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EPEC Completely Revised Grades K-5 We are pleased to present the 3rd Edition of the K-5 portion of the Exemplary Physical Education Curriculum—newly revised to incorporate seven years of feedback from physical education professionals. NEW EPEC K-5 Locomotor and Object-Control Animation DVDs!
Click here for more information on the EPEC Animation DVDs Try out sample animations from our new DVDs here – we have provided both a locomotor animation (the mature form step of Leap) and an object-control animation (the mature form step of Overhand Throw). Additionally, we have two different versions of each: Smooth animation and Alternating Playback animation (please click the link above to get information on each type). Please note that for slower connections the animation will need to buffer once, and may appear rough. When the animation has played through in this fashion once, it will play more smoothly. In addition, the samples are much lower-resolution than those on the DVD.
Leap animations
Overhand Throw animations
Ordering information for DVDs
Click here to view EPEC objectives organized by NASPE Standards and EPEC Modules
Key Features
Note: the sample files provided here are PDFs - if you are having difficulty viewing them, please click on the icon below to get the most recent version of Adobe Reader.
EPEC Objectives by NASPE Standard and EPEC Modules
Teaching/Learning Progression (TLP) Each EPEC Teaching/Learning Progression (TLP) provides you and your students with a series of small steps that, when learned, take students from little or no ability to competence on the objective. Formatted for easy use, teachers can easily see at a glance which steps emphasize foundational skills, performance, and performance in real-life situations. In addition, the TLPs use benchmarks for step mastery in the appropriate grades. The Assessment Rubrics in EPEC allow you to monitor how well the students are mastering the content taught as well as whether the students are progressing through the Teaching/Learning Progressions by achieving grade-level benchmarks. Provided for each step, the Assessment Rubrics remove much of the difficulty normally associated with assessment, and have the flexibility that allows them to be used with multiple scoring systems. Further, these rubrics provide an invaluable resource in the form of pre- and post-test documentation of performance objective achievement – just as for classroom subjects - which can help administrators understand the structure and importance of the time spent in Physical Education. EPEC’s Instructional Segments each have a closely delineated lesson objective taken directly from the corresponding step in the Teaching/Learning Progression. Not merely a collection of physical activities that keep students busy, happy, and good, each Instructional Segment includes content to motivate students and maximize their practice, as well as to clearly explain and review the lesson. Using the PEPR (pronounced “pepper”) model of instruction, the lessons use four important instructional components to maximize student learning: 1) Prepare students to learn, 2) Explain/Demonstrate content, 3) Practice content, and 4) Review content. Also, ideas for homework are provided so students have the opportunity to practice what they learned and gain additional opportunities for physical activity outside of class. In addition to the drills provided in the practice component of the Instructional Segment, EPEC Reinforcing Activities provide additional time on task, as well as additional opportunities for students to practice the lesson objectives. These activities not only afford a means to check mastery of each Teaching/Learning Progression step via assessment, but also incorporate additional information for the students to learn in the form of nutrition concepts (no nutrition-related training is needed to use these activities); the concepts are simple and consistent with the new USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPyramid for Kids. We are pleased to present supplemental DVDs for the Exemplary Physical Education Curriculum. Designed to support and reinforce the instruction of the curriculum, the DVD contains computer-generated animations of various skills taught in kindergarten through fifth grade in EPEC. Based on the nine locomotor and 11 object control objectives in EPEC K-5, the animations can easily be used in the classroom to illustrate the finer points of various skills. These animations can be played on any DVD player, including a computer with a DVD player, making it an easy method for properly demonstrating a skill and providing feedback to students. Navigation through the DVD is identical to that of watching a movie or television show. The presentation of the animations has several features as well, such as left-handed demonstrations and narration of cue words. You also have the option of running animations showing smooth demonstration of correct form, illustrating key features with slowed action and optional voiced narration of cue words at crucial points, or alternating between the smooth presentation and the cued demonstration. Animations can serve as an “any time” reference for students, as they are readily available and easy to access. In addition, animations have the advantage of consistency over teacher-led demonstrations—each time you have to show the class how to perform the overhand throw, for example, you must be sure to appropriately demonstrate all of the proper elements of form each time, which is difficult to do. Animations, once they have been created and refined, have perfect form every time they are shown. Animations have been developed for each step of the targeted objectives, through mature form, so you can target demonstrations to the specific steps of the skills students are learning in physical education. In addition, the animations are designed to provide a cross-section of diversity—different genders and ethnicities are represented. This feature relates to personal/social education and objectives, and can be used to introduce students to the concepts of respect and compassion for others.
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