Grade 6 PE Mississippi Standards

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

Identify physical changes that occur in our bodies associated with physical activity.

Analyze the critical elements that would enhance a peer's performance in a specialized skill.

Practice responsible decision-making during specific activities.

Create and modify activities that provide practice of selected skills to help improve physical performance, begin offensive and defensive strategies.

Comprehend the importance of warm-up and cool down techniques during physical activity.

Follow rules and procedures and display sportsmanship while participating in physical activities.

Establish and monitor progress toward appropriate personal fitness goals in each of the components of health-related fitness.

Participate in physical activities in and out of the school's physical education setting.

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

Demonstrate improvement of form, strength, and accuracy in performing manipulative skills.

Demonstrate smooth combinations of fundamental movement skills through rhythmic patterns.

Identify each health-related fitness component (i.e., cardiovascular endurance, muscle strength, flexibility, muscular endurance, and body composition) and the impact of physical participation on these components.

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.

Participates regularly in physical activity.

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

Describe and practice positive feelings associated with physical fitness.

Examine pre-and post-fitness test scores after participation in fitness-enhancing activities.

Participate in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) on a regular basis.