Grade 3 PE Mississippi Standards

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

Identify the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle.

Demonstrate an intermediate form of manipulative skills.

Improve performance by participating in new and difficult tasks.

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

Apply manipulative skills to accomplish the objective of the activity.

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

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

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

Participates regularly in physical activity.

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

Understand how appropriate practice improves performance.

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

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

Adapt body movements according to particular obstacles.

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

Explain the importance of a physically active lifestyle.

Engage in moderate to vigorous physical activities.

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

Perform fundamental movement skills in a variety of settings.

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

Assist peers to achieve success in physical activity settings.