Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology

Physical Education
Grades 6 – 8

ABSTRACT

Students in grades 6 through 8 further their education in fitness, recreational activities, body
movement, individual and team sports, and rhythm and dance. Through ongoing assessment of
personal fitness levels, students monitor their own progress toward the attainment of lifelong
personal fitness goals. The physical, social, and emotional aspects of lifelong health are
examined and students practice individual sports that promote the attainment of individual
fitness goals. Skills are developed over the course of the three year continuum based on
individual readiness and personal goals. In grade 6, the foundational skills are emphasized. In
grades 7 and 8, students build on those skills and work to improve individual and team
performance. Project Adventure activities aid in the development of essential 21st century life
and career skills.

Adopted by the Somerville Board of Education on July 25, 2017

Month/
September October November December January
Marking Period
2009 New Jersey Core 2.5.8.A.1-2, 2.5.8.A.4, 2.5.8.A.1-2, 2.5.8.A.4, 2.5.8.A.1-2, 2.5.8.A.4, 2.5.8.A.1-2, 2.5.8.A.4, 2.5.8.A.1-4, 2.5.6.B.2,
Curriculum Content 2.5.6.B.2, 2.5.8.B.1-3, 2.5.6.B.2, 2.5.8.B.2-3, 2.5.6.B.2, 2.5.8.B.1-3, 2.5.6.B.2, 2.5.8.B.2-3, 2.5.8.B.2-3, 2.5.8.C.1-3,
Standards (NJCCCS) 2.5.8.C.1-2, 2.6.6.A.1-7, 2.5.8.C.1-2, 2.6.6.A.1-2, 2.5.8.C.1-2, 2.6.6.A.1-2, 2.5.8.C.1-2, 2.6.6.A.1-2, 2.6.6.A.1-2, 2.6.8.A.1,
2.6.8.A.1-6 2.6.8.A.1, 2.6.8.A.4-5 2.6.6.A.7, 2.6.8.A.1, 2.6.8.A.1, 2.6.8.A.4-5 2.6.8.A.4-5
2.6.8.A.4-5
Essential Question: What skills are necessary What roles do cooperation
How can a student In what ways are team How does movement
to throw and catch and empathy play
improve personal fitness? members interdependent? reflect cultural practices?
with accuracy? in group activities?
Content: Introduction to Creative Dance
Catching and Throwing Team Sports Team Building
Lifelong Fitness and Movement
Skills and Topics: • define fitness and its • discuss safety • define “team” • determine the personal • research dances of a
components measures related to • brainstorm the qualities that variety of countries
(e.g., physical, catching and throwing responsibilities of contribute to group and cultures
emotional, personal • evaluate catching and team members success • determine the
well-being) throwing techniques • apply the sports • compare and contrast choreography of
• examine assessment • model appropriate education model to personal strengths and representative dances
tools to determine catching and throwing the organization and challenges of group • discuss the role of
personal fitness techniques function of team members rhythm in dance
• delineate the diet and • investigate activities members • perform cooperative • perform the dances of
exercise practices and games that require • asses the impact of group activities a variety of countries
necessary to achieve catching and throwing teamwork on the • assess personal and cultures
personal fitness • conduct paired attainment of performance in • produce a personal
(e.g., aerobic exercise, practice of catching individual and team cooperative group dance combining
yoga, nutrition) and throwing goals activities in written music, rhythm, and
• create a personal • assimilate catching • research the rules of form choreography
fitness goal and throwing team sports • evaluate personal • teach personal dance
• determine a plan to techniques in game (e.g., football, soccer, performance using a to peers
attain a personal play handball) scoring rubric • evaluate personal
fitness goal • apply technology to • apply rules of team • apply technology to performance using a
• determine a personal maintain a fitness sports in cooperative maintain a fitness scoring rubric
fitness baseline level journal that tracks play journal that tracks
using a standard progress towards progress towards
assessment tool attainment of personal attainment of personal
• initiate a personal goals goals
fitness journal
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Grades 6 – 8

