PE Course 1 · Week 31 · Safety and Lifelong Activity
Spotting and Consent
Before any partner assisted stretch, students practice asking permission, explaining what they will do, and stopping when a partner says stop.
- Students will
- Students practice asking permission, explaining what they will do, and stopping when a partner says stop, to keep physical activity safe (C1.3.1).
- SEL skill
- Ask permission, explain the action, and stop when a partner says stop
- What it looks like
- Students practice relationship skills by asking for consent and respecting a partner's boundary.
- Content focus
- Spotting and consent for partner stretches
- Format
- Role play
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): 3.12.6 Applies best practices for participating safely in physical activity.
- SHAPE America (national): 3.12.1 Demonstrates awareness of other people's emotions and perspectives in a physical activity setting.
More relationship skills activities for PE Course 1
- Building a Safe Gym Together Relationship skillsAfter 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.
- 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.
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