travels in an intended direction and

height.

Golf and Hockey Self

Check, Peer coach,

Teacher Rubric

Putting to Targets

Target Golf

Shooting Drills

Golf

Golf

Hockey

(I) Hand and foot dribble while

preventing an opponent from

stealing the ball.

Basketball and Soccer

Self Check, Peer coach,

Teacher Rubric

3-on-3 Basketball

Dribble Keep Away

Keep Away (3-on-1)

Basketball

Soccer

Soccer

(J) Keep an object in the air without catching it in a small group

World Games and Volleyball Self Check,

Sepak Takraw

Volley Tennis

World Games

Volleyball

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

such as volleyball and football. Peer coach, Teacher

Rubric Mini-Volleyball Volleyball

(K) Throw and catch a ball

consistently while guarded by an

opponent.

Football, World

Games, and Basketball

Self Check, Peer coach,

Teacher Rubric

Under Pressure

Modified Team Handball

3-Catch with a Post Player

Football

World Games

Basketball

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(2) Movement. The student applies movement concepts and principles to the learning and development of

motor skills.

(A) Know that appropriate practice

in static and dynamic setting,

attention, and effort are required

when learning movement skills.

Various Units: Self

Check Individual

Juggling (Sepak

Takraw)

Target Practice (Kin-Ball®)

Corner-to-Corner Pass and Go

World Games

World Games

Soccer

(B) Make appropriate changes in

performance based on feedback to

improve skills.

Various Units: Peer

Coach Long Rope Skills 1

and 2

Target Golf

Target Ball

Jump Rope

Golf

Handball

(C) Practice in ways that are Various Units: Self The Korobushka Dance

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

appropriate for learning skills such

as whole/part/whole, shorter

practice distributed over time is

better than one long session, or

practicing is best in game-like conditions.

Checks, Teacher

Rubrics

Jigsaw

Introduction to the Forehand

Stroke

Sepak Pass and Serve

Racquets and Paddles

World Games

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(3) Physical activity and health. The student exhibits a health enhancing, physically -active lifestyle that

provides opportunities for enjoyment and challenge.

(A) Identify opportunities in the school and community for regular

participation in physical activity.

Personally Fit Activity Challenge:

In the Mood to Move

Personally Fit Personally Fit

(B) Participate in moderate to

vigorous health-related physical

activities on a regular basis.

Personally Fit Activity

Challenge:

In the Mood to Move

Gotta Have Heart

Resistance Band Workout

Stability Ball and Medicine Ball

Workout

Combining Aerobic Capacity and

Flexibility

Fitness

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

Body Composition Circuit

(C) Establish and monitor progress

toward appropriate personal fitness

goals in each of the components of

health-related fitness such as

personal logs, group projects, and

no space/or criterion referenced

tests.

Personally Fit

(D) Identify and know how to use technological tools used for

measuring and monitoring fitness

parameters such as computer

programs, heart rate monitors, skin-

fold calipers, and impedance testing

equipment.

Create A Routine (Fitness Aerobic Capacity) Extension: Heart Rate Monitors

Gotta Have Heart

Aerobic Capacity Circuit

Heart Rate Highway

Daytona 2000

Create a Routine (Aerobic

Capacity)

Fitness

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(4) Physical activity and health. The student knows the benefits from involvement in daily physical activity and

factors that affect physical performance.

(A) Describe selected long-term Sample debrief Fun and Fitness ASAP

benefits of regular physical activity. question:

What are some benefits from participating in fitness activities? In team activities? In learning specific sport skills?

Circuit

SPARK Events

Throw and Sprint

Circuit

Various Units

Track

(B) Classify activities as being

aerobic or anaerobic. Create a Routine (Fitness/Aerobic Capacity) Wellness Integration

Combining

Aerobic Capacity

and Flexibility

Aerobic Capacity Circuit

Create a Routine

(Aerobic

Capacity)

Fitness

(C) Describe the effects of aerobic

exercise on the heart and overall

health.

Gotta Have Heart Extension: Recovery Heart Rate

Gotta Have Heart

Aerobic Capacity Circuit

Heart Rate Highway

Fitness

(D) Analyze effects of exercise on

heart rate through the use of

manual pulse checking and

recovery rates, heart rate monitors,

perceived exertion scales, and/or

computer-generated data.

