| Grade 3: Fundamental Movement Skills | 
Achievement
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Overall Expectations
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| •perform the basic movement skills required to participate
in physical activities: locomotion/travelling (e.g., dodging, chasing),
manipulation (e.g., striking, hitting), and stability (e.g., balancing
on equipment, performing rolls); | 
 
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| •demonstrate the principles of movement (e.g., in various
body shapes; using sudden, sustained, fast, or slow movements) using locomotion/travelling,
manipulation, and stability skills.  | 
 
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Specific Expectations
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| Locomotion/Travelling Skills | 
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| •combine various locomotion/travelling movements with
changes in direction and level, both with and without equipment (e.g.,
selecting two ways to travel on a bench while performing a change in direction
and level); | 
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| •travel in various ways, and dodge stationary objects
or opponents;  | 
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| Manipulation Skills | 
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| •throw a ball overhead using two hands, while stationary,
to a large target or a stationary partner; | 
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| •catch, while stationary, objects of various sizes and
shapes using two hands both above and below the waist (e.g., catch a nerf
ball); | 
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| •hit a slowly moving object (e.g., a ball or a balloon)
using various parts of the body, directing it to a partner or a large target;  | 
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| Stability Skills | 
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| •jump for distance or height over low objects; | 
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| •balance in different positions, using different body
parts and levels (e.g., on and off gymnastics equipment, responding to
stimuli in creative dance); | 
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| •move their bodies in various ways (e.g., over, under,
through, and around equipment).  | 
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