PE Course 1 · Week 4 · Moving With Purpose
Personal Bests, Private Data
Students complete a baseline fitness check, record results only in their own journal, and set one goal measured against their own starting point.
- Students will
- Students complete a baseline fitness check, record results privately, and set one goal measured against their own starting point.
- SEL skill
- Set a goal and a plan that compares me only to my own starting point
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-motivation by setting a goal and a plan that compares them only to themselves.
- Content focus
- Fitness baseline and personal goals
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-management
Self-management means steering your emotions, thoughts, and actions so you can reach a goal. More self-management 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
- C1.2.4: High School Course 1, Standard 2 (Physical Fitness), item 2.4
- C1.3.5: High School Course 1, Standard 3 (Psychological and Sociological Concepts), item 3.5
- Student page: PE journal page
- SHAPE America (national): 4.12.6 Sets and develops movement goals related to personal interests.
More self-management activities for PE Course 1
- Breathing to Reset Self-managementAfter short sprint intervals, students practice box breathing to bring their heart rate down and journal one moment outside PE when the reset could help.
- Yoga Flow and Focus Self-managementStudents learn a short yoga flow paired with slow breathing and journal how their attention and body felt before and after.
- Brave Enough to Perform Self-managementSmall groups perform their sequence for a supportive audience and journal how they managed nerves before, during, and after.
- Goals Without Comparison Self-managementStudents redo their private baseline check, compare only to their own week four results, and adjust their goal for the next half of the year.
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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.