Create A Routine (Fitness Aerobic Capacity) Extension: Heart Rate Monitors

Gotta Have Heart

Aerobic Capacity Circuit

Heart Rate Highway

Daytona 2000

Create a Routine

(Aerobic

Capacity)

Fitness

(E) Identify each health-related Fitness Unit Written Basic Exercise Fitness

fitness component and describe

how participating in cardiovascular

endurance, muscular strength and

endurance, and flexibility actions

impact personal fitness.

Test

Sample debrief

question:

What are some activities that are effective in improving each of the health-related physical fitness components?

Techniques

Balancing Strength and Flexibility

Circuit

Combining Aerobic Capacity

and Flexibility

(F) Identify specific foods that

contain protein, vitamins, and

minerals that are key elements to

optimal body function.

Sample debrief

question: Why are proteins important for endurance activities? Can you identify foods that contain protein?

Body Composition

Circuit

Body Composition

BINGO

Build a Pyramid

Nutrition Team Challenge

Fruit Smoothie

Fitness

(G) Recognize the effects of

substance abuse on personal health

and performance in physical

activity. Substance abuse not specifically addressed in SPARK curriculum

(H) Analyze ways outside

influences affect decisions about

care of the body such as alcohol

and tobacco advertising and peer

pressure.

(I) Recognize that idealized images

of the human body and performance as presented by the

media may not be appropriate to

Sample debrief

question: What types of body images are often

Body Composition

Circuit

Body Fitness

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(5) Physical activity and health. The student understands and applies safety practices associated with physical

activities.

(A) Use equipment safely and

properly. Stunts and Tumbling

Teacher Rubric Advanced

Progressions

Partner Stunts Stunts and Tumbling

(B) Select and use proper attire that

promotes participation and

prevents injury.

Personally Fit Personally Fit Personally Fit

(C) Include warm-up and cool-

down procedures regularly during

exercise; monitor potentially

dangerous environmental conditions such as wind, cold, heat,

and insects; and recommend

prevention and treatment.

Sample debrief

question: What are some precautions you can take when exercising in extreme heat?

Range of Motion

Individual Warm-Up Routines

Partner Warm-Up Routines

Fitness

Jump Rope

Jump Rope

imitate.

by the media? Are they appropriate to imitate?

Composition

BINGO

Build a Pyramid

Nutrition Team Challenge

Fruit Smoothie

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(D) Identify potentially dangerous

exercises and their adverse effects

on the body.

Sample debrief

question:

What types of stretches are unsafe? Why?

Basic Exercise

Techniques

Resistance Band Workout

Stability Ball and Medicine Ball

Workout

Fitness

(E) Explain water safety and basic

rescue procedures.

Aquatics not specifically addressed in SPARK curriculum

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(6) Social development. The student understands basic components such as strategies and rules of structured

physical activities including, but not limited to, games, sports, dance, and gymnastics.

(A) Know basic rules for sports

played such as setting up to start,

restarting, violating rules.

Unit Written Tests Singles/Doubles Game Play

Royal Court

Quick-Play Mini-Football

Handball

Racquets and Paddles

Football

(B) Keep accurate score during a contest.

Singles/Doubles Game Play

A Round of Golf

Handball

Golf

Racquets and

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

Singles/Doubles Game Play

Paddles

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(7) Social development. The student develops positive self-management and social skills needed to work

independently and with others in physical activity settings.

(A) Participate in establishing rules,

procedures, and etiquette that are

safe and effective for specific activity situations.

Teacher Rubric

(Cooperatives) Problem-Solver

Adventure Race

Adventure Racing 101

Hoopla Adventure Race

Cooperatives

(B) Handle conflicts that arise with

others without confrontation.

Teacher Rubric, Self

Check (Cooperatives)

Coulda, Woulda,

Shoulda (Various

Units)

SPARK Event

SPARK Event

SPARK Event

Racquets and Paddles

Handball

Volleyball

(C) Identify and follow rules while

playing sports and games.

