Grade 4 Overall Expectations:
Active Participation
Actively participate in a wide variety of program activities, according to their capabilities, while applying behaviours that enhance their readiness and ability to take part
- Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth (Website)
- The Ability Toolkit: A Resource for Parents of Children and Youth with a Disability (Website)
- Be Outside! | Science Trek (PBS Video)
- 6 of the Best Cooperative Games in Physical Education (YouTube Video)
Demonstrate an understanding of factors that contribute to their personal enjoyment of being active as they participate in a wide variety of individual and small-group activities and lead-up games
- Sportsmanship (Book & Hoopla eBook)
- How to Compete in Sports (Website)
- Fair Play Activities (Website)
- Exercise = Brainpower? (YouTube Video)
Identify factors that motivate participation in physical activity every day at school, at home, or in their communities
- Cool Exercise (Hoopla eBook)
- Be a Fit Kid (Website)
- Kids! Small Steps to a Healthy You (YouTube Video)
- Social and Emotional Benefits of Physical Activity / Exercise (YouTube Video)
- Health Fitness and Well being, Physical benefits of Physical Activity (YouTube Video)
Physical Fitness
Daily Physical Activity (DPA): participate in sustained moderate to vigorous physical activity, with appropriate warmup and cool-down activities, to the best of their ability for a minimum of 20 minutes each day
- Running Speeds with Dice (Website)
- Body Part Tag (Website)
- Deck of Fitness (Website)
- Avengers HIIT Fitness Warm (YouTube Video)
- Kids Workout 3 (YouTube Video)
Identify how different physical activities affect the body and contribute to physical fitness and good physical and mental health
- Why You Need To Exercise (Website)
- The Dance Party Game (Website)
- Dance Party Cards (Website)
- Be Outside! | Science Trek (PBS Video)
- Top 3: What Are The Benefits of Physical Activity (YouTube Video)
- Warm Up Routine For PE (YouTube Video)
Assess their level of of physical activity, using simple self assessment techniques and explain how intrinsic and extrinsic factors affect the exertion required to perform physical activities
- How to Feel Your Heart Beat (YouTube Video)
- Exercise – Check Your Pulse (Website)
- Exercise and Your Heart Activity (Website)
- How to Be Safe When You’re in the Sun (Website)
- How to Be Safe in Ice and Snow (Website)
Develop and act on personal fitness goals based on their interests, self-assessments, and feelings when participating in physical activities
- Planning For Success (Hoopla eBook)
Physical Activity Log (Website) - Have Fun For One : Physical Activity Tracking (Website)
- What Happens in your Body When You Exercise? (YouTube Video)
Safety
Demonstrate behaviours and apply procedures that maximize their safety and lessen the risk of injury, including the risk of concussion, for themselves and others during physical activity
- How to Compete in Sports (Website)
- Concussions (Website)
- Concussions 101 (YouTube Video)
- Concussions Fact Sheet (Website)
- Five Ways to Avoid Sports Injuries (Website)
- Our Game Plan (Website)
Describe common precautions for preventing accidents and injuries including concussions, while participating in different types of physical activity
- Concussions (Website)
- Concussions 101 (YouTube Video)
- Concussions Fact Sheet (Website)
- Physical Education Rules/Expectations (YouTube Video)
- Bike Safety (Website)
- Five Ways to Avoid Sports Injuries (Website)