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Health and Physical Education Activities and Assessments
In November, 2009, just prior to the annual conference of the Missouri Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (MOAHPERD), DESE convened a group of exemplary health and physical education teachers to write sample lessons that aligned to the grade-level expectations.
These teachers met in small groups over a day-and-a-half, designing lessons and determining effective assessments. One of the challenges they faced was grappling with the wide disparity in educational vocabulary that exists in the state. For example, districts use a variety of terms to denote what students are supposed to know, using interchangeable terms such as objectives, learning targets, student outcomes, core conceptual objectives, and measurable learner objectives. For the purposes of this task, we chose to use two terms: (1) objective, meaning a broad and overarching topic of learning; and (2) learning target, meaning the specific, measurable steps that lead to mastery of the objective.
While DESE does not require the use of these terms, these represent one way that schools might represent intended student learning in their curriculum. You have no obligation to adopt these terms if they are not currently in use in your district. The lessons that follow were written over a short period of time by teachers representing every part of the state. They are not perfect, and they may not be in a format that you use in your district. However, we hope that they might be of some use to the teachers of the state as they develop learning experiences in health and physical education for Missouri’s students.
Level |
Physical Education | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Elementary School |
Movement Concepts | Rubric | |
| Bowling Rubric | |||
| Jump Rope Assessment | |||
Middle School |
Health Related Fitness | ||
| Racquet Sports | |||
| Rhythms and Dance | |||
High School |
Correct Destinations for Orienteering | Orienteering Assessment | Starting Point No. |
| Fitness Circuit | |||
| Maniac Jacks | |||
| Personal Fitness Program | |||
| Rhythmic Movement | |||