What’s up Phys Ed Family!

Since I started teaching in 2007, I’ve accumulated quite a few posters and graphics on the walls of my gym.   Today I wanted to give you a full tour of everything on my gym walls!

I hope you find it helpful and interesting, links to all posters in the video are also provided below. 

Before we start… I do want to remind you that Change Takes Time!  

My first few years teaching I had none of these cool graphics and posters on my walls, I was simply learning to be a teacher and trying to survive.  I’ve slowly added a couple new things each year as I figured out what I wanted my focus to be and what skills and mindsets I decided were a priority for my kids and my PE Program. 

To see the My PE Poster Tour check out video below: 

First, let me apologize for the horrible focus and wobbly video on a few of the sections of that video, I almost went and reshot it when I was editing everything together, but I just didn’t have the time.

Below you’ll find links and a quick description of each poster I went over in the video.

All of our posters are available in our membership resource library (info on Membership Here) or on our TPT Page and many of them are free downloads as well!  

I will also try and update these with any new additions that get added after the video was created.

Hope it gives you some ideas!

The Good Sport Code

Our Good Sport Code is on the wall in front of our Home Base Spots along with our Daily Warmup Poster.

I like to use this at the beginning of the year before we start playing competitive games.  It helps to remind students about the importance of good sportsmanship and it is there if needed for reminders during a lesson.

If a class is struggling with sportsmanship during the activity, I stop the game and bring the students over and we repeat the good sportsmanship code “pledge of allegiance” style.   

For a video example of what this looks like in action and to download the poster you can GO HERE.

Daily Warmup Poster

This poster has our daily warmup and stretching routine. 

For an overview of how that works and a link to the poster check out this post on our Daily Warmup in PE Class 

After a few weeks of school I sometimes give a student a paper size version of this and let my more responsible kids lead the warmup as a leadership opportunity. 

PE Rules, Expectations and Consequences

I have two sizes of this poster.  A larger size for everyone to see by the door as they walk in, and a smaller version posted in front of students at their home base spot.

I already had these rules established but I added to the categories (Respect Yourself, Respect Others, Respect This Place) after seeing Joey Feith explain how he splits up his class expectations into 3 similar categories.   I really liked the idea and how my rules already fit into them nicely.  Thanks Joey! 

You can see an example of how I go over these Rules and Expectations Here

Bathroom and water fountain posters are above the water fountain and on the bathroom doors.  These give students a reminder of when they can use the restroom and water.  

My management strategy is normally to play music anytime I am not giving instructions, so that makes the rule really simple.

Basically, when the music is on and we are playing a game student’s can go to the bathroom any time they want without asking.  

You can download my PE Rules and Bathroom Posters below:

Free – PE Rules and Expectations Signs Checkout Added to cart

Locomotor Movement Train Visual

The Locomotor Movements Train illustrates various locomotor movements that we focus on in K-2nd Grade, like walking, jogging, skipping, and sliding. 

It’s a great visual aid that helps students understand and practice these fundamental skills and also helps me remember to leave any out when we’re playing games and doing activities in the gym.

You can see an overview of this resource and get a link to the posters on our Locomotor Movement Resource Pack Page Here

Do Your Best Forget the Rest

This is a poster that I created, because it’s something I say hundreds of times a day.

This little phrase, pretty much encompasses my life motto and one of the big principles I try to hit in my PE program, which is to help students understand that if you focus on effort over results then you are focused on what you can control, and not distracted by what you can’t.  

The only way to always win, is to measure your success by the effort you put in

I hope kids understand this concept by the time they leave my program and head off to Middle School.

You can get the “Do Your Best Forget the Rest” Poster on TPT Here

PE Gives Me… Confidence, Skills and Knowledge

This “PE Gives Me…” Poster is how I describe the purpose of PE Class to my kids at the beginning of the year when we’re playing Adventure BINGO and learning about the WHY behind PE. 

It’s my version of Physical Literacy and it really speaks to what I want my kids to see as the value that I’m trying to bring to them with our PE Program.

I want my kids to have the Confidence, Knowledge and Skill they need to pursue any adventure they want to for the rest of their life. 

I also hope by increasing those three areas they will be better equipped to live a healthy and active lifestyle for the rest of their life as well. 