Unit Written Tests Singles, Doubles Game Play

Singles, Doubles Game Play

Disc Golf

Handball

Racquets and Paddles

Flying Disc

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(D) Accept decisions made by game

officials such as student, teachers,

and officials outside the school.

Teacher Rubric, Self

Check (Cooperatives) 3-on-3 Basketball

Mini-Hockey

7v7 Modified Softball

Basketball

Hockey

Softball

(E) Accept successes and

performance limitations of self and

others, exhibit appropriate

behavior responses, and recognize

that improvement is possible with

appropriate practice.

Teacher Rubric, Self

Check (Cooperatives)

Coulda, Woulda,

Shoulda (Various

Units)

Corridor

Challenge

Radioactive River

Logjam

Cooperatives

(F) Modify games/activities to

improve the game/activity.

Teacher Rubric Volleyball Xtreme

Modified Cricket

Modified Team Handball

Volleyball

World Games

World Games

SPARK Alignment with Texas Physical Education Standards

Grade 7 (MS Version 2011)

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(1) Movement. The student demonstrates competency in movement patterns and proficiency in a few

specialized movement forms.

(A) Coordinate movements with

teammates to achieve team goals.

Cooperatives:

Peer Coach

Self Check

Teacher Rubric

Indiana Jones

Cross the Great Divide

Kin-Ball Sport

Cooperatives

Cooperatives

World Games

(B) Demonstrate appropriate

relationships to an opponent in

dynamic game situations such as

staying between opponent and

goal and moving between opponent and the ball.

Teacher Rubrics Defenders of the Cone

Zone Defense

Zone and Person Defenses

World Games

Hockey

Soccer

(C) Demonstrate appropriate speed and generation of force such as

running sprints, running distance,

throwing a disc, jumping, kicking.

Peer Coach (Track)

Self-Check (Track)

Teacher Rubric (Track)

Sprinting

Hurdling

Jumps

Shot Put

800m Run

1600m Run

Track

(D) Perform selected folk, country,

square, line, creative, and/or

aerobic dances.

Dance:

Teacher Rubric

Self Check

Peer Coach

La Bomba Poco Loco

Hip Hop Basic Moves Jigsaw

Merengue Mixer!

Dance

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(E) Design and perform sequences

of dance steps/movements in

practiced sequences with

intentional changes in speed,

direction, and flow.

Dance:

Teacher Rubric

Self Check

Peer Coach

Create a Hip Hop Routine

Create your own Merengue Move

Dance

(F) Demonstrate, without cue, critical elements in specialized skills

related to sports such as overhand

throw for distance/force, serving

and bumping, volleyball, shooting

a basketball, shooting a lay-up,

forehand and backhand, striking

with a racket or club, or batting.

Teacher Rubrics

Self Checks Peer Coach

Beat the Ball

Forearm Pass (Bump)

Extreme Rally

Softball

Volleyball

Racquets and Paddles

(G) Combine skills competently to

participate in modified versions of

team and individual sports.

Teacher Rubrics

Self Checks

Peer Coach

Quick-Play Mini-Football

Modified Team Handball

7V7 Modified Softball

Football

World Games

Softball

(H) Demonstrate introductory

outdoor pursuit skills such as

backpacking, rock climbing,

orienteering, hiking, canoeing,

cycling, or ropes courses.

Outdoor pursuit skills not specifically addressed in SPARK curriculum

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(2) Movement. The student applies movement concepts and principles to the learning and development of

motor skills.

(A) Create and modify activities

that provide practice of selected

skills to improve performance such

as practice with non-dominant hand, practice specific game

situations, or practice jumps or

cartwheels in both directions.

Select Units:

Self Check, Peer Coach Serve, Return,

Catch

Volleyball Stations

Ball Control Drills

Racquets and Paddles

Volleyball

Soccer

(B) Identify and apply similar

movement concepts and elements

in a variety of sport skills such as

throwing and tennis serving.

Sample debrief

question:

How can you apply your racquet skills to handball? To volleyball?

Introduction to the Serve

Introduction to

the Handball Serve

Serving Challenges

Racquets and Paddles

Handball

Volleyball

(C) Describe the importance of goal

setting in improving skill.

