New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards - = Comprehensive Health and Physical Education

2. Comprehensive Health and Physical = Education

Schools have = enormous=20 potential for helping students develop the knowledge and skills they = need to be=20 healthy and to achieve academically. As rapidly changing and evolving=20 disciplines, health education and physical education must look and be = different=20 than the old "hygiene and gym class." Health education and physical = education=20 are separate disciplines each with a distinct body of knowledge and = skills;=20 however, the two disciplines clearly complement and reinforce each other = to=20 support "wellness".

Standards, Strands and Cumulative Progress Indicators

The PDF version includes the entire published Core Curriculum Content = Standards while the HTML version contains links to Standards' = descriptive=20 statements and lists of Strands and CPIs with linked resources.

PDF Version

3D"PDF New = Jersey Core=20 Curriculum Content Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical = Education=20

HTML Version

There are six comprehensive health and physical education standards, = each of=20 which has a number of lettered strands. The strands are an = organizational tool allowing teachers to locate specific content and = skills.=20 Related cumulative progress indicators (CPIs) are = clustered=20 together at each grade level so that a teacher can easily identify what = should=20 be taught about a specific subset of health and physical education, such = as=20 movement skills, nutrition, or safety. The knowledge and skills outlined = in the=20 revised standards are cumulative; that is, the progress indicators begin = at a=20 foundational or basic level and increase in complexity as the student = matures,=20 requiring more complex interaction with the content. Since the = indicators are=20 cumulative, students at succeeding grade levels are responsible for the=20 knowledge and skills taught in previous grade level clusters as well as = that of=20 their current grade. Smaller grade level bands, increased specificity, = and=20 content strands allow teachers to focus on developmentally appropriate = content=20 and skills.

The New Jersey Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Standards = are=20 essentially five "content" standards and one "integrated skills" = standard.=20 Standard 2.2: Integrated Skills focuses on decision-making, goal = setting,=20 and effective communication in situations that impact health and safety. = The=20 standard has been expanded to include character and leadership = development,=20 health careers and services, and health advocacy. All teachers should = integrate=20 the skills outlined in Standard 2.2 into every other health and physical = education standard. In addition, every health and physical education = standard=20 supports interdisciplinary instruction in one or more of the remaining = eight=20 content areas.

2.1 We= llness	2.2 In= tegrated=20 Skills	2.3 Dr= ugs and=20 Medicines	2.4 Hu= man=20 Relationships and Sexuality	2.5 Mo= tor=20 Skill Development	2.6 Fi= tness

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G= rades=20 3-4	G= rades=20 3-4	G= rades=20 3-4	G= rades=20 3-4	G= rades=20 3-4	G= rades=20 3-4

G= rades=20 5-6	G= rades=20 5-6	G= rades=20 5-6	G= rades=20 5-6	G= rades=20 5-6	G= rades=20 5-6
G= rades=20 7-8	G= rades=20 7-8	G= rades=20 7-8	G= rades=20 7-8	G= rades=20 7-8	G= rades=20 7-8

= Grades=20 9-12	= Grades=20 9-12	= Grades=20 9-12	= Grades=20 9-12	= Grades=20 9-12	= Grades=20 9-12

H= orizontal=20 Design for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education