PE Course 2 · Week 12 · Gymnastics, Tumbling, and Trust
Encouraging Every Level
In mixed ability stations, students practice specific encouragement for classmates at every level and journal about encouragement that helped them.
- Students will
- Students practice specific encouragement at mixed ability stations, encourage classmates of all ability levels, and explain which words help someone feel capable.
- SEL skill
- Notice a teammate's effort and give specific encouragement from their point of view
- What it looks like
- Students take another person's perspective and offer specific, genuine encouragement.
- Content focus
- Specific encouragement at every level
- Format
- Group roles share
Social awareness
Social awareness is understanding how others feel and see things, caring about them, and respecting people whose abilities and backgrounds differ from yours. More social 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
- C2.3.9: High School Course 2, Standard 3 (Psychological and Sociological Concepts), item 3.9
- Student page: PE journal page
- SHAPE America (national): 3.12.3 Encourages and supports others through their interactions in a physical activity setting.
More social awareness activities for PE Course 2
- Seeing the Whole Field Social awarenessIn small sided soccer, players freeze on a whistle and read teammates' positions and body language to choose the best next move.
- Leading the Warm Up Social awarenessSmall groups take turns leading a warm up and adjusting it to the group's energy and needs in the moment.
- Choosing Teams Fairly Social awarenessStudents compare ways of forming teams, test fair methods in a game, and journal about how team selection affects belonging.
- Games for All Abilities Social awarenessGroups modify a team game so that players with different abilities, including wheelchair users, can fully participate, then play the new version.
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