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Using the City as Your Physical Education Classroom

SHAPE America

This mindset, rooted in a lack of exposure and representation, inspired me to create a unit dedicated to breaking these barriers and showing my students that fitness — in all its forms — belongs to them. This highlighted the urgent need to provide equitable access to bikes and fitness resources.

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Is Physical Education (PE) Universal?

Reinventing the Game

There needs to be a very strong belief in our attempts to educate physically and this means much more than ensuring physical fitness and teaching a certain number of games. Many a times we unfairly relegate our efforts to merely ensuring physical fitness and the teaching of X number of games. Corbin (Corbin C.

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ISBE PE Standards & Curriculum Alignment

PLT4M

We unpack these 6 standards and how physical education teachers can utilize PLT4M to align to the Illinois learning standards. 6 ISBE Pe Standards There are 6 ISBE PE standards for physical education teachers to consider. Want to see how PLT4M aligns to all 6 ISBE PE standards?

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Students Designing Personal Fitness Plans In PE

PLT4M

In this article, we explore the rise of this initiative, the standards that back in, and the best practices to pursue when incorporating this concept into the PE classroom. Standard 2: Applies knowledge related to movement and fitness concepts. Ready to WOW your Admins?

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Movement Breaks For The Classroom – 15 Free Activities

PLT4M

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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Middle School Physical Education Units

PLT4M

But there are plenty of fun and engaging middle school physical education units to choose from. The Need For Variety With Middle School Physical Units Middle school physical education is unique! As teachers, we need to help foster that with various activities, units, and opportunities throughout the year.

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What is the Purpose of PE?

Montessori Physical Education

A goal PE in PE could be that a student love running and continues to do so life-long. It doesn't have to be running; many different movement modalities exist. We want to give the child as many potential possibilities as we can by exposing the child to as many different types of movement as possible.

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