Sample debrief

question: Why is it a good idea to set a specific goal when you want to improve a skill?

Advanced Shots

Target Golf

Disc Throwing Stations

Handball

Golf

Flying Disc

(D) Detect and correct errors in

personal or partner's skill

performance.

Unit Peer Coach, Self

Check Hammer Throw

and 1-Handed C

Catch

Partner Passing

Batting Practice

Flying Disc

Basketball

Softball

(E) Make appropriate changes in

performance based on feedback. Unit Peer Coach, Self Hammer Throw Flying Disc

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

Check and 1-Handed C

Catch

Partner Passing

Batting Practice

Basketball

Softball

(F) Identify and apply basic

biomechanical principles such as lowering the center of gravity and

widening the base of support.

Self Check

Peer Coach Teacher Rubrics

Advanced Progressions

Partner Stunts

Stunts and Tumbling

Stunts and Tumbling

(G) Use basic offensive and

defensive strategies while playing a

modified version of a sport.

Teacher Rubrics Modified Team Handball

Under Pressure

Keep Away (3 on 2)

World Games

Football

Basketball

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(3) Physical activity and health. The student exhibits a health enhancing, physically-active lifestyle that

provides opportunities for enjoyment and challenge.

(A) Participate in games, sports,

dance, and/or outdoor pursuits in

and outside of school based on

individual interests and/or capabilities.

Personally Fit Activity

Challenge:

In the Mood to Move

Personally Fit Personally Fit

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(B) Identify favorite lifelong

physical activities.

Personally Fit Activity

Challenge:

In the Mood to Move

Personally Fit Personally Fit

(C) Participate in moderate to

vigorous health-related physical

activities on a regular basis.

Personally Fit Activity

Challenge:

In the Mood to Move

Gotta Have Heart

Resistance Band Workout

Stability Ball and Medicine Ball

Workout

Combining Aerobic Capacity and

Flexibility

Body Composition Circuit

Fitness

(D) Evaluate personal fitness goals

and make appropriate changes for

improvement.

Personally Fit

(E) Select and use appropriate technology tools to evaluate,

monitor, and improve physical

development.

Create A Routine (Fitness Aerobic Capacity) Extension: Heart Rate Monitors

Gotta Have Heart

Aerobic Capacity Circuit

Heart Rate Highway

Daytona 2000

Create a Routine (Aerobic

Capacity)

Fitness

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(4) Physical activity and health. The student knows the benefits from involvement in daily physical activity and

factors that affect physical performance.

(A) List long-term physiological and

psychological benefits that may

result from regular participation in physical activity.

Sample debrief

question:

What are some benefits from participating in fitness activities? In team activities? In learning specific sport skills?

Fun and Fitness Circuit

SPARK Events

Throw and Sprint

Circuit

ASAP

Various Units

Track

(B) Assess physiological effects of

exercise during and after physical

activity.

Personally Fit (C) Match personal physical

activities to health-related fitness

components.

(D) Analyze the strength and

weaknesses of selected physical

activities.

(E) Identify proteins, fats,

carbohydrates, water, vitamins, and

minerals as key elements found in

foods that are necessary for optimal

body function.

Fitness Unit Written

Test Body

Composition

Circuit

Body Composition

BINGO

Build a Pyramid

Fitness

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

Nutrition Team Challenge

Fruit Smoothie

(F) Identify and apply basic weight

training principles and safety

practices such as appropriate goals,

appropriate weight and repetitions,

body alignment, principle of

frequency, intensity, and time, and

importance of balance in muscle

pairs.

Fitness Unit Written

Test Basic Exercise

Techniques

Fitness in the Middle

Resistance Band Workout

Stability Ball and

Medicine Ball

Workout

Fitness

(G) Describe and predict the effects

of fitness-related stress management

techniques on the body.

Personally Fit Activity

Challenge:

In the Mood to Move

Cardio Dance Day

Introduction to Yoga

Introduction to Pilates

Dance

Fitness

Fitness

(H) Explain the effects of eating

and exercise patterns on weight

control, self-concept and physical

performance.

