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Health & Wellness (Middle School)

Open Phys Ed

7) Designs a fitness and nutrition plan based on personal fitness goals, emotional and mental health needs, and activity preferences. (8) Nutrition: (6) Identifies foods from each food group that can be combined to build balanced meals. (7) 8) Seeks out and identifies fitness opportunities in the local community.

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Gymnastics Lesson Plans

PLT4M

At PLT4M, we recommend teaching gymnastic skills to the entire class allowing ample students time to practice the movements together. Students can bend knees or bring legs further apart to modify the difficulty of the movement. Slow things down so that you can perform these movements with great form and technique!

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Curriculum Mapping For Physical Education

PLT4M

This means beginning to plan from the middle school level, with the high school courses in mind. Standard 1: The physically literate individual demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns. The Squat is arguably the most foundational movement within any fitness or training program.

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PE Lesson Plans (With Free Downloadble PDFs)

PLT4M

For example, a PE teacher might aim to introduce different movements like the squat, lunge, hinge, press, and pull in a foundational human movement unit. Middle School PE Lesson Plans Middle school physical education presents its unique challenges and opportunities. Physical education should do the same!

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High School Strength and Conditioning Curriculum

PLT4M

At step 3, students can pursue programs for athletic performance or general physical performance to pursue a physically active lifestyle. Before introducing any type of free weights, students should have a strong understanding of foundational human movements. If so, a high school PE class can move directly to steps 2 and 3.

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Fitness Curriculum For Physical Education

PLT4M

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. Yes, PLT4M has over 25 different modules for your PE lesson plans.

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Meeting TEKS Standards with the SPARK Curriculum

Spark PE

Seven different grade-level outcomes within the Movement Patterns and Movement Skills-Manipulative Skills over-arching TEKS standard can be addressed simply by selecting specific Content Skill Cards that are available in the corresponding SPARKfolio or on SPARKfamily.org. 2) Movement patterns and movement skills—non-locomotor skills.