As a physical education teacher, you are ideally positioned to help
students become physically literate individuals--that is, to gain the
knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to enjoy a lifetime of
healthful physical activity. And Lesson Planning for Middle School
Physical Education will empower you to do just that.
Through this text, you can develop and implement lesson plans that will
help your students attain the outcomes detailed in SHAPE America's
National Standards & Grade-Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education.
Lesson Planning for Middle School Physical Education provides lesson
plans from experienced middle school physical educators that
- will help middle school students meet SHAPE America's National
Standards and Grade-Level Outcomes;
- provide progressive practice tasks and integrate appropriate physical
education assessments to evaluate and monitor student progress;
- make the best use of technology in your physical education classes;
- include handout materials, homework tasks, lists of needed materials
and equipment, questions for student understanding, and reflection
questions to ask yourself; and
- offer guidance on best instructional practices for involving and
engaging all students.
The plans offer instructional strategies and pointers on issues such as
teaching for transfer, using grid and small games, differentiating
instruction for varying ability levels, and integrating conceptual
material. You can use the lessons as they are or modify them to meet
your needs. Ultimately, these lessons provide a structure for developing
your own learning activities and curriculum.
Lesson Planning for Middle School Physical Education is organized into
two parts. Part I addresses important factors in planning for student
success, including an introductory chapter that helps you consider the
issues that influence student learning and understand the instructional
environment and the scope and sequence for K-12 physical education. The
other two chapters in this part guide you in planning lessons and
modules based on outcomes and on meeting the National Standards and
Grade-Level Outcomes. You also learn about the developmental
characteristics of middle school students.
Part II supplies lesson plans (arranged in modules of eight lessons
each) that are based on the Grade-Level Outcomes, offering you a
step-by-step guide for building students' skills and knowledge in these
areas:
- Dance and rhythms
- Invasion games
- Net and wall games
- Fielding and striking and target games
- Outdoor pursuits
- Individual-performance activities
- Physical activity participation outside of school
- Personal fitness and fitness program design
In addition, the book comes with a web resource that includes all of the
lesson plans in PDF format for easy printing and for easy access from a
tablet or computer.
Lesson Planning for Middle School Physical Education is brought to you
by SHAPE America, which created the National Standards and Grade-Level
Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education and is the only natioonal
professional organization for health and physical educators. Among the
book's editors are two of the principal writers of SHAPE America's
National Standards & Grade-Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education.
Lesson Planning for Middle School Physical Education brings those
standards and outcomes into your classroom as concrete lesson objectives
and planning tools.
