Aggieland Middle School

1. Aggieland Middle School Justin Dunnam, Charlie Matzig, Jessica Samuelson, and Megan Webel

2. Vision • The curriculum includes a foundation of physical education and basic health concepts that will promote the increase of basic skills and knowledge, leading to the development of healthy lifestyles for a lifetime.

3. Mission Statement • Building Healthy Lifestyles for the Future

4. Curriculum Standards • Movement: During physical activity students will demonstrate movement and proficiency in patterns with the goal of applying the concepts and principles for the development and learning of motor skills. • Coordinate team and individual goals through a variety of movements • Demonstrate and combine skills to successfully participate in a variety of activities • Identify and correct proper and improper movements for the purpose of function, success, and correction

5. Curriculum Standards • Physical Activity and Health: Through enjoyment and challenges, students will learn the components of healthy and physically active lives along with the benefits and factors that affect performance and how safety practices benefit the individual. • Participate in moderate to vigorous activity on a regular basis, such as games, sports, dance, and outdoor pursuit to identify life-long activities available to them • Evaluated personal fitness, make appropriate changes for improvement • List and understand physiological and psychological benefits • Match personal activities to health related programs while analyzing the strengths and weaknesses • Identify a proper diet and how it will affect eating, exercise, weight control • Know the benefits of warm-up and cool-down during activity, safe use of equipment, and proper attire • Understand the effects the elements will have on the body and the dangers of the environment

6. Curriculum Standards • Social Development: Provide the students with the ability to understand strategies and rules, so they will develop positive social skills needed to work in groups and alone in multiple settings • Understand rules and consequences through play and officiating • Develop the skills and basic components to plan and strategize successful attempts at activities • Work cooperatively in groups to come to a common goal that is beneficial to all involved • Understand that all activities have rules that must be followed and penalties that come with breaking those rules

7. Grading Policy • Projects/Papers……………………………………………………. 30% • A paper or project will be done over each unit discussing a certain aspect of that unit picked by the students, value = 30 pts. • Written Tests……………………………………………………….. 20% • Each unit will have 1 or more written tests, value = 20 pts (if a unit has more that one test the total sum of all test will equal 20) • Skills Tests…………………………………………………………… 20% • Students will be tested over the skills learned each unit, value 20 pts • Fitness Logs…………………………………………………………. 15% • Students will be required to track and log all physical activity both in class and outside of class, value 15 pts. • Participation………………………………………………………… 15% • Students will be expected to come to class ready to participate each day (see next slide for definition of participation), value 15 pts.

8. Definition of Participation • Students will be required to dress out everyday and participate in all activities (warm-up, lesson, cool-down, etc…). The student must present a WRITTEN excuse the day of, if participation is not to take place do to extenuating circumstance. • Dressing out: student will be in proper attire for that days activity (shorts, shirt, athletic shoes) students will be allowed to wear other apparel to protect them from the weather • Students will be issued shorts and shirts at the beginning of the year • Participation: students are expected to be actively involved each day of class no matter what the activity.

9. Fall Schedule • First Six Weeks- • Week One: Team Building • Week Two: Football • Week Three: Football • Week Four: Weight Training • Week Five: Weight Training • Week Six: Weight Training • Second Six Weeks- • Week One: Ultimate Frisbee • Week Two: Ultimate Frisbee • Week Three: Aerobic Movement • Week Four: Aerobic Movement • Week Five: Volleyball • Week Six: Volleyball

10. Fall Schedule • Third Six Weeks- • Week One: Dance • Week Two: Dance • Week Three: Floor Hockey • Week Four: Floor Hockey • Week Five: Basketball • Week Six: Basketball

11. Spring Schedule • Fourth Six Weeks- • Week One: Soccer • Week Two: Soccer • Week Three: Golf • Week Four: Golf • Week Five: Tennis • Week Six: Tennis • Fifth Six Weeks- • Week One: Baseball/Softball • Week Two: Baseball/Softball • Week Three: Baseball/Softball • Week Four: Track and Field • Week Five: Track and Field • Week Six: Track and Field

12. Spring Schedule • Sixth Six Weeks- • Week One: Ropes Course • Week Two: Ropes Course • Week Three: Swimming • Week Four: Swimming • Week Five: Outdoor Ed. • Week Six: Outdoor Ed.

13. Unit Plan Introduction • Our unit is a three-week long segment covering weight-lifting. The students will learn important terms, proper lift techniques, safety, and the over-all importance of weight-lifting.

14. GoalsThe learner will be able to: • Design a personal weight-lifting workout according to fundamentals learned. • Understand various safety issues relating to weight-lifting. • Assess their own progress through an exercise log. • Apply the components of weight-lifting in their everyday lives.

15. Unit OutlineWeek One • Day One: Introduction • Terminology • Weight room safety • Day Two • Muscle groups • Lifts • Types and form • Warm-up and Cool-down • Day Three (Wellness Wednesday) • Discuss the importance of lifting weights and how it affects the body. • Introduction to Lifting Log

16. Unit OutlineWeek One cont. • Day Four • Form is the Focus • Upper body • Review lifts • Students will attempt as many lifts as possible during class (no weights will be allowed until form is checked by teacher) • Day Five • Form is the Focus • Lower body • Review lifts • Students will attempt as many lifts as possible during class (no weights will be allowed until form is checked by teacher)

17. Unit OutlineWeek Two • Day Six and Seven: • Teacher-Led Workout • Focus on Upper Body • Day Eight: (Wellness Wednesday) • Discuss development of a personal workout plan • Homework for next week: Develop personal lift plan • Day Nine and Ten: • Teacher-Led Workout • Focus on Lower Body and Core

18. Unit OutlineWeek Three • Day Eleven • Teacher goes over student workout plans and • Students execute workout plans • Day Twelve • Continue workout plans • Day Thirteen (Wellness Wednesday) • Weight Lifting Exam • Day Fourteen • Exchange workouts with a partner, but keep in mind all needed safety precautions • Day Fifteen: Conclusion • Skills Test over various lift techniques and safety procedures

19. List of Activities • Weight Lifting: • Introduce basic terminology • Discuss weight room safety • Discuss basic muscle groups • Demonstrate proper types and forms of lifts • Discuss proper cool-down and warm-up techniques • Discuss the importance of weight-training and its affects on the body • Introduce the Lifting Log Activity • Review lifts and allow student participation • Participate in teacher led workout focusing on upper body • Discuss development of personal workout plan • Participate in teacher led workout focusing on lower body

20. List of Activitiescont. • Students execute personal workout plans after teacher approval • Weight-Lifting Exam • Workout exchange • Skills Test

21. Personal Workout PlanFormative Assessment • Create a personal plan for weight-training by using the principles discussed in class. • Identify the muscle groups to be worked • Identify the amount of weight and repetitions to be used • Include all safety procedure discussed in class

22. Personal Workout PlanRubric Total Points________________________________

23. Weight-Lifting Skills TestSummative Assessment Rubric Each mastered skill is worth 2 pts. and 1 pt. is given for an attempt. Total Points___________