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Chapter 7. C H A P T E R. 7. Scope and Sequence. Terms. Scope: Content, or subject matter Techniques of a skill; content making up a lesson, unit, or curriculum Sequence: Content progressions Skill progressions, flow or sequence of content in a lesson, unit plan, or curriculum.
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Chapter 7 C H A P T E R 7 Scope and Sequence
Terms • Scope: Content, or subject matter • Techniques of a skill; content making up a lesson, unit, or curriculum • Sequence: Content progressions • Skill progressions, flow or sequence of content in a lesson, unit plan, or curriculum
Elementary Scope: Fundamental Movements • Locomotor skills: Traveling from one place to the next • Walk Run Jump Hop Slide Gallop Skip Climb • Manipulative skills: Directing or controlling an object • Catch Throw Dribble Volley Kick Trap Bounce Punt Underhand roll (continued)
Elementary Scope: Fundamental Movements (continued) • Stability skills: Maintaining or gaining equilibrium or balance • Stationary (static) or moving (dynamic) skills in three areas: • Axial movements: maintaining balance while a body part rotates around an axis (joint) Static: Twist Bend Push Pull Lift Dynamic: Dodge Pivot Fake (continued)
Stability Skills (continued) • Springing movements: The body is cast airborne for a time Trampoline Diving board Handspring From a height • Balancing supports: Inverted and upright Inverted supports: Maintaining balance against outside forces when the body is upside down: headstand, forward roll, cartwheel Upright supports: Symmetrical and asymmetrical balances and postures
Elementary Scope: Intermediate Levels (Grades 3−5/6) • Refine fundamental movements • Apply movements to organized games • Lead-up games • Modified games of team sports, dance, tumbling, dual activities, and fitness • Apply concepts of physical activity and health-related fitness
Middle School (6−8) and Junior High School (7−9) Scope • Help students refine the skills learned at the elementary level • Enhance students’ fitness levels and understanding of the concepts • Help students develop teamwork and cooperation skills • Expose students to a wide variety of new activities (activity-based program) (continued)
Activity-Based Program • Middle schools often teach a wide scope of short-unit activities • Team sports − Dual and individual sports • Dance − Aquatics • Outdoor adventure − Team-building activities • Fitness activities − Nontraditional activities
Scope of Activities Depends on Several Factors • Location • Mountain regions: skiing; coastal regions: beach volleyball; Midwest: fishing, canoeing • Available facilities • Pools, climbing walls, tennis courts, softball fields • Area interests • Appalachian: clogging; Northern Minnesota: curling
Middle School Scope: Game Strategies and Tactics • Enhance game-tactic concepts • Similar game tactics can be used for related game forms • Invasion games • Net and wall games • Striking and fielding games • Target games
High School Scope • Unfocused • Many programs do not have a clear scope • Choice-based focus • Students select from a list of activity units offered during the term • Lifetime activity focus • Tennis, golf, swimming, fitness-related activities, bowling, yoga, cycling, etc. (continued)
High School Scope (continued) • Health-related fitness focus • Activities to enhance (1) cardiorespiratory endurance, (2) muscular strength, (3) muscular endurance, (4) flexibility, and (5) body composition • Possible equipment used: Treadmills Stair steppers Elliptical machines Rowers Stationary bikes Stretch bands Bosu balls Exercise balls Medicine balls Free weights Machine weights Portable gyms (continued)
High School Fitness Focus • Add a performance-related focus • Speed, power, coordination, balance, agility • Activities • Ladder drills (purchased or homemade) • Foot speed drills • Plyometric training (use of step aerobic boxes) (continued)
High School Fitness Focus (continued) • Fitness content • FITT principle: frequency, intensity, time (duration), and type of activity • Overload principle: concepts of conditioning • Muscles, function, and types of contractions • Nutrition and safety considerations • Students apply content and develop personal fitness programs
Sequence • Sequence involves the order, or progression, of content • Order of specific skills to be taught in a skill • Progression of skills and content taught in a lesson • Order of skills and content taught in a unit • Order of activities taught in a curriculum • Fall activities, winter activities, spring activities (continued)
Summary • Scope and sequence reflect the content taught and the order in which it is taught. • The elementary scope involves fundamental movements and fitness concepts. • The middle school scope addresses refining movements, enhancing fitness, and introducing students to a wide range of activities. • The high school scope may reflect a number of options: choice-based activities, lifetime activities, or a focus on fitness.