Kindergarten - Physical Education

Priority Standards

What students will know, what students will do, and what thinking skills students will develop to apply and transfer Physical Education understandings that endure within the discipline, leverage deeper understandings, and/or support readiness for success at the next grade level. 

In Kindergarten, focus on these critical areas:

Instruction: Signature Elements

Below are signature elements of SFUSD Physical Education instruction that students should experience regularly throughout Kindergarten as they develop personal physical literacy.

Materials

Beginning of the Year Self-Checklist for K-5 Classroom Teachers 
The intent of this Self-Checklist is to uplift basic Physical Education building blocks that every K-5 teacher ought to know.

 

Units

  Unit Resources Description
Unit Zero - Kindergarten Physical Education Which PE lesson are you going to teach on the 1st day? Start the school year off by establishing a positive PE classroom environment. Unit Zero provides 3-weeks of lessons that focus on student connections, a sense of self, identity, and a sense of community.  What to teach after these lessons? Contact your PE Specialist and make a plan. 
District Physical Education Curriculum: Grade - Kindergarten 
 
SFUSD’s district-adopted Physical Education Curriculum is intended for K-5 Classroom Teachers.  In Kindergarten this standards-based curriculum (CA State PE Standards) focuses on motor skills, cognitive concepts, cooperative activities, exploration, and thematic-based lessons.
OPEN Physical Education Curriculum by US Games OPEN Physical Education Curriculum is written by and for Physical Educators across the nation.  This standards-based curriculum (National SHAPE America Standards) clusters grades K-2 lesson activities together.

 

Planning Guide

1st Trimester 2nd Trimester 3rd Trimester

Focus on locomotor skills and rolling

  • 1.1 Travels safely within a large group while performing various locomotor skills
  • 2.5 Identifies locomotor skills

Focus on bouncing, jump rope, & fitness concepts

  • 1.15 Bounces a ball continuously, using two hands at the same time
  • 4.9 Identifies body parts involved while stretching

Focus on throwing and catching

  • 1.13 Tosses a ball to one's self, using an underhand throwing pattern, and catching it

Report Card Materials - Physical Education
Kindergarten report card expectations, lessons, and assessment tools for Physical Education.

Reflection Questions

  1. How are students' developmental needs, communities, and experiences being reflected and honored, or how could they be?
  2. What opportunities do you see for developing equitable access & demand, inquiry, collaboration, and assessment for learning?
  3. What are the implications for your own practice? What strengths can you build upon? What will you do first?

This page was last updated on September 1, 2022