District 11 Educational Support Services
Health & Physical Education

 

 

 

 

 

 Grade 9 -12, Partners in Physical Education

Course Number: PE.PARTNER

 

Overview                                                                              
Achieving state and district physical education standards isn’t an easy task. This class is designed to pair you with a special needs student in a Physical Education class. You and your partner will work together to achieve your fitness and activity goals. Not only will you be helping another human being, but will learn to appreciate differences in others. 

Prerequisite: None
Course Length: 2   Period Length: 1   Grade Level:  9-12  Credit per Semester: 1
Additional Credit Information: Credit per Semester: 1.0 (Physical Education)

For Teachers
No Prerequisite
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Standards

Enduring Understandings - important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the instruction received this year.
  • A complete fitness program promotes participation in grade level skills and activities that build health and wellness including cardiovascular, flexibility, body composition, muscular strength and endurance, and lifetime activity.

  • Good sportsmanship includes following rules of play and being responsible for yourself and the safety of others.

  • We can increase our health and wellness by participating in the physical activities we lead or participate in by ourselves and with others.

  • Rules help keep games and activities safe and fair.

Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer after completing learning activities.

  • How does movement, muscle stretching, doing sit ups, push ups and pull ups increase body strength and overall health?

  • How can people protect themselves sore muscles or injury from over exercising? 

  • Why do we have to be responsible for our own behavior?

  • What is the purpose for rules of play in athletic or competitive sports?

  • How do class rules and team rules help make competitive sports and individual sports more enjoyable?

  • Why is cooperation important in games and in life?

  • How does cooperation in games impact the final outcome?

  • What does good sportsmanship look like?

Standards

Standard 1: Demonstrates skills in a variety of activities
Benchmark: Loco motor, non-loco motor, manipulative skill development and movement
District Indicator: Repeatedly performs loco motor, non-loco motor, and manipulative skills in isolation and combination

Standard 2: Exhibits components of physical fitness
District Indicator: Demonstrates cardiovascular endurance
District Indicator: Demonstrates flexibility
District Indicator: Demonstrates muscular strength and endurance

Essential Skills

Demonstrates loco motor, non-loco motor, and manipulative skills in isolation and combination
Demonstrates cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength and flexibility.
Participates in a standardized fitness test.

Cardiovascular - Participated in games that increase breathing, heart rate, sustains activity for increasingly longer periods of time.

Lessons