Open Phys Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Manipulative Skills: (Grade 6-8) Refines manipulative skills to improve performance in dance, fitness, and sport activities. Locomotor Skills: (Grade 6) Safely and purposefully uses mature locomotor skills in rhythms and patterns in dance, fitness, and sport environments.

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Open Phys Ed

MAY 8, 2023

Manipulative Skills: (Grades 9-12) Demonstrates competency and/or refines activity-specific movement skills in two or more lifetime activities.

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PLT4M

OCTOBER 23, 2023

These include: STATE GOAL 19: Acquire movement and motor skills and understand concepts necessary to engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity. Schools introduce and teach units like general fitness , weightlifting , yoga , dance, bootcamp , and other physical fitness units with PLT4M to address the 6 ISBE PE standards.

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PLT4M

JUNE 17, 2023

Movement breaks, or brain breaks, are opportunities for students during the school day to get up out of their seats and move. In this article, we explore the benefits of movement activities and provide 15 different free movement breaks for the classroom. First, movement breaks promote increased focus and attention span.

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PLT4M

JULY 18, 2023

Not only is physical wellness on the decline, we are also seeing an increase in mental illness a, declining academic performance, and troublesome classroom behavior issues. Standard 1: The physically literate individual demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns.

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Physical Education Ideas

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Valentine's Day Freeze Dance (Grade 1 to Grade 6): Description: Play music and have students dance around. This adds an academic twist, aligning the activities with broader learning objectives and reinforcing the idea that physical education encompasses more than just movement.

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Open Phys Ed

OCTOBER 3, 2024

This module provides lead-up activities and small-sided games aimed at developing the movement concepts and movement patterns commonly associated with flag football. All participants are given the opportunity to explore the movement concepts in a fun and engaging environment where everyone can feel successful.

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Open Phys Ed

MARCH 20, 2022

Students will also benefit from the Form 101 component of this module, which teaches fundamental athletic skills, running posture, leg movements, and arm movements. Academic Language Cards: [PDF, WORD]. Academic Language Quiz: [PDF, WORD]. MOVEMENT SKILLS & CONCEPTS. Module Overview: [PDF, WORD]. Assessments.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) is the nation’s leading organization advancing the development of academic, social and emotional competence for all students. This article will explore 10 SEL activities for high school students. What Is Social Emotional Learning?

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Open Phys Ed

JULY 10, 2023

SIGN UP HERE OPEN Priority Outcomes: Etiquette: (Grades 9-12) Exhibits proper etiquette, respect for others, and teamwork while engaging in physical activity and/or social dance. Manipulative Skills: (Grades 9-12) Demonstrates competency and/or refines activity-specific movement skills in two or more lifetime activities.

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Open Phys Ed

AUGUST 14, 2023

The activities included are some of your OPEN favorites that we have updated with additional academic language and activity procedures to assist with welcoming students into your classes. Students are given the opportunity to explore movement in a fun and engaging environment where everyone can feel welcomed and successful.

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Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Research shows that the motor skill development associated with consistent participation in physical education/activity can improve academic performance, cognition, visual-perceptual skills, attention, memory, and problem-solving skills ( CDC, 2010 ; de Greeff et al., 2018 ; Fernandes, et al., 2019 ; Kolovelonis & Goudas, 2023 ).

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Open Phys Ed

APRIL 9, 2024

SIGN UP HERE OPEN Priority Outcomes: Etiquette: (Grades 9-12) Exhibits proper etiquette, respect for others, and teamwork while engaging in physical activity and/or social dance. Manipulative Skills: (Grades 9-12) Demonstrates competency and/or refines activity-specific movement skills in two or more lifetime activities.

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Aspire-Ed

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

And it’s not just physical development, there’s a growing body of research linking physical activity to cognition and future academic performance. And so, enabling a movement philosophy in an Early Years classroom can aid learning and promote well-being. But how do you create this movement philosophy?

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PLT4M

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Per the CDC, physical education is an academic subject just like math, science, or social studies, “It (PE) is an academic subject characterized by a planned, sequential K–12 curriculum (course of study) that is based on the national standards for physical education. Physical education should do the same!

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Skillastics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

There are other nontraditional activities that can help encourage kids to increase not only their physical activity, but improve their mental health, mindfulness, and even academics. It can improve balance, flexibility, and strength , as kids learn slow movements, deep breathing, and self control as they learn to hold poses.

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PLT4M

MAY 17, 2023

Physical education, as defined by Shape America , is just like any other subject in school, “Physical education is an academic subject and serves as the foundation of a CSPAP and, as such, demands the same education rigor as other core subjects. For example, one of PLT4M most popular units is Intro To Fitness.

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PLT4M

JULY 15, 2022

At the same time, headlines started to pop up about the pandemic’s mental and emotional toll on students and its impact on overall academic performance. In doing so, students are introduced to new units like functional fitness, yoga, weightlifting, dance, mindfulness, and other lifelong activities. That is 4 minutes! Find a Time.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Be on the lookout for lots of great content from Sean as he helps take the academic angle of physical education best practices. 232 Metzler, 2005) Teachers can create a workbook that accompanies PLT4M workouts that focus on health-related fitness knowledge, content knowledge assessments, and scoring rubrics for movement assessments.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

During this time, students learn and develop the basics of working out, focusing on foundational human movements like squatting, lunging, hinges, pressing, and pulling. These include yoga, weightlifting, dance, pickleball, and more. Bonus Content: Sample movement break activity from PLT4M. Improve academic performance.

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PLT4M

APRIL 17, 2023

For example, fitness education typically starts with foundational human movement patterns (squat, lunge, hinge, press, pull) and builds lifelong physical fitness skills in various fitness activity options like yoga, dance, pilates, weight lifting, and more.

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Skillastics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

There are other nontraditional activities that can help encourage kids to increase not only their physical activity, but improve their mental health, mindfulness, and even academics. It can improve balance, flexibility, and strength , as kids learn slow movements, deep breathing, and self control as they learn to hold poses.

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PLT4M

JULY 19, 2022

Be on the lookout for lots of great content from Sean as he helps take the academic angle of physical education best practices. For example, a teacher can focus on teaching the cognitive and psychomotor learning domains at the beginning of the year, such as the critical elements of resistance training movements (i.e.

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Spark PE

JANUARY 14, 2022

All in-person recreation was closed, including youth sports, dance, martial arts, and exercise classes. Short physical activity breaks in classrooms [SJ18] have been shown to get students more active, and they can be used to teach academic content through movement. SPARK has the “Active Classroom” program. 2017 Dec;14(1):1-24.

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Open Phys Ed

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This module provides lead-up activities and small-sided games aimed at developing movement concepts and movement patterns that can carry over into a variety of other physical activities. All participants are given the opportunity to explore the movement concepts in a fun and engaging environment where everyone can feel successful.

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