Chester Township Public Schools
Health & Physical Education

Health & PE - 3rd Grade

Health & PE

The goal of our comprehensive health and physical education program in full compliance with New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards for Health and Physical Education and provide a quality program that empowers students to make informed decisions about issues that impact their present health, the health of their family and the health of society at-large and enable students to enact students-enhancing behaviors before damaging patterns are firmly established. These goal are designed to enhance students' ability to become cautious and competent consumers and to strengthen students' ability to recognize, analyze and react to unhealthy or dangerous situations in a safe and appropriate manner.

In addition the our goals seek to empower students to navigate through and around conflicting messages, risky students, and mounting pressures and to develop dependable support systems and assist students to recognize, understand, and address immediate or chronic health problems in order to prevent long-term health problems. It is our hope that our comprehensive health and physical education program will enable students to participate in students activities that promote, support and maintain wellness and promote a lifetime of participation in activities that promote health and well being..

Health education is a planned sequential, K-8 students that addresses the physical, mental, emotional and social dimensions of health. The curriculum is designed to motivate and assist students to maintain and improve their health , prevent disease, and reduce health-related risk behaviors.

Physical education is a planned K-8 curriculum that provides cognitive content and learning experiences in a variety of activity areas such as basic movement skills, physical fitness, rhythm and dance along with games, team dual and individual sports.

3rd Grade

The 3rd Grade Health and Physical Education program explores concepts of movement techniques, skills and fitness. Issuse of disease prevention, safety and violence prevention.


Health & PE

    Movement Concepts
The learner will be able to perform locomotor (walk, run, jump), non-jump (bend, reach, turn), and manipulative (throw, strike, kick) movement skills. The students will be able to execute movement skills through instruction, various problem solving and solving activity-type situations and games. (NJCCCS 2.5).
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    Movement Concepts
The learner will be able to modify basic movement skills by applying movement concepts (direction, speed) biomechanical principles (force, projection), and movement (tempo, beat). The students will identify awareness of ranges of various uses of body parts while gaining good body control for safe play. (NJCCCS 2.5).
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    Movement Concepts
The learner will be able to adapt movement skills in relation to objects, other participants, and boundaries. The students will perform basic skills, increase development through kinesthetic awareness and develop self-confidence. (NJCCCS 2.5).
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    Movement Concepts
The learner will be able to combine movement skills to participate in physical activities such as games, sports and lifetime recreational pursuits. The students will be able to demonstrate abilities to perform and apply necessary basic skills in game situations. (NJCCCS 2.5).
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    Movement Concepts
The learner will be able to describe when, where, and how to use and adapt specific movement skills and concepts in physical activities. The students will develop abilities and willingness to follow rules, adjust skills, and strategies to enable cooperative interaction and competition with other students. (NJCCCS 2.5).
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    Movement Concepts
The learner will be able to observe physical activities and provide feedback to participants to improve performance. The students will reinforce skills and strategies to enable cooperative interaction and competition with other students. (NJCCCS 2.5).
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    Fitness Concepts
The learner will be able to identify the components of health-related fitness and describe activities related to each component. (NJCCCS 2.6).
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    Fitness Concepts
The learner will be able to demonstrate appropriate techniques used in fitness activities. The students will acquire awareness of their own abilities. (NJCCCS 2.6).
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    Fitness Concepts
The learner will be able to describe how fitness activities enhance wellness. The students will appreciate the benefits of being fit. (NJCCCS 2.6).
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    Fitness Concepts
The learner will be able to participate in health-related fitness activities. (NJCCCS 2.1, 2.2, 2.6).
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    Fitness Concepts
The learner will be able to develop and attain a personal fitness goal to improve performance. The students will continue to assume students for their fitness goals. (NJCCCS 2.6).
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    Health
The learner will be able to describe and demonstrate a variety of way to access and convey health information and ideas. (NJCCCS 2.1, 2.2).
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    Health
The learner will be able to demonstrate decision making and refusal skills in situations affecting health and safety. (NJCCCS 2.2).
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    Health
The learner will be able to define health goals, differentiate between long and short term goals, and set a personal health goal to track progress. (NJCCCS 2.2).
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    Health: Violence Prevention
The learner will be able to define conflict and demonstrate appropriate nonviolent strategies to resolve it. The students will develop interpersonal students and conflict resolution skills. (NJCCCS 2.1,2.2, 2.4).
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    Health: Violence Prevention
The learner will be able to describe how culture and the media affect the ways individuals communicate, show emotions, and cope with stress. (NJCCCS 2.1, 2.2).
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    Health: Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Abuse
The learner will be able to define drugs and medicines describe the purposes and correct uses of medicines,, and describe the role they play in the maintenance or achievement of wellness. (NJCCCS 2.3).
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    Health: Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Abuse
The learner will be able to recognize the physical and behavioral effects of alcohol, marijuana.. tobacco products, inhalants, anabolic steroids, and household substances that may be misused for mood-altering effects. NJCCCS 2.3).
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    Health: Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Abuse
The learner will be able to recognize the signs and symptoms of chemical abuse and dependency, discuss their impact on personal and family health, and identify resources for help and information. (NJCCCS 2.3).
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    Health: Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Abuse
The learner will be able to identify laws related to the sale and use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. (NJCCCS 2.3).
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    Health: Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Abuse
The learner will be able to describe how the use, misuses and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs contribute to the incidence of illness and injury. (NJCCCS 2.3).
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    Health: Human Sexuality and Family Life
The learner will be able to identify the stages of human development form conception to death. (NJCCCS 2.4).
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    Health: Human Sexuality and Family Life
The learner will be able to identify the stages of human development from conception to death. (NJCCCS 2.4).
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    Health: Human Sexuality and Family Life
The learner will be able to discuss how family and friends are important throughout life and that relationships require respect for others. (NJCCCS 2.4).
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    Health: Human Sexuality and Family Life
The learner will be able to explain different kinds of families and that all family members have rights, privileges and responsibilities. (NJCCCS 2.4).
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    Health: Human Sexuality and Family Life
The learner will be able to discuss the influence of the media on the development of gender stereotypes. (NJCCCS 2.4).
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