PE Course 1 · Week 27 · Dual Activities and Partnership
When the Rally Gets Heated
Partners practice a pause, name it, and fix it routine during a competitive rally game and journal how to repair after a frustrating moment.
- Students will
- Students use a pause, name it, fix it routine during a competitive rally game and explain how to repair a partnership after a tense moment (C1.3.9).
- SEL skill
- Pause, name what happened without blame, and agree on one fix with a partner
- What it looks like
- Students practice relationship skills by repairing with a partner after a frustrating moment.
- Content focus
- Pause, name it, fix it in a heated rally
- 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
- C1.3.9: High School Course 1, Standard 3 (Psychological and Sociological Concepts), item 3.9
- Student page: PE journal page
- SHAPE America (national): 4.12.8 Analyzes and applies self-selected techniques to manage one's emotions in a physical activity setting.
- SHAPE America (national): 3.12.7 Thinks critically and solves problems in physical activity settings, both as an individual and in groups.
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.
- 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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