What to Expect

• Students have 3 minutes to get from their previous class down to our locker rooms. They are required to check our location board so they can report to the proper area for class that day. Once in the locker room, they have an additional 5 minutes to change into their uniforms and put on their straps and heart rate monitors.

• In their space, teachers are stationed with their ipads running and a specific pre-warm up written, as well as daily Time in Zone requirements, on their travelling dry erase boards. Students have anywhere from 1 to 4 minutes to begin earning time in zone for that day, provided they are motivated to get to class quickly.

• Approximately 8 minutes after they left their previous class, students are asked to get into their squads for quick attendance. Depending on their unit and where they are within the unit, they will receive instructions for the days activity, or they will be guided through a more specific whole group warm up that lasts anywhere between 3 and 8 minutes.

  • Warm ups are geared towards each of the different fitness zones. Teachers provide modifications to make warm ups more or less challenging so all students can work at a pace comfortable to them. Intensity, time, and type are all discussed and implemented in different ways.

• After warm ups, instructions are either given or reiterated, and students are off to activities for the day. Throughout class, students have the opportunity to check progress towards goals, teachers are able to provide feedback and strategies to enhance their exercise, or perhaps to lessen intensity because of heart rate levels. Some examples of units and activities that we provide within our curriculum can be found below.

Exposure to a variety of fitness modalities including:

• Use of cardio equipment including rowing machines and stationary bicycles

• Plyometrics and Calisthenics (body weight exercises)

• Sprint, intermediate, and long distance running

• High intensity interval training

• Strength training (using light loads appropriate for each student)

• Aerobic and Anaerobic activity

***Students will learn and apply various fitness concepts, in combination with the use of heart rate monitors, in order to better understand the benefits and differences between each style of exercise listed above***

• Eagle Fit: Fitness growth for all students

- Personalized learning relative to student’s present levels of performance

- Students performing below standards receive modified workouts, strategies, and small group instruction to foster growth towards meeting standards.

- Students performing at or above standards receive enrichment through workouts with varying intensities, durations of time, and structures to facilitate continued growth.

- Students are given growth targets based on baseline fitness scores.

- Students with higher baseline scores are expected to grow a smaller percentage, relative to students with lower baseline scores.

Exposure to a variety of individual and team sports with a focus on skills and concepts including:

• Football/ultimate sports - Archery

• Soccer/speedball - Rec and Lawn Games

• Team Handball - Gymnastics and Tumbling

• Softball/Kickball - Badminton

• Floor Hockey - Wrestling/Combatives

• Volleyball - Rhythms/Dance

***Students participate in drills, games, and lead up games that are designed to allow all abilities to work towards achieving standards at a level that is appropriate for them. Often times students are provided choice when engaging in sport related activities.***

Within all of our activities, students are expected to demonstrate and apply knowledge as they relate to Social and Emotional Learning Standards that include:

Cooperation - Perseverance

Problem Solving - Communication

Decision Making - Sportsmanship

Integrity - Teamwork

We have been presented with a unique opportunity to be creative and innovative with our PE units during remote learning. Typically, we offer various team sports with focus on skills and concepts for grades 6-8. We have taken a more individualized approach to PE during this time. Please see the information below and let us know if there are questions / concerns.

Exposure to a variety of individual sports with a focus on skills and concepts including:

• Cardio Boxing - Hand eye coordination & self-defense

  • • • S4.M7 Safety: Independently or with Teacher guidance, uses physical activity and exercise equipment appropriately and safely.
      • S3.M5. Physical Activity Knowledge: Participates in a variety of lifetime dual and individual sports, martial arts or aquatic activities.
      • S3.M3 Physical Activity Knowledge: Participates in a variety of aerobic fitness activities such as cardio-kick, step aerobics and aerobic dance.
      • 19.A.3a Demonstrate control when performing combinations and sequences of locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative motor patterns in selected activities, games, and sports.
      • S1.M24- Individual-Performance Activities: Demonstrated correct technique for basic skills in at least 2 self-selected individual-performance activities.

• Fit For Life - Nutrition, hydration & walking/running

  • • • S1.M24- Individual-Performance Activities: Demonstrated correct technique for basic skills in at least 2 self-selected individual-performance activities.
      • 20C.3b - Identify opportunities within the community for regular participation in physical activities.
      • 20B.3a - Monitor intensity of exercise through a variety of methods with and without the use of technology.
      • 20C.3a - Set realistic short term and long term goals for health related fitness.

• Meditation - Relaxation techniques, yoga & stretching

  • • • 23.A.3a - How the body systems react to each other
      • 23.C.3a - a Describe the relationships among physical, mental, and social health factors during adolescence (e.g., the effects of teen stress on physical and mental performance)
      • S1.M24- Individual-Performance Activities: Demonstrated correct technique for basic skills in at least 2 self-selected individual-performance activities.

• Rec Life - Recreational lifetime activities including fishing & biking

  • • • S3.M5 - Participates in a variety of lifetime recreational team sports, outdoor pursuits, or dance activity.
      • 20C.3b - Identify opportunities within the community for regular participation in physical activities.
      • S2.M13 - Makes appropriate decisions based on weather, level of difficulty due to conditions or ability to ensure the safety of self and others.
      • S1.M24- Individual-Performance Activities: Demonstrated correct technique for basic skills in at least 2 self-selected individual-performance activities.

• Strength & Conditioning - Individual fitness activities

  • • • S3.M14 - Fitness Knowledge: Identifies major muscle groups used in selected physical activities.
      • S3.M1.8 - Identifies the five components of health-related fitness and explains the connections between fitness and overall physical and mental health.
      • S1.M24- Individual-Performance Activities: Demonstrated correct technique for basic skills in at least 2 self-selected individual-performance activities.

Within all of our activities, students are expected to demonstrate and apply knowledge as they relate to Social and Emotional Learning

Standards that include:

Cooperation - Perseverance

Problem Solving - Communication

Decision Making - Sportsmanship

Integrity - Teamwork