Unit Organizer

Movement Concepts

A. National Standards being meet in this unit:

#1. Demonstrate competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few movement forms.

#2. Applies movement concepts and principles to the learning and development of motor skills.

B. Colorado State Standards being met in this unit-

#1. Students demonstrate competent skills in a variety of physical activities and sports.

Benchmarks-

1. Demonstrates a variety of movements applying the concepts from the movement framework. These concepts are Space, Relationships and Effort. (K-3)

2. Applies movement concepts to activities and sports. (2,3)

C. Previous Unit-locomotor skills

D. Next Unit-Tumbling and Gymnastics

E. Movement Concepts

Space Awareness (where the body moves)

1. Direction

K	1	2	3
Up/Down	Up/Down	Up/Down	Up/Down
		Counterclockwise/ Clockwise	Counterclockwise/ Clockwise
Right/Left	Right/Left	Right/Left	Right/Left
Forward/Backwards	Forward/Backwards	Forward/Backwards	Forward/Backwards

2. Level

K	1	2	3
Low/Middle/High	Low/Middle/High	Low/Middle/High	Low/Middle/High
	Pathways	Pathways	Pathways
		Extensions Large/Small Far/Near	Extensions Large/Small Far/Near

3. Self Space/General Space

Effort (how the body moves)

1. Time

2. Force

K	1	2	3
		Strong/Light	Strong/Light

3. Flow

K	1	2	3
			Bound/Free

Relationships

1. Of body parts

K	1	2	3
	Wide/Narrow	Wide/Narrow	Wide/Narrow
		Symmetrical/ Nonsymmetrical	Symmetrical/ Nonsymmetrical
		Twisted	Twisted
		Round	Round

2. With objects or people