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•
employ a scoring • apply technology to
rubric to assess maintain a fitness
individual and team journal that tracks
performance during progress towards
play attainment of personal
• apply technology to goals
maintain a fitness
journal that tracks
progress towards
attainment of personal
goals
Integration of Internet, SMART Boards, stereo sound system, multimedia resources, video streaming, podcasting
Technology:
Writing: Student self-assessment, journal writing, lesson closure activities
Formative Skills assessments, teacher observation, student self-assessment, scoring rubric
Assessments:
Summative Pre- and post-testing of skills and fitness
Assessments:
Performance Skills assessments, team/game play
Assessments:
Interdisciplinary *ELA: RI.6-8.1-10, *ELA: RI.6-8.1-10, *ELA: RI.6-8.1-10, *ELA: RI.6-8.1-10, *ELA: RI.6-8.1-10,
Connections: W.6-8.1-10 W.6-8.1-10 W.6-8.1-10 W.6-8.1-10 W.6-8.1-10
Mathematics: Mathematics: Mathematics: Mathematics: Mathematics:
Science: 5.1.8.D.1, Science: 5.1.8.D.1, Science: 5.1.8.D.1, Science: 5.1.8.D.1, Science: 5.1.8.D.1,
5.3.8.B.1 5.2.8.E.2, 5.3.8.B.1 5.3.8.B.1 5.3.8.B.1 5.3.8.B.1
Arts: Arts: Arts: Arts: Arts:
Health/PE: Health/PE: Health/PE: Health/PE: Health/PE:
Technology: 8.1.8.A.5 Technology: 8.1.8.A.5 Technology: 8.1.8.A.5 Technology: 8.1.8.A.5 Technology: 8.1.8.A.5
World Language: World Language: World Language: World Language: World Language:
Social Studies: Social Studies: Social Studies: Social Studies: Social Studies:
Technology: Technology: Technology: Technology: 6.1.12.D.14.f, 6.2.12.D.4.k
8.1.8.A.3, 8.1.12.C.1 8.1.8.A.3, 8.1.12.C.1 8.1.8.A.3, 8.1.12.C.1 8.1.8.A.3, 8.1.12.C.1 Technology:
CRP 1,2,12 CRP 1,2,12 CRP 1,2,12 CRP 1,2,12 8.1.8.A.3, 8.1.12.C.1
CRP 1,2,12
 Physical Education
Grades 6 – 8

Month/
September October November December January
Marking Period
st st st st st
Interdisciplinary 21 Century Life/Careers: 21 Century Life/Careers: 21 Century Life/Careers: 21 Century Life/Careers: 21 Century Life/Careers:
Connections: 9.1.8.C.3, 9.1.12.A.1, 9.1.8.C.3, 9.1.12.A.1, 9.1.8.C.3, 9.1.12.A.1, 9.1.8.C.3, 9.1.12.A.1, 9.1.8.C.3, 9.1.12.A.1,
9.1.12.B.2 9.1.12.B.2 9.1.12.B.2 9.1.12.B.2 9.1.12.B.2
21st Century Themes: Global Awareness Civic Literacy

Financial, Economic, Business, and Entrepreneurial Literacy Health Literacy

Information and Communication Technologies Literacy Communication and Collaboration Information Literacy
Resources: Physical education websites, teacher guides and activity books, multimedia presentations
Careers: Applicable career options are discussed as they arise throughout the physical education program. Career options include, but are not limited to, the
following career clusters: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Career Cluster; Arts, A/V Technology, and Communications Career Cluster;
Business, Management, and Administration Career Cluster; Education and Training Career Cluster; Health Science Career Cluster; Law, Public
Safety, Correction, and Security Career Cluster.

*2016 NJSLS
RL: Reading Literature N: Real Number System
RI: Reading Informational Text A: Algebra
W: Writing F: Functions
SL: Speaking and Listening G: Geometry
L: Language S: Statistics and Probability
MD: Measurement and Data
 Physical Education
Grades 6 – 8

Month/
February March April May June
Marking Period
2009 New Jersey Core 2.5.8.1-2, 2.5.8.4, 2.5.8.1-2, 2.5.8.4, 2.5.8.1-2, 2.5.8.4, 2.5.8.1-2, 2.5.8.4, 2.5.8.1-2, 2.5.8.4,
Curriculum Content 2.5.6.B.2, 2.5.8.B.2-3, 2.5.6.B.2, 2.5.8.B.2-3, 2.5.6.B.2, 2.5.8.B.2-3, 2.5.6.B.2, 2.5.8.B.2-3, 2.5.6.B.2, 2.5.8.B.2-3,
Standards (NJCCCS) 2.5.8.C.1-2, 2.6.6.A.1-2, 2.5.8.C.1-2, 2.6.6.A.1-2, 2.5.8.C.1-2, 2.6.6.A.1-2, 2.5.8.C.1-2, 2.6.6.A.1-2, 2.5.8.C.1-2, 2.6.6.A.1-2,
2.6.8.A.1, 2.6.8.A.4-5 2.6.8.A.1, 2.6.8.A.4-5 2.6.8.A.1, 2.6.8.A.4-5 2.6.8.A.1, 2.6.8.A.4-5 2.6.8.A.1, 2.6.8.A.4-5
Essential Question: How can skill-related How does individual What benchmarks assess What skills enhance
What activities promote
activities improve overall performance affect the attainment of personal physical
healthy hearts?
physical performance? team performance? personal fitness? performance?
Content: Aerobic Activities Striking Team Sports Individual Fitness Plans Individual Sports
Skills and Topics: • compare and contrast • assess the physical • recall the • evaluate previous • investigate individual
anaerobic and aerobic skills necessary to responsibilities of fitness goals sports and activities
exercise perform striking tasks team members • compare and contrast (e.g., golf, pilates,
• investigate “Heart • differentiate among • practice necessary personal fitness goals yoga, zumba)
Healthy Month” games and activities personal performance and achievement of • assess the lifelong
activities and events that require striking skills for a variety of goals benefits of individual
• summarize heart skills team games/sports • demonstrate the sports
healthy practices • apply striking skills in (e.g., baseball, attainment of personal • select a personal
(e.g., proper nutrition, a variety of games and softball, ultimate fitness goals individual sport to
exercise, monitoring activities frisbee) • determine immediate practice
heart rate) • integrate personal
(e.g., baseball, cricket, future and lifelong • apply the appropriate
• perform aerobic handball, volleyball) skills in team sport fitness goals technique in the
exercise • employ a scoring play • create a rubric to practice of the chosen
• monitor personal heart rubric to evaluate • summarize personal document and assess individual sport
rate during exercise personal performance contributions to team future and lifelong • apply technology to
• evaluate personal heart of striking skills success in written fitness goals maintain a fitness
healthy practices • apply technology to form journal that tracks
• apply technology to maintain a fitness • apply technology to progress towards
maintain a fitness journal that tracks maintain a fitness attainment of personal
journal that tracks progress towards journal that tracks goals
progress towards attainment of personal progress towards
attainment of personal goals attainment of personal
goals goals
Integration of Internet, SMART Boards, stereo sound system, multimedia resources, video streaming, podcasting
Technology:
Writing: Student self-assessment, journal writing, lesson closure activities
 Physical Education
Grades 6 – 8

