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Physical Education Electives

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Click Here 2) Lifetime Fitness Elective Designed to expose students to many “lifetime fitness” options available like yoga, dance, pilates, dance, and more. Nicole says that the Lifetime Fitness classes have been a game-changer for students at De Pere, “Many students start the semester unsure, even nervous, of what they can achieve.

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School sport participation

Learning Through Sport

Research consistently shows a link between low physical activity in adulthood and low movement competence (World Health Organization, 2024). Wretman (2017) found participation in school sport had a significant standardised effect on academic achievement. School sport and academic achievement. 1999; Westerbeek et al.,

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Meaningful physical education programs and a 'main theme' curriculum model

Learning Through Sport

No program can achieve all that is possible or ambitioned for physical education as physical education programs have limited time (see for more discussion the last blog). Gallahue, 1996) is designed around individual student's developmental needs rather than achievement of content-specific goals. Developmental physical education (DPE).

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Jump Rope Skills(Intermediate 3-5)

Open Phys Ed

Created by: Jenna Knapp & Aaron Hart Special Contributions: Deedi Boland Design: Jennifer Truong For thousands of years, children have been jumping rope as a form of movement-based fun. Demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns. Analyzes movement situations and applies movement concepts (e.g.,

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Power-Up Rhythm and Timing in Physical Education Activities

Gopher Sport

Deficits such as these in foundational motor skills have consequences for cognition and achievement. Recent evidence suggests that adding developmentally appropriate cognitive demands to patterned movement stimulates executive function and the precursor skills to reading and math ( Paschen et al.,

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ISBE PE Standards & Curriculum Alignment

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These include: STATE GOAL 19: Acquire movement and motor skills and understand concepts necessary to engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity. STATE GOAL 20: Achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness based upon continual self-assessment. Want to see how PLT4M aligns to all 6 ISBE PE standards?

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Curriculum Mapping For Physical Education

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Also popular were alternative Lifetime Fitness courses like HITT Bootcamps, Dance and Boxing, along with Recreational Activities like Spikeball, Pickleball, and Kan-Jam. Standard 1: The physically literate individual demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns. It’s simple.