You can get the PE Gives Me Poster Here on TPT

PE I Can Statements and Quote of the Week

Another visual I usually have up on my whiteboard next to my computer (That I forgot to hit in the video tour) is our PE I Can Statements.  I switch these out each week or each unit to reflect the objectives we’re focusing on for that lesson.

You can get more info on these and find a link for them here if you’re interested

I also have a Quote of the Week that I got from Joey Feith at The Physical Educator on the white board that I swap out each week.

Sometimes I find time to discuss these I Can Statements and Quote of the Week and sometimes I don’t, but they are always there to provide a daily objective and focus for our lesson and an interesting quote to discuss if we have time.

PE Values Poster

At the end of each school year, I give the 4th and 5th grade students an end of the year survey asking them for feedback and advice on what they’ve learned and how to improve the program.

This poster is a compilation of all their tips for future students about how to be successful in PE class and get the most out of the time they spend in the gym.

You can get my PE Values Poster Pack along with 15 additional variations of the poster in different word cloud formations on TPT HERE

Fitness Hall of Fame

The Hall of Fame poster is an accumulation of the fitness test records at my school since I’ve been teaching here full time.  I keep track of the highest scores from the Pacer, Curl up, Push up, Sit and Reach, 1 Mile Run.

I have our overall all time records and also do a small one pager yearly records poster because it gives more opportunities to spotlight more kids.  It’s also just interesting to see the top scores from each year for reference, kids like to see their older siblings on the wall and of course whenever students come back to visit they love to go over to the wall and see their name still up there. 

You can easily make your own template, but here’s a copy of my yearly records template if you’d like it

More details here on How I do Fitness Testing and also 4 Tips to Keep Fitnessgram Fun.

Also related (and not included in the video because it was a more recent design), is our Components of Health Related Fitness Poster and Daily Warmup Poster.

Fastest Class Challenge Winners

Above the Fitness Hall of Fame I also post a class picture of the yearly winners of our Fastest Class Challenge holding the Fastest Class Trophy. 

This is a really fun school wide warmup challenge that we do 3 times a year at my school.

You can get more details on How The Fastest Class Challenge Works Here

It’s a lot of fun and easy to modify for your situation and school

Climbing Equipment Rules

Next to each piece of climbing equipment that we have in our gym, we have the rules clearly posted for the kids

I am a fan of having rules and expectations clearly posted for kids, this makes it easy for you to remember what the rules are when going over it for kids who can’t read and it allows you to easily hold kids accountable who are able to read the rules (since they are posted right next to the equipment)

If you’d like to check them out you can download them all for free on our Climbing Equipment Tour Post Here 

The Conflict Corner

This little Easter Egg is one of our most popular free downloads.  

It’s a behavior management strategy that we use to help students learn to take responsibility for putting some effort into solving their own problems before asking for help.

It’s designed to eliminate tattle-telling from your class and teach important conflict resolution skills to students. 

You can see how we explain it to students and Download it for Free HERE 

I’ve found that using this system takes care of 90% of the minor disputes that used to plague me, especially when teaching the Lower Elementary Kiddos. 

Rate of Perceived Exertion Poster

This is a poster I use to discuss with kids how to gauge our effort in PE and give them the opportunity to rate themselves after doing some self reflection and tell me (and each other) how hard they think they worked that day. 

We based the poster off of the BORG Scale and used kid friendly language to simplify it for Elementary Students

We’ll also use it when talking about the Pacer Test and our Fastest Class Challenge (see below)

 

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You can get The RPE Poster on TPT Here 

5 Components of Fitness Poster

This is a poster I use to go over the 5 Components of Fitness during my Fitness Unit  

It’s available in our membership or here on TPT.

You can see how I use it to go over the components of fitness in the video below:

Overview of my Fitness Unit and How I Do Fitness Testing Here

National PE Standards (Kid Friendly)

This poster summarizes all of the national standards with simple kid friendly language that students can understand. 

It helps to give them (and me) a visual of what we are trying to teach them and what the goal of our program is.  

You can download the poster for free below (If you want more kid friendly language for all of the National Standards check out the “I Can Statements for PE Class” Resource Here:

Free – National Standards Poster Checkout Added to cart

On the Bench in PE Note Home

I forgot to mention these communication sheets in the video tour because I didn’t have them out yet.

This is my system for communicating with parents when students forget tennis shoes, get injured or go to time out.

