Grade 6 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
- Go Out and Play! (Book)
- Build Your Best Day Game (Website)
- 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)
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
- Season of Miracles (DVD)
- Sportsmanship: Respect for the Game Activity (Website)
- How to Encourage Kids to Exercise if They Dislike Sports (Website)
- What If I Don’t Like Sports? (Website)
- Teamwork: Short Film (YouTube)
Describe factors that motivate them to participate in physical activity every day, at school and during leisure time, and that influence their choice of activities
- Let Your Kids Go Wild Outside (Book)
- What If I Don’t Like Sports? (Website)
- Overcoming Obstacles to Physical Activity (Website)
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
- Junior Yoga (DVD)
- Dance with ABC For Kids (Hoopla music)
- Roberta’s Fitness for Kids (Hoopla eVideo)
- Fitness 4 Kids (Hoopla eVideo)
- Stretch for Your Best (Website)
- TikTok Blinding Lights Compilation (YouTube)
- PE Fitness Circuit (YouTube)
- Get Active at Home (YouTube)
- Fitness Break (YouTube)
- Strength Training for Kids (YouTube)
Explain how participation in physical activities affects personal health-related fitness
- Active Kids (Book)
- Warm Up, Cool Down (Website)
- Kids and Exercise (Website)
- Warm Up Exercises (YouTube)
- Yoga for the Classroom (YouTube)
Assess a specific component of their health-related fitness by noting physical responses during various physical activities, and monitor changes over time
- Active Kids (Book)
- Steppin’ and Stompin’ For Fun and Fitness (DVD)
- What Happens to Your Body When You Start Exercising Regularly (YouTube)
Assess their level of health-related fitness as they participate in various physical activities
- DPA Tracker (Website)
- Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines Key Messages (Website)
- How to Feel Your HeartBeat (YouTube)
Develop and implement plans of action based on both their assessments of their health-related components of fitness and their interests, in order to achieve personal fitness goals
- How to Make an Exercise Plan (Website)
- Creating a Fitness Plan for the Whole Family (Website)
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
- Safety First (Book)
- How to Prevent Injuries During Exercise (Website)
- Concussions 101, a Primer for Kids and Parents (YouTube)
Describe appropriate methods for treating minor injuries that may occur while participating in physical activity
- First Aid Safety for Kids (Website)
- 6 First Aid Rules to Teach Your Kids Now (Website)