Grade 5 Physical Education Curriculum Standards
Click on the green bold-faced MDIRSS essential standards to see the unpacked version, list of resources, and corresponding performance rubric for that standard.
G. Movement/Motor Skills and Knowledge
2. Students demonstrate a variety of locomotor skills and manipulative skills.
• Students describe why practice is important to skill improvement.
H. Physical Fitness Activities and Knowledge
• Students participate in physical activities that address each of the five health-related fitness components including flexibility, cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, and body composition.
I. Personal and Social Skills and Knowledge
1. Students demonstrate cooperative skills while participating in physical activities.
2. Students demonstrate safe behaviors and appropriate equipment use while participating in physical activities.
• Students describe safety rules and rules of play for games/physical activities.