I have these little notes on a clipboard and kids fill them out whenever there is a need to communicate with a parent or hold a students accountable (shoes, injury, time out etc) 

You can get more details and download the form HERE

Control The Controllables

This is now one of my favorite posters.  This simple thought goes back to the “Do Your Best, Forget The Rest” phrase that I mentioned earlier in the post. 

One common theme I am frequently talking to my kids about is how we need to focus on the things within our control, which is our Effort, Attitude and the Choices we make.  

We won’t always be able to win every game, but if we gave it 100% and had a good attitude and made good choices during the game then we did everything within our control and that’s a win.

You can check out the Control the Controllables Poster on TPT Here

One Page Workout Posters

This poster set is basically a set of kid friendly AMRAP (As Many Rounds as Possible) Style workouts where students perform different exercises and see how many rounds they can get through in a specific time limit.

Just put on a timer, students can choose their workout and they can perform the exercises at their own pace.

Here’s a link to more info on our One Page Workout and 25 Exercise Poster Bundle 

The set comes with 25 individual exercise signs and 10 one page workouts incorporating the exercises into different workouts that focus on different components of fitness.  

Mr. C’s Superhero Workouts

AMRAP (as many rounds as possible) style one page workouts with a superhero theme

You can get them HERE

Jump Rope Trick Chart

The Jump Rope Trick Chart Poster give students (and me) a framework for learning different tricks throughout the unit and are divided into different categories of Basic, Intermediate and Advanced. 

You can download this one for free on our Jump Rope Unit Overview Page  

Self Assessment / Self Reflection Posters

Every time students leave the gym they self assess and reflect on their performance for that class and show me where they think they are by tapping one of the 4 options on our Self Assessment Posters on the way out.  

I want students to take responsibility for their learning, how they performed in class and reflect on whether or not they met the class expectations.

This process also gives me a visual on how each student feels about their performance and helps me make sure we are on the same page. 

You can see how I explain this system to students and download the Self Assessment Posters for Free HERE

25 Single Balances Poster

This is a visual I created to give students some simple single balances to try and perform during our gymnastics unit.

You can download it at the bottom of my gymnastics unit overview here

Home Base Spots

Another visual I forgot to mention in the video is my assigned seating strategy for PE class.

I have students go to their Home Base Spot when I need to take attendance, do stretches or make announcements. 

We use a grid system, similar to the board game Battleship, so on one wall I have Numbers and the other wall I have Letters, the kids get a number and letter and where the lines intersect they find their spot.

You can get more details on this process and download the Home Base Spot Visuals Here.

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

Another poster created from a common phrase that we say frequently is our Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork Poster.

You can check it out on TPT Here

Skill Cues Poster Pack

Probably my favorite poster resource we’ve designed is our Skill Cues Poster Pack.

These posters remind students (and myself) of the critical cues and features that I want them to remember throughout different units of instruction.  

The Skill Cues Posters we’ve created include throwing and catching cues, basketball cues, soccer cues, frisbee cues, Spikeball cues, Striking with Paddles, Jump Rope Trick Chart, Gymnastics Cues and Baseball / Softball Cues.  

I like how these posters give students main ideas that they need to understand throughout each unit.

Feel free to use my cues and create your own posters, or you can purchase them below if you like the posters I’ve created.

As with all of our resources they are also available inside the PE Specialist Membership Area for any members.  Members can login here, more info on the membership HERE if you’re interested.

I also included all of my freebies mentioned on this page in the download below to make it convenient for you.

Included in the Poster Pack: 

• Skill Cues Posters
  • Gymnastics Unit Cues
  • Basketball Unit Cues
  • Soccer Unit Cues
  • Under and Overhand Throwing and Catching Cues
  • Frisbee Throwing and Catching Cues
  • Striking with Paddles Cues
  • Spikeball Cues
  • Baseball Softball / Batting and Fielding Cues
  • Volleyball / Striking with Hands
• Jump Rope Tricks Poster
• Good Sport Code Poster
• Conflict Corner
• Home Base Spots
• Cone number signs 1-25
• National PE Standards (Kid Friendly)
• On the Bench in PE Form
• PE Rules Signs
• Daily Self Assessment Signs
• 25 Single Balances Poster

Check out the Skill Cues Poster Bundle on TPT Here

 

Thanks for checking out this post!

Have Fun and Teach On!