Fitness Unit Written

Test Body

Composition

Circuit

Body Composition

BINGO

Build a Pyramid

Nutrition Team Challenge

Fruit Smoothie

Fitness

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(I) Recognize the effects of

substance abuse on personal health

and performance in physical

activity.

Substance Abuse not specifically addressed in SPARK curriculum

Standard

Suggested Assessments

Sample SPARK Activities

Corresponding SPARK Unit

(5) Physical activity and health. The student understands and applies safety practices associated with physical

activities.

(A) Use equipment safely and

properly. Stunts and Tumbling

Teacher Rubric Advanced

Progressions

Partner Stunts Stunts and Tumbling

(B) Select and use proper attire that promotes participation and

prevents injury.

Personally Fit Personally Fit Personally Fit

(C) Include warm-up and cool-

down procedures regularly during

exercise; monitor potentially

dangerous environmental

conditions such as wind, cold, heat,

and insects; and recommend

prevention and treatment.

Sample debrief

question: What are some precautions you can take when exercising in extreme heat?

Range of Motion

Circuit

Individual Warm-

up Routines

Partner Warm-up Routines

Fitness

Jump Rope

Jump Rope

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(D) Analyze exercises for their

effects on the body such as

beneficial/potentially dangerous.

Sample debrief

question:

What types of stretches are unsafe? Why?

Basic Exercise

Techniques

Resistance Band Workout

Stability Ball and Medicine Ball

Workout

Fitness

(E) Recognize harmful effects of the

sun such as sunburn, heatstroke,

heat exhaustion, and heat cramps

and recommend prevention

methods.

Sample debrief

question: What are some precautions you can take when exercising in extreme heat?

Gotta Have Heart

Aerobic Capacity Circuit

Heart Rate

Highway

Fitness

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(6) Social development. The student understands basic components such as strategies and rules of structured

physical activities including, but not limited to, games, sports, dance, and gymnastics.

(A) Distinguish between compliance

and noncompliance with rules and regulations and apply agreed upon

consequences when officiating.

Coulda, Woulda,

Shoulda (Various Units)

FIBA World Championships

WFDF World Overall Flying

Disc

Championship

Basketball

Flying Disc

Racquets and Paddles

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

Singles, Doubles Game Play

(B) Describe fundamental

components and strategies used in

net/wall, invasion, target, and

fielding games such as net/wall

alternating the speed and direction

of the ball, invasion-fakes, give and

go, target-concentration, feel the movement, and fielding-back up

other players.

Unit Written Tests Volley Tennis

Mini-Hockey

Give and Go with

Post Players

Racquets and Paddles

Hockey

Basketball

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(7) Social development. The student develops positive self-management and social skills needed to work

independently and with others in physical activity settings.

(A) Solve problems in physical

activities by analyzing causes and

potential solutions.

Cooperative Self

Check, Peer Coach,

Teacher Rubric

Cross the Great Divide

Corridor Challenge

Log Jam

Cooperatives

(B) Work cooperatively in a group

to achieve group goals in

competitive as well as cooperative

Cooperative Self

Check, Peer Coach,

Teacher Rubric

Indiana Jones

Final Cooperative Adventure Race

Cooperatives

Cooperatives

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

settings. Kin-Ball Sport World Games

(C) Accept decisions made by game

officials such as student, teachers,

and officials outside the school.

Cooperative Self

Check, Peer Coach,

Teacher Rubric

3-on-3 Basketball

7v7 Modified

Softball

Royal Court

Basketball

Softball

Racquets and Paddles

(D) Use peer interaction positively

to enhance personal physical

activity and safety such as encourage friends and joins teams.

Coulda, Woulda,

Shoulda (Various

Units)

2 V 1 Just for Fun

Partner Stunts

Radio Control

World Games

Stunts and Tumbling

Cooperatives

(E) Recognize the role of games,

sport, and dance in getting to know

and understand others.

Cooperative Unit

Written Test Hip Hop Basic

Moves Jigsaw

Partner Trick Circuit

Karrimor

International

Mountain

Marathon

Dance

Jump Rope

Cooperatives

SPARK Alignment with Texas Physical Education Standards

Grade 8 (MS Version 2011)

Standard

Suggested Assessments

Sample SPARK Activities

Corresponding SPARK Unit

(1) Movement. The student demonstrates competency in movement patterns and proficiency in a few

specialized movement forms.

