GRADE 5 PHYSICAL EDUCATION

What children will study this year:

  • Students will build on previous year's knowledge
  • Participate in fitness assessments
  • Students will be exposed to rules and strategies for physical activities
  • Teamwork and sportsmanship

Units/Assessments:

  • Introduction to PE
  • Cardiovascular Fitness
  • Muscular Fitness
  • Nutrition
  • Lifelong Fitness

In order to participate safely and successfully, students should have tennis shoes for physical education activities and recess.

Adaptations and modifications will be made for students on an as needed basis.
 
*To participate safely and successfully, students must have tennis shoes
for every physical education class.


Program and Grade Level Understandings
Anoka-Hennepin Program Understandings articulate what students should understand and be able to do when they leave the K-12 program in Anoka-Hennepin. The grade level understandings demonstrate what students should understand and be able to do when they leave each grade level. The grade level understandings increase in complexity as students progress through the K-12 program.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION UNITS

   What families can do at home to help:
  • It is important that youth of today develop regular exercise habits and activities that will be continued throughout life. In order for our children to become truly fit, these fitness activities must extend beyond the school day. Family and friends can have a major impact on a child's level of physical activity in many different ways.
 

Unit Information for Families (Downloads)
Academic Standards, what students should know and be able to do, and vocabulary.