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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

SHAPE America

The week also serves as the kickoff to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Every May, we celebrate physical educators and coaches — the “champions” who help kids gain the confidence, competence, and motivation to be physically active in school, before and after school, and for the rest of their lives.

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Jump Rope (Middle School)

Open Phys Ed

Jump rope participation provides students with valuable physical activity experiences that provide a relevant context for a variety of fitness-related lessons. Grade 7) Identifies and explains the relationship between the 5 components of health-related fitness and disease prevention.

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Jump Rope (Middle School)

Open Phys Ed

Jump rope participation provides students with valuable physical activity experiences that provide a relevant context for a variety of fitness-related lessons. Grade 7) Identifies and explains the relationship between the 5 components of health-related fitness and disease prevention.

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Jump Rope Skills(Intermediate 3-5)

Open Phys Ed

Jump rope participation provides valuable physical activity experiences for students that provide a relevant context for a variety of fitness-related lessons. Jump Rope YouTube Playlist Courtesy and thanks to Kids Heart Challenge and North Attleboro Middle School. Performs intermediate jump-rope skills (e.g., Outcome [E4.3&5].

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Curriculum Mapping For Physical Education

PLT4M

Also popular were alternative Lifetime Fitness courses like HITT Bootcamps, Dance and Boxing, along with Recreational Activities like Spikeball, Pickleball, and Kan-Jam. Instead, everything that is done within PE at each grade-level fits in as one piece in the larger puzzle. It’s simple.

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Should Physical Education Be Required?

PLT4M

PE programs now boast a comprehensive approach to introducing students to different forms of physical fitness, health, and wellness. ” “Students can do physical activity outside of school; they don’t need PE classes.” The long-term goal is to help students pursue happy and healthy lifestyles.

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PE Lesson Plans (With Free Downloadble PDFs)

PLT4M

Physical education provides cognitive content and instruction designed to develop motor skills, knowledge, and behaviors for physical activity and physical fitness.” At every grade level, PE lesson plans can provide students in physical education class opportunities to develop lifelong fitness, health, and wellness skills.

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