Month/
February March April May June
Marking Period
Formative Skills assessments of group and individual performance, teacher observation, student self-assessment, scoring rubric
Assessments:
Summative Pre- and post-testing of skills and fitness
Assessments:
Performance Skills assessments, team/game play
Assessments:
Interdisciplinary *ELA: RI.6-8.1-10, *ELA: RI.6-8.1-10, *ELA: RI.6-8.1-10, *ELA: RI.6-8.1-10, *ELA: RI.6-8.1-10,
Connections: W.6-8.1-10 W.6-8.1-10 W.6-8.1-10 W.6-8.1-10 W.6-8.1-10
Mathematics: Mathematics: Mathematics: Mathematics: Mathematics:
Science: 5.1.8.D.1, Science: 5.1.8.D.1, Science: 5.1.8.D.1, Science: 5.1.8.D.1, Science: 5.1.8.D.1,
5.3.8.B.1 5.2.8.E.2, 5.3.8.B.1 5.3.8.B.1 5.3.8.B.1 5.3.8.B.1
Arts: Arts: Arts: Arts: Arts:
Technology: 8.1.8.A.5 Technology: 8.1.8.A.5 Technology: 8.1.8.A.5 Technology: 8.1.8.A.5 Technology: 8.1.8.A.5
World Language: World Language: World Language: World Language: World Language:
Social Studies: Social Studies: Social Studies: Social Studies: Social Studies:
Technology: Technology: Technology: Technology: Technology:
8.1.8.A.3, 8.1.12.C.1 8.1.8.A.3, 8.1.12.C.1 8.1.8.A.3, 8.1.12.C.1 8.1.8.A.3, 8.1.12.C.1 8.1.8.A.3, 8.1.12.C.1
CRP 1,2,12 CRP 1,2,12 CRP 1,2,12 CRP 1,2,12 CRP 1,2,12
21st Century Life/Careers: 21st Century Life/Careers: 21st Century Life/Careers: 21st Century Life/Careers: 21st Century Life/Careers:
9.1.8.C.3, 9.1.12.A.1, 9.1.8.C.3, 9.1.12.A.1, 9.1.8.C.3, 9.1.12.A.1, 9.1.8.C.3, 9.1.12.A.1, 9.1.8.C.3, 9.1.12.A.1,
9.1.12.B.2 9.1.12.B.2 9.1.12.B.2 9.1.12.B.2 9.1.12.B.2
21st Century Themes: Global Awareness Civic Literacy
Financial, Economic, Business, and Entrepreneurial Literacy Health Literacy
st
21 Century Skills: Creativity and Innovation Media Literacy Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Life and Career Skills
Information and Communication Technologies Literacy Communication and Collaboration Information Literacy
Resources: Physical education websites, teacher guides and activity books, multimedia presentations
Careers: Applicable career options are discussed as they arise throughout the physical education program. Career options include, but are not limited to, the
following career clusters: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Career Cluster; Arts, A/V Technology, and Communications Career Cluster;
Business, Management, and Administration Career Cluster; Education and Training Career Cluster; Health Science Career Cluster; Law, Public
Safety, Correction, and Security Career Cluster.
*2016 NJSLS:
RL: Reading Literature N: Real Number System MD: Measurement and Data
RI: Reading Informational Text A: Algebra
W: Writing F: Functions
 Physical Education
SL: Speaking and Listening G: Geometry
Grades 6 – 8
L: Language S: Statistics and Probability