Physical Education Grading Rubric

Physical Education Grading Rubric

Winterquist Elementary School

Cyndee Johnson, Elementary Physical Education Teacher

Rubric Domains / 1
Beginning / 2
Progressing / 3
Proficient / 4
Exceptional
Motor and fitness skills / Unable to perform age appropriate gross motor and fitness skills. / Inconsistently performs age appropriate gross motor and fitness skills. / Performs age appropriate gross motor and fitness skills and strives to improve their skills. / Exceeds age appropriate gross motor and fitness skills and has a strong desire to improve skills.
Knows and applies rules, strategies, fitness principles, and PE concepts / Unable to grasp and apply game rules, strategies, fitness principles, and key concepts that apply to the learning and performance of physical activities. / Beginning to grasp and apply games rules, strategies, fitness principles, and key concepts that apply to the learning and performance of physical activities.. / Able to grasp and apply game rules, strategies, fitness principles, and key concepts that apply to the learning and performance of physical activities. / Exceptional ability to grasp and apply game rules, strategies, fitness principles, and key concepts that apply to the learning and performance of physical activities. Helps peers with application of concepts and strategies.
Participation / Limited or inconsistent movement during physical activity, teacher interaction required to keep student on task and moving.
Has many excuses for inactivity and excessive socializing interferes with participation.
Poor effort, has many excuses for inactivity, and contributes little to team play and PE activities.
Makes little or no effort to improve motor and fitness skills.
Makes little effort to come prepared to PE class. / Inconsistentmovement during physical activity,
teacher interaction requiredto keep student on task and moving.
Socializing interferes with participation.
Puts forth minimal effort and contributes little to team play and activities.
Makes an inconsistent effort to improve motor and fitness skills.
Inconsistent effort to come prepared to PE class. / On task and consistent movement during physical activity.
Socializing is done at appropriate times and does not interfere with participation.
Makes a consistent effort and contributes to team play andactivities.
Makes a consistent effort to improve motor and fitness skills.
Makes a consistent effort to come prepared to PE class. / Always on task and is consistently moving, with exceptional effort, during physical activity.
Socializing does not interfere with participation. Respectfully encourages others to be on task.
Exceptional effort and contributes to team play and activities.
Exceptional effort to improve motor and fitness skills and respectfully encourages others to improve their skills.
Makes an exceptional effort to come prepared to PE class.
Sportsmanship/Behavior / Is unable to cooperate with teachers and classmates. .
Demonstrates inappropriate response to winning and losing during game play.
Shows little support of classmates/others, regardless of ability, and disrespects equipment.
Requires constant teacher interaction to follow the classroom/gym/activity rules.
Works and plays safety with a lot ofteacher interaction. / Cooperates well on winning team or when observed by teacher.
Inconsistently demonstrates appropriate response to winning and losing during game play.
Is inconsistently supportive of classmates/others, regardless of ability, and is inconsistently respectful of equipment.
Inconsistently follows classroom/gym/activity rules.
Works and plays safety with some teacher interaction. / Cooperates well with teachers and classmates (teammates & opponents).
Demonstrates appropriate response to winning and losing during game play.
Is respectful of classmates/others, regardless of ability, and is respectful of equipment.
Followsthe classroom/gym/activity rules.
Works and plays safely without teacher interaction.
. / Exceptional cooperation with teachers and classmates (teammates & opponents).
Always demonstrates appropriate responses during game play whether winning or losing. Is a positive role model).
Is respectful of classmates/others regardless of ability, and is respectful of equipment. Encourages others to succeed.
Follows the classroom/gym/activity rules and respectfully assists classmates in following classroom/gym/activity rules.
Works and plays safely without teacher interaction and respectfully assists classmates in playing safely.