PE Course 2 · Week 8 · Gymnastics, Tumbling, and Trust
Balance Under Pressure
Students hold balances of increasing difficulty and notice how wobbles in the body match wobbles in focus or emotion.
- Students will
- Students hold balances of increasing difficulty, apply balance as a skill related component, and describe how wobbles in the body match wobbles in focus or emotion.
- SEL skill
- Notice body and mind signals that appear when a task gets harder
- What it looks like
- Students notice body signals and feelings that show up under pressure and name what helps them refocus.
- Content focus
- Balance challenges and body signals
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-awareness
Self-awareness is recognizing your own emotions and thoughts and seeing how they influence your actions. 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
- C2.1.3: High School Course 2, Standard 1 (Movement Skills), item 1.3
- Student page: PE journal page
- SHAPE America (national): 1.12.8 Demonstrates appropriate technique in skill-related fitness training.
- SHAPE America (national): 4.12.8 Analyzes and applies self-selected techniques to manage one's emotions in a physical activity setting.
More self-awareness activities for PE Course 2
- My Story as a Mover Self-awarenessStudents try a short activity sampler, then sketch a movement timeline of activities they have loved and how their preferences have changed.
- Assessing Myself Privately Self-awarenessStudents complete self-assessments in the components of health related fitness, record results only in their own journal, and note feelings that came up.
- Harder Than It Looks Self-awarenessStudents predict how long they can hold their arms straight out, test it, and compare the prediction with what their body tells them.
- Listening to My Body Self-awarenessStudents use body awareness and partner feedback to refine a gymnastics skill and journal the difference between healthy challenge and pain.
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