8th Grade
Physical Education


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Team Sports

Basketball, Team Handball, Volleyball

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Fitness
CT Fitness Testing, Personal Fitness, Dance, Weight Room, Aerobics, Yoga, Pilates

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Racquetball and
Individual Activities
Tennis, Badminton, Pickleball

Skills and Student Outcomes

  • Establish rules and guidelines for unit

  • Exhibit fair and safe playing procedures

  • Relate concepts from one sport to another

  • Evaluate current skill level; select level for improvement

  • Identify and perform sport specific concepts during game play

  • Identify correlation between activity and skill related fitness

Skills and Student Outcomes

  • Establish rules/guidelines for unit

  • Create workout plan for the unit

  • Identify the four areas of health related fitness

  • Chart workout each class accurately

  • Evaluate current fitness level in relation to CT Phys. Fitness Test results

  • Create goals to improve fitness level during the unit

  • Apply Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type principle to workout programs

  • Evaluate exercise level using the Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) scale

Skills and Student Outcomes

  • Exhibit fair and safe playing procedures during participation

  • Identify and perform activity-specific concepts during game situations/presentations

  • Identify correlation between activity and skill related fitness (hand-eye/foot-eye coordination, power speed, agility, balance)

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Sports Fest

Lacrosse, Speedball, Softball, Soccer

Skills and Student Outcomes

  • Relate concepts from one sport to another

  • Identify and perform sport specific concepts during game play

  • Exhibit fair and safe playing procedures

  • Identify correlation between activity and skill related fitness (hand-eye/foot-eye coordination, power, speed, agility, balance)