PE Course 1 · Week 1 · Moving With Purpose
Who Am I as a Mover?
Students rotate through a movement sampler of jogging, dancing, throwing, and balancing stations, then journal about which movements feel most like them and why.
- Students will
- Students try four movement stations (jogging, dance, throwing, balance), describe the enjoyment and challenge of each, and name the kind of mover they want to become.
- SEL skill
- Name a feeling and a strength that show up when i try different movements
- What it looks like
- Students recognize the feelings that come with different kinds of movement and name a strength they bring as movers.
- Content focus
- Movement sampler and personal movement identity
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-awareness
Self-awareness means noticing your own emotions, thoughts, values, and strengths and seeing how they shape what you do. More self-awareness 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
- C1.3.4: High School Course 1, Standard 3 (Psychological and Sociological Concepts), item 3.4
- Student page: PE journal page
- SHAPE America (national): 4.12.9 Reflects on movement experiences during physical education to develop understanding of how movement is personally meaningful.
- SHAPE America (national): 4.12.4 Chooses and participates in physical activity based on personal interests.
More self-awareness activities for PE Course 1
- Five Components, My Way Self-awarenessStudents move through stations for cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility and privately note which ones energize them and which feel hard, without comparing to anyone.
- Reading My Heart Rate Self-awarenessStudents take their pulse at rest, after a jog, and after slow breathing, then journal how heart rate and feelings rise and fall together.
- Nerves and Performance Self-awarenessStudents attempt a target throw once calmly and once under a loud countdown, then analyze how nerves changed their focus and technique.
- Dance as Self Expression Self-awarenessSmall groups build an eight count sequence that expresses a feeling of their choice and journal how movement can say what words cannot.
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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.