Exercise - KY Academic Standards - Sixth Grade
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Academic Expectations
2.31 Students demonstrate the knowledge and skills they need to remain physically healthy and to accept responsibility for their own physical well-being.

2.34 Students perform physical movement skills effectively in a variety of settings.

2.35 Students demonstrate knowledge and skills that promote physical activity and involvement in physical activity throughout lives.

Core Content for Assessment 4.0
PL-06-1.2.01
Students will describe how individual behavior choices and habits relating to diet, exercise, rest, and other choices (e.g., tobacco, alcohol, illegal drugs) affect various body systems (e.g., circulatory, respiratory, digestive). DOK 2

PL-06-2.2.01
Students will describe the physical, emotional/mental, and social benefits gained from regular participation in leisure/recreational, or competitive physical activities:

• Physical benefits: Weight management, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, cardio-respiratory endurance, control of body movements, body composition, decreased resting heart rate, reduced cholesterol levels.
  
• Social benefits: Positive interactions with others, respect for self and others, enjoyment, self-expression, group interaction.
  
• Emotional/mental benefits: Improved confidence, increased self-esteem, stress reduction, self-expression. DOK 1

PL-06-2.3.03
Students will identify rules of behavior and fair play (e.g., accepting authoritative decisions, assessing one’s own performance level, accepting skills and abilities of others through verbal and nonverbal actions for spectators and/or participants) that are necessary during games and sports. DOK 2

Program of Studies Rev. 2003
PE-6-3, PE-6-4, PE-6-11