Grade 3 PE Mississippi Standards

Assist peers to achieve success in physical activity settings.

Value physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and/or social interaction.

Respect the limitations and abilities of themselves and others during physical activity.

Work with others to obtain the common goal of an activity.

Apply rules, procedures, and safety principles to any type of physical activity.

Exhibit responsible personal and social behavior that respect s self and others in physical activity settings.

Associate specific physical activities with the components of health-related fitness (muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, body composition, and aerobic fitness).

Identify the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle.

Maintain aerobic physical activity (i.e., continuous training, circuit training, etc.) for a specific time frame.

Achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.

Explain the importance of a physically active lifestyle.

Engage in moderate to vigorous physical activities.

Participates regularly in physical activity.

Improve performance by participating in new and difficult tasks.

Understand how appropriate practice improves performance.

Adapt body movements according to particular obstacles.

Demonstrate understanding of movement principles, strategies, and tactics as they apply to the learning, development and performance of physical activities.

Apply manipulative skills to accomplish the objective of the activity.

Perform fundamental movement skills in a variety of settings.

Demonstrate an intermediate form of manipulative skills.

Begin to use locomotor and non-locomotor skills to perform rhythmic activities.

Demonstrate competency in motor skills and movement patterns/concepts needed to perform a variety of physical activities.