Academic standards list
Grade 3 — Tennessee Physical Education Standards
Introduction
Academic standards define the expectations for knowledge and skills that students are to learn in a subject by a certain age or at the end of a school grade level. This page contains a list of standards for a specific content area, grade level, and/or course. The list of standards may be structured using categories and sub-categories.
Motor Skills
TSS.PE.K-5
Locomotor
Hop (one foot), gallop, slide, skip
Jog, run
Jump & land for distance (horizontal)
Jump & land for height (vertical)
Dance/Rhythmic Activities
Dance
Nonlocomotor or Educational Gymnastics
Balance
Maintains stillness on various bases of support demonstrating muscular tension and extensions of free body parts.
Weight Transfer & Rolling (OPTIONAL)
Combinations (OPTIONAL)
Manipulative Skills
Underhand Throw
Overhand Throw
Throws overhand for distance or force demonstrating side to target, arm back, and stepping with opposition.
Catching
Passing & Receiving with implements
Dribbling with hands
Dribbling with feet
Kicking (force or distance)
Passing & Receiving with feet
Passes and receives a ball with the insides of the feet to a stationary partner, "giving" on reception.
Striking with hand(s)
Strikes an object with underhand or sidearm pattern over a net/line, to the wall, or to a partner.
Striking, short implement
Strikes an object with a shorthandled implement sending it forward using an underhand pattern with accuracy.
Striking, long implement
Strikes an object with a longhandled implement sending it forward and using proper grip.
Jumping Rope
Movement Knowledge & Application
TSS.PE.K-5
Movement Knowledge & Applicatiton
Space Awareness (location)
Space Awareness (pathways, levels, directions
Combines levels, directions, and pathways into simple travel, dance, and gymnastic sequences.
Effort: speed and force
Relationships (body shapes, with objects, with people)
Movement Principles (base of support, muscle tension, ready position)
Applies concept of ready position to increase stability and prepare for movement.
Analysis & Strategies
Performance Cues
Simple Strategies
Fitness & Physical Activity
TSS.PE.K-5
Fitness Knowledge
Health-related Fitness
Describes the physiological indicators that accompany moderate to vigorous physical activity.
Physical Activity & Knowledge
Physical Activity
Recognizes the benefits of physical activity that contribute to a healthy lifestyle.
Personal & Social Responsibility
TSS.PE.K-5
Personal Responsibility
Personal Responsibility
Accepting Feedback
Feedback
Cooperation
Working with others
Procedures & Rules
Procedures & Rules
Encourages others to follow procedures and rules to provide a productive learning environment.
Safety
Safety
Values Physical Activity
TSS.PE.K-5
Appreciation
Appreciation
Reflects on reasons for participation in specific physical activities outside of physical education class.
Challenge
Challenge
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