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K–12 Standards

Grade 8

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Demonstrate competency in motor skills and movement patterns/concepts needed to perform a variety of physical activities.

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    Demonstrate increased proficiency in movement skills while participating in team and individual sports.

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    Perform continuous and discrete skills (i.e., discrete skills have a defined beginning and end and continuous skills are ongoing).

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    Execute offensive and defensive strategies in individual and team sports.

Demonstrate understanding of movement principles, strategies, and tactics as they apply to the learning, development and performance of physical activities.

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    Create offensive and defensive strategies in physical activities.

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    Apply appropriate warm-up and cool down techniques while participating in a variety of physical activities.

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    Utilize principles of training and conditioning (FITT, Warm-up/Work-Out/Cool Down, specificity, intensity, overload) to improve physical fitness.

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    Understand how biomechanics (i.e., human movement from a variety of perspectives) affects performance.

Participates regularly in physical activity.

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    Participate in games, sports, dance, and/or other activities in a variety of settings that are based on personal interests.

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    Set personal physical fitness goals based upon the results of fitness assessments.

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    Participate and apply basic muscular strength and endurance principles and safety practices both inside and outside of school.

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

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    Apply each health-related fitness component (i.e., muscular strength, endurance, flexibility, body composition, aerobic fitness) and explain how participation in physical activity impacts personal fitness.

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

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    Implement a personal fitness plan to accomplish a physical fitness goal.

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

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    Exhibit characteristics of a positive role model.

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    Solve conflicts in physical activity by determining potential solutions.

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

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    Engage in physical activities that provide challenge, problem solving, decision-making and risk taking.

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 8
When were these standards adopted?
2013
Where can I read the official document?
Mississippi Physical Education Framework

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