Physical Education · Grade 10

PE Course 2 SEL activities

37 ready to use activities that teach PE Course 2 content and build one Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) skill, about 20 minutes each.

Fitness for Health and Performance

• My Story as a Mover Self-awareness · Week 1Students try a short activity sampler, then sketch a movement timeline of activities they have loved and how their preferences have changed.
• Our Team Agreements Relationship skills · Week 2After a cooperative challenge, the class writes team agreements that support players of all ability levels and each student journals one they will lead.
• Assessing Myself Privately Self-awareness · Week 3Students complete self-assessments in the components of health related fitness, record results only in their own journal, and note feelings that came up.
• Goals That Stretch Me Self-management · Week 4Students choose one fitness area to grow beyond where they started and write a specific, private goal with first steps.
• Why I Choose This Workout Responsible decision-making · Week 5Students try three workout styles and justify which one best fits a goal they care about.
• Exercise and a Calmer Mind Self-management · Week 6Students rate their stress privately, complete a rhythmic cardio session with mindful cool down, and reflect on the mental benefits they noticed.
• Harder Than It Looks Self-awareness · Week 6Students predict how long they can hold their arms straight out, test it, and compare the prediction with what their body tells them.
• Training Smart in Desert Heat Social awareness · Week 30Students adapt a training session for Coachella Valley heat with shade, water breaks, and partner check ins and practice spotting signs of heat illness.

Gymnastics, Tumbling, and Trust

• Trust in the Tumbling Zone Relationship skills · Week 7Before tumbling, partners practice spotting with consent by asking, explaining, and agreeing on a stop signal, then spot each other through basic rolls.
• Balance Under Pressure Self-awareness · Week 8Students hold balances of increasing difficulty and notice how wobbles in the body match wobbles in focus or emotion.
• Listening to My Body Self-awareness · Week 9Students use body awareness and partner feedback to refine a gymnastics skill and journal the difference between healthy challenge and pain.
• Partner Balances and Communication Relationship skills · Week 10Pairs build partner balances from simple to complex using clear cues like ready, hold, and down, then reflect on what communication kept them steady.
• Fear and the First Try Self-management · Week 11Students choose a tumbling challenge level that feels slightly scary but safe, attempt it, and journal how attitude and determination shaped the result.
• Encouraging Every Level Social awareness · Week 12In mixed ability stations, students practice specific encouragement for classmates at every level and journal about encouragement that helped them.

Team Strategy and Communication

• Seeing the Whole Field Social awareness · Week 13In small sided soccer, players freeze on a whistle and read teammates' positions and body language to choose the best next move.
• Huddle Talk Relationship skills · Week 14Teams huddle between short rounds to plan offensive and defensive tactics, making sure every player's voice is heard.
• Mistakes and Momentum Self-management · Week 15Teams practice a quick reset routine after errors during a game and analyze how emotions affect individual and team performance.
• Self Officiating With Integrity Responsible decision-making · Week 16In self-officiated ultimate, players make their own calls and resolve disagreements calmly, then journal about a call that tested their integrity.
• Repair After a Hard Foul Relationship skills · Week 17Teams practice an acknowledge, apologize, and reset routine after contact or frustration and discuss how unrepaired conflict hurts performance.
• Looking Back on Semester One Self-awareness · Week 18Students revisit their fitness and skill goals, repeat a favorite early activity, and journal how they have grown and what they will refine next.

Leadership and Inclusion

• What Makes a Good Captain Responsible decision-making · Week 19Students rotate as captains in a team game and then name the leadership skills that helped or hurt the group.
• Leading the Warm Up Social awareness · Week 20Small groups take turns leading a warm up and adjusting it to the group's energy and needs in the moment.
• Choosing Teams Fairly Social awareness · Week 21Students compare ways of forming teams, test fair methods in a game, and journal about how team selection affects belonging.
• Games for All Abilities Social awareness · Week 22Groups modify a team game so that players with different abilities, including wheelchair users, can fully participate, then play the new version.
• Who Plays and Why Social awareness · Week 23After trying an unfamiliar game from another culture, students discuss how age, culture, and access shape who gets to play.
• Coaching a Younger Player Responsible decision-making · Week 24Pairs plan a simple, modified activity they could teach to a younger child and practice explaining it with patience.

Combatives, Respect, and Self Control

• Respect Before Contact Relationship skills · Week 25Before basic self-defense movement patterns, partners practice a respect routine and a clear signal system for stopping.
• Leverage and Self Control Self-management · Week 26Students explore leverage and balance in controlled partner drills and reflect on using strength with control rather than force.
• Staying Calm When Pressed Self-management · Week 27During light pressure drills, students practice steady breathing and journal how calm thinking changes their reaction.
• Knowing My Limits Self-awareness · Week 28Partners practice the tap and release signal and journal about recognizing their own limits and respecting a partner's.
• Strength Without Harm Responsible decision-making · Week 29Students practice self-defense escapes and discuss when physical skill should be used only to stay safe and never to harm.

Fitness for a Lifetime

• A Plan for My Future Self Self-management · Week 31Students sample activities they could do after high school and outline a private fitness plan for future leisure and work.
• Fitness for Someone I Love Social awareness · Week 32Students try a low impact routine designed for an older adult and plan a simple activity program for a family or community member.
• Smart Consumer, Strong Mind Responsible decision-making · Week 33Between stations, students evaluate fitness products and programs using clear questions and notice how marketing targets emotions.
• Community Fitness Map Responsible decision-making · Week 34Students rate the availability and quality of fitness resources in their part of the valley and propose one way to improve access.
• Two Years of Moving Self-awareness · Week 35Students revisit the movement timeline from week one of their first PE course and add how their preferences, confidence, and goals have changed over two years.
• Gratitude for Our Team Relationship skills · Week 36After a favorite closing game played purely for enjoyment, students write a gratitude note to an assigned classmate.

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.