(A) Coordinate movements with

teammates to achieve team goals.

Cooperatives:

Peer Coach

Self Check

Teacher Rubric

Indiana Jones

Cross the Great

Divide

Kin-Ball Sport

Cooperatives

Cooperatives

World Games

(B) Demonstrate appropriate

relationships of the body to an

opponent in dynamic game

situations such as staying between opponent and goal and moving

between opponent and the ball.

Teacher Rubrics Defenders of the Cone

Zone Defense

Zone and Person Defenses

World Games

Hockey

Soccer

(C) Demonstrate appropriate speed

and generation of force such as

running sprints, running distance,

throwing a disc, jumping, or

kicking.

Peer Coach

(Track)

Self-Check

(Track)

Teacher Rubric

(Track)

Sprinting

Hurdling

Jumps

Shot Put

800m Run

1600m Run

Track

(D) Perform selected folk, country,

square, line, creative, and/or

aerobic dances.

Dance:

Teacher Rubric

Self Check

Peer Coach

Corazon Espinado

Poco Loco

Hip Hop Basic Moves

Jigsaw

Dance

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

Swing Sweetheart

(E) Design and perform sequences

of dance steps/movements into

practiced sequences with

intentional changes in speed,

direction, and flow.

Dance:

Teacher Rubric

Self Check

Peer Coach

Create a Hip Hop Routine

Create Your Own Swing Moves

Dance

(F) Demonstrate without cue,

critical elements in specialized skills

related to sports such as overhand

throw for distance/force, serving and bumping, volleyball, shooting

a basketball, shooting a lay-up,

forehand and backhand striking

with a racket or club, or batting.

Specific Unit:

Teacher Rubrics

Self Checks

Peer Coach

Beat the Ball

Forearm Pass (Bump)

Extreme Rally

Softball

Volleyball

Racquets and Paddles

(G) Combine skills competently to

participate in modified versions of

team and individual sports.

Specific Unit:

Teacher Rubrics

Self Checks

Peer Coach

Quick-Play Mini-Football

Modified Team Handball

7V7 Modified Softball

Football

World Games

Softball

(H) Demonstrate introductory outdoor pursuit skills such as

backpacking, rock climbing,

orienteering, hiking, canoeing,

cycling, or ropes courses.

Outdoor pursuit activities not specifically addressed in SPARK curriculum

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(2) Movement. The student applies movement concepts and principles to the learning and development of

motor skills.

(A) Create and modify activities

that provide practice of selected

skills to improve performance such

as practice with non-dominant hand, practice specific game

situations, and practice jumps or

cartwheels in both directions.

Select Units:

Self Check, Peer Coach Serve, Return,

Catch

Volleyball Stations

Ball Control Drills

Racquets and Paddles

Volleyball

Soccer

(B) Identify and apply similar

movement concepts and elements

in a variety of sport skills such as

throwing and tennis serving.

Sample debrief

question:

How can you apply your racquet skills to handball? To volleyball?

Introduction to the Serve

Introduction to

the Handball Serve

Serving Challenges

Racquets and Paddles

Handball

Volleyball

(C) Describe the importance of goal

setting in improving skill.

Sample debrief

question: Why is it a good idea to set a specific goal when you want to improve a skill?

Advanced Shots

Target Golf

Disc Throwing Stations

Handball

Golf

Flying Disc

(D) Detect and correct errors in

his/her or partner's skill

performance.

Unit Peer Coach, Self

Check Hammer Throw

and 1-Handed C

Catch

Partner Passing

Batting Practice

Flying Disc

Basketball

Softball

(E) Make appropriate changes in

performance based on feedback. Unit Peer Coach, Self Hammer Throw Flying Disc

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

Check and 1-Handed C

Catch

Partner Passing

Batting Practice

Basketball

Softball

(F) Identify and apply basic

biomechanical principles such as lowering the center of gravity and

widening the base of support to

increase stability.

