PE Course 1 · Week 10 · Heart, Breath, and Stress
Yoga Flow and Focus
Students learn a short yoga flow paired with slow breathing and journal how their attention and body felt before and after.
- Students will
- Students learn a short yoga flow paired with slow breathing and describe how their attention and body felt before and after.
- SEL skill
- Slow my breath and body to steady my attention
- What it looks like
- Students practice calming and focusing their attention by slowing their body.
- Content focus
- Yoga flow and focus
- 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
- C1.3.3: High School Course 1, Standard 3 (Psychological and Sociological Concepts), item 3.3
- Student page: PE journal page
- SHAPE America (national): 1.12.7 Demonstrates appropriate technique in flexibility training.
- SHAPE America (national): 4.12.1 Selects and participates in physical activities (e.g., dance, yoga, aerobics) that meet the need for self-expression.
More self-management activities for PE Course 1
- Personal Bests, Private Data Self-managementStudents complete a baseline fitness check, record results only in their own journal, and set one goal measured against their own starting point.
- 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.
- 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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