PE Course 1 · Week 2 · Moving With Purpose
Building a Safe Gym Together
After a boundary tag game, the class agrees on norms for a physically and emotionally safe gym and each student journals one norm they will personally protect.
- Students will
- Students take personal responsibility for a physically and emotionally safe gym by playing a boundary tag game, agreeing on class norms, and choosing one norm they will protect.
- SEL skill
- Use a clear safety phrase and listen back to a partner during tag
- What it looks like
- Students practice communicating clearly and listening so everyone can try new things safely.
- Content focus
- Safe gym norms and boundary tag
- Format
- Partner exchange
Relationship skills
Relationship skills mean building and keeping healthy connections through clear talking, careful listening, teamwork, and working through conflict. More relationship skills activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- C1.3.1: High School Course 1, Standard 3 (Psychological and Sociological Concepts), item 3.1
- Student page: PE journal page
- SHAPE America (national): 3.12.2 Exhibits proper etiquette, respect for others, and teamwork while engaging in physical activity.
- SHAPE America (national): 3.12.6 Applies best practices for participating safely in physical activity.
More relationship skills activities for PE Course 1
- Feedback in Rhythm Relationship skillsPartners watch each other's dance sequence and trade one specific strength and one kind suggestion, then try the sequence again.
- Calling Lines Honestly Relationship skillsIn self-officiated pickleball, students make their own line calls and journal about a call that tested their honesty.
- When the Rally Gets Heated Relationship skillsPartners practice a pause, name it, and fix it routine during a competitive rally game and journal how to repair after a frustrating moment.
- Strategy With a Partner Relationship skillsDoubles pairs huddle to plan offensive and defensive positions, play a short game, and adjust their plan through clear communication.
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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.