Self Check

Peer Coach Teacher Rubrics

Advanced Progressions

Partner Stunts

Stunts and Tumbling

Stunts and Tumbling

(G) Use basic offensive and

defensive strategies while playing a

modified version of a sport.

Teacher Rubrics Modified Team Handball

Under Pressure

Keep Away (3 on 2)

World Games

Football

Basketball

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(3) Physical activity and health. The student exhibits a health enhancing, physically-active lifestyle that

provides opportunities for enjoyment and challenge.

(A) Describe and select physical

activities that provide for

enjoyment and challenge.

Personally Fit Activity

Challenge:

In the Mood to Move

Personally Fit Personally Fit

(B) Identify opportunities in the Personally Fit Activity Personally Fit Personally Fit

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

school and community for regular

participation in physical activity.

Challenge:

In the Mood to Move

(C) Participate in games, sports, dance, and/or outdoor pursuits in

and outside of school based on

individual interests and/or

capabilities.

Personally Fit Activity Challenge:

In the Mood to Move

3-on-3 Basketball

Double Dutch

Create a Hip Hop Routine

Basketball

Jump Rope

Dance

(D) Identify favorite lifelong

physical activities. Personally Fit

(E) Participate in moderate to

vigorous physical activity for a

sustained period of time on a

regular basis.

Personally Fit Activity

Challenge:

In the Mood to Move

Gotta Have Heart

Resistance Band Workout

Stability Ball and

Medicine Ball Workout

Combining Aerobic Capacity

and Flexibility

Body

Composition

Circuit

Fitness

(F) Maintain healthy levels of

flexibility.

Personally Fit Activity

Challenge:

In the Mood to Move

Range of Motion Circuit

Balancing Strength and Flexibility

Circuit

Introduction to Yoga

Fitness

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

Introduction to Pilates

Combining

Aerobic Capacity

and Flexibility

(G) Develop and maintain muscular

strength and endurance of the

arms, shoulders, abdomen, back,

and legs.

Personally Fit Activity

Challenge:

In the Mood to Move

Basic Exercise Techniques

Fitness in the Middle

Resistance Band Workout

Stability Ball and Medicine Ball

Workout

Balancing Strength

and Flexibility

Circuit

Fitness

(H) Evaluate personal fitness goals

and make appropriate changes for

improvement.

Personally Fit

(I) Select and use appropriate

technology tools to evaluate, monitor, and improve physical

development.

Create A Routine (Fitness Aerobic Capacity) Extension: Heart Rate Monitors

Gotta Have Heart

Aerobic Capacity Circuit

Heart Rate Highway

Daytona 2000

Create a Routine

Fitness

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(Aerobic

Capacity)

Standard

Suggested Assessments

Sample SPARK Activities

Corresponding SPARK Unit

(4) Physical activity and health. The student knows the benefits from involvement in daily physical activity and

factors that affect physical performance.

(A) List long-term physiological and

psychological benefits that may

result from regular participation in

physical activity.

Sample debrief

question:

What are some benefits from participating in fitness activities? In team activities? In learning specific sport skills?

Fun and Fitness

Circuit

SPARK Events

Throw and Sprint

Circuit

ASAP

Various Units

Track

(B) Select aerobic exercises and

describe the effects on the heart

and overall health.

Fitness Unit Written

Test Gotta Have Heart

Aerobic Capacity Circuit

Heart Rate Highway

Combining

Aerobic Capacity

and Flexibility

Fitness

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(C) Assess physiological effects of

exercise during and after physical

activity.

Personally Fit

(D) Identify proteins, fats,

carbohydrates, water, vitamins, and

minerals as key elements found in foods that are necessary for optimal

body function.

Fitness Unit Written

Test Body

Composition

Circuit

Body Composition

BINGO

Build a Pyramid

Nutrition Team Challenge

Fruit Smoothie

Fitness

(E) Identify and apply basic weight

training principles and safety

practices such as appropriate goals,

appropriate weight and repetitions,

body alignment, principle of

frequency, intensity and time, and

importance of balance in muscle pairs.

Fitness Unit Written

Test Basic Exercise

Techniques

Fitness in the Middle

Resistance Band Workout

Stability Ball and

Medicine Ball

Workout

Fitness

(F) Describe and predict the effects

of stress management techniques on

the body.

Personally Fit Activity

Challenge:

In the Mood to Move

Cardio Dance Day

Introduction to Yoga

Introduction to Pilates

Dance

Fitness

Fitness

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(G) Explain the effects of eating and

exercise patterns on weight control,

self-concept, and physical

performance.

Fitness Unit Written

Test Body

Composition

Circuit

Body Composition

BINGO

Build a Pyramid

Nutrition Team Challenge

Fruit Smoothie

Fitness

(H) Recognize the effects of

substance abuse on personal health

and performance in physical

activity.

Substance Abuse not specifically addressed in SPARK curriculum

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(5) Physical activity and health. The student understands and applies safety practices associated with physical

activities.

(A) Use equipment safely and

properly. Stunts and Tumbling Teacher Rubric

Advanced Progressions

Partner Stunts Stunts and Tumbling

(B) Select and use proper attire that

promotes participation and Personally Fit Personally Fit Personally Fit

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

prevents injury.

(C) Include warm-up and cool-

down procedures regularly during

exercise; monitor potentially

dangerous environmental

conditions such as wind, cold, heat, and insects; and recommend

prevention and treatment.

Sample debrief

question: What are some precautions you can take when exercising in extreme heat?

Range of Motion Circuit

Individual Warm-up Routines

Partner Warm-up Routines

Fitness

Jump Rope

Jump Rope

(D) Analyze exercises for their

effects on the body such as

beneficial/potentially dangerous.

Sample debrief

question:

What types of stretches are unsafe? Why?

Basic Exercise

Techniques

Resistance Band Workout

Stability Ball and Medicine Ball

Workout

Fitness

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(6) Social development. The student understands basic components such as strategies and rules of structured

physical activities including, but not limited to, games, sports, dance, and gymnastics.

(A) Distinguish between compliance and noncompliance rules and

regulations and apply agreed upon

consequences when officiating.

Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda (Various

Units)

FIBA World Championships

WFDF World Overall Flying

Basketball

Flying Disc

Racquets and

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

Disc

Championship

Singles, Doubles Game Play

Paddles

(B) Describe fundamental

components and strategies used in

net/wall, invasion, target, and

fielding games such as alternating

the speed and direction of the ball, invasion-fakes, give and go, target-

concentration, feeling the

movement, and fielding-back up

other players.

Unit Written Tests Volley Tennis

Mini-Hockey

Give and Go with Post Players

Racquets and Paddles

Hockey

Basketball

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

(7) Social development. The student develops positive self-management and social skills needed to work

independently and with others in physical activity settings.

(A) Solve problems in physical

activities by analyzing causes and

potential solutions.

Cooperative Self

Check, Peer Coach,

Teacher Rubric

Cross the Great Divide

Corridor Challenge

Log Jam

Cooperatives

(B) Work cooperatively in a group

to achieve group goals in

Cooperative Self

Check, Peer Coach, Indiana Jones

Final Cooperative

Cooperatives

Cooperatives

Standard

Suggested

Assessments

Sample SPARK

Activities

Corresponding SPARK

Unit

competitive as well as cooperative

settings

Teacher Rubric Adventure Race

Kin-Ball Sport

World Games

(C) Identify and follow rules while

playing sports and games.

Cooperative Self

Check, Peer Coach,

Teacher Rubric

3-on-3 Basketball

7v7 Modified Softball

Royal Court

Basketball

Softball

Racquets and

Paddles

(D) Accept decisions made by game

officials including student, teachers, and officials outside the school.

Coulda, Woulda,

Shoulda (Various Units)

2 V 1 Just for Fun

Partner Stunts

Radio Control

World Games

Stunts and Tumbling

Cooperatives

(E) Use peer interaction positively

to enhance personal physical

activity and safety such as

encourage friends and join teams.

Cooperative Unit

Written Test Hip Hop Basic

Moves Jigsaw

Partner Trick Circuit

Karrimor

International

Mountain

Marathon

Dance

Jump Rope

Cooperatives