Have you ever gotten to the end of the year and realized that you didn’t get around to teaching some really important areas of content? I find that one of my biggest struggles as a teacher is prioritizing the content I need to include and trying to fit everything that I need to teach my students into the time that I am given with them (only 50 minutes once a week).
This strategy has helped me become more organized and planned out as I teach different units throughout the year.
Hopefully, through seeing my process you can take a few ideas and use them for yourself to plan the BEST YEAR EVER! Here’s my process…
1.) Do a basic overview of the entire year on one page, this is what is commonly called your “Long Range Plan”
- This includes all the Units of Instruction that you hope to get in throughout the year
- I plan mine by grade and by month, but super generic as you can see, think “Big Picture”
- We will get into the week by week plan in the template at the bottom of this post
2.) Print or Buy a Monthly Calendar (or use a monthly planner)
- It’s great if you can print a school calendar that already has important dates on it like early release days, student holidays, professional development ect. to save you some time.
3.) Write in Important Dates -Mark or highlight days when your classes aren’t on a normal schedule, you won’t have your teaching space or when school isn’t in session
- Holidays
- School Assemblies
- Jump Rope For Heart
- Field Day
- School-Wide Testing Days
- Professional Development Days
4.) Plan your Units of Instruction
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- Get a PENCIL – you will probably have to make some changes throughout the year and begin to plan your units of instruction.
- Work backwards from the holidays and important dates so your units don’t have big gaps in them and so you can culminate your units on important events.
- Also I like to try and plan the unit at a relevant time (Basketball around March Madness or during Basketball Season… Soccer around the World Cup or during soccer season)
You can see a video of my entire process below.
It’s a bit long, but I did plan the whole year in under 15 minutes, so I’d call it a win. Just for reference, I teach my kids once a week for 50 minutes, so your schedule and yearly plan might look different depending on the amount of time that you see your kids each week.
Getting your yearly schedule down on paper is great to give you a big picture vision of what your year will look like. After I finish this up I can focus more of my attention planning great lessons for my kids and not stress about whether or not I will be able to fit it all in.
Making a Digital Copy
Another thing I like to do after getting the rough draft on paper is to reorganize my digital long range plan, which I use Google Sheets for.
You can download the template for this and make your own below and you’ll find resources for each unit linked up that will help you break down the units into what to do each week.
You can see an example below:
If you’d like to make a copy of my Long Range Plan Template download the resource below for a link to make a copy in Google Sheets. ( If your a member with our program, check out the Membership Version of this template in the Resources Area of the Membership )
And that pretty much sums up my yearly planning process!
If you do things differently, I’d love to hear about it – leave some advice in the comments.
P.S. – Interested in my process for planning each week or each unit of instruction? Check out an overview of what my first 9 weeks might look like below:
- Week 1 – First Week of School Lesson Plan
- Week 2 – Team Building Game – Hula Hut Relays or Cross the River
- Week 3 – Four Square Training (for recess)
- Week 4 – 6 – Fitness Testing Unit
- Week 7 – 9 – Any other units that fit with the calendar as described in the video – for an example of my unit planning process, check out my Throwing and Catching Unit Overview, Gymnastics Unit Overview or my Jumprope Unit Overview.
Phys Ed Q & A Show: How to Plan Your Scope and Sequence
We recently recorded an entire episode of our Phys Ed Q & A Show dedicated to this one topic, so if you want to take a deep dive into planning your scope and sequence head over to our SHOW NOTES PAGE to download the show notes, check out the podcast or you can just watch the video below:
Have a good one!
Hey Marcus, really appreciate your passion and drive to help students and fellow teachers. I am going to into my first year of P.E teaching and have only had 2 weeks to prep. I do not have any schooling and I will be teaching grades from K-9th. I am working for a private school.
As for as being stern from the beginning of the year and also learning to plan and what to plan. How can I keep a positive mindset throughout the year for my kids, and my self?
Hey Zechariah!
Thanks for reaching out! We appreciate your kind words!
To keep a positive mindset throughout the year, focus on patience and student growth.
Build those positive relationships with students and focus on self care.
Small tiny successful habits everyday!
You may want to check out Ben’s Teacher Tip Series on YouTube for mindset ideas we use everyday!
These ideas and videos are great and so helpful! Really appreciate you breaking down what the first few weeks might look like. During the get to know you portion, I have always loved using a ball to pass around a circle. When someone catches it they say their name and one thing about themselves or one thing they did this summer. Thanks again for your resources!
Hey Mel,
Glad you’re enjoying the resources!
Thanks for sharing your ideas!
Thank you for your help.
You’re welcome Beth!
Looks great
Glad you’re enjoying the resources Jared!
How do you differentiate with different grades on your planning guide? Same activity just vary how to do it? I’m teaching K-5 for the first time and would love some advice.
Hey Carrie,
Thanks for reaching out!
If you look at the activities within the planning guide, you will see how we differentiate between the grade level.
For example, if you click on the Throwing and Catching link, you will find how we break down each week and what each grade level activity consist of.
Hope this helps!
Do you sell a full packet/ full year of curriculum?
Hey Carolyn,
If you’re interested, we do have a paid membership with a full year of activities and lessons.
Check out the info at the link below:
https://www.thepespecialist.com/info
Let us know if you have any questions!
Hello, I’m from Belarus
Anastasia
the first year I will work for primary school physical education teachers.
Our education system gives us approximate annual plans (this is how the sections and the hours allocated to them are indicated)
example: fundamentals of safety in the classroom, the Olympic movement – 4 hours are allocated for the year.
Then there is an invariant component that cannot be changed: athletics (jumping, running, throwing) – 20 hours for all quarters.
The question has finally reached him: do you make annual plans and overtime for each quarter? I will be glad of any answer, your colleague (I’m not afraid of this word) hah
Hey Anastasia,
Thanks for reaching out!
We try to make annual plans when we can. Check out our Podcast: How to Fit it All In it will give you tips on how we structure our activities.
Hello!
I love receiving your emails full of ideas and games. I would love to see more high school games. Do you have teambuilding games for high school students. Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!!!
Hey Kristi,
You could always modify the games for high school students. Check out the message for Ben on Secondary recommends:
Secondary Teacher Recommends
There are some great folks out there in Secondary, but I’m not as connected to all the best resources, but I know that Physedagogy is a great resource to check out and find other teachers doing similar things to you – you can find them at: https://physedagogy.com/
Check out https://thephysicaleducator.com – Joey teaches elementary, but also up through secondary
Also Nathan Hornes website https://www.iphys-ed.com/ is great and he’s taught all levels.
Jarrod Robinson (The PE Geek) has a great technology integration site that applies to all levels.
Also of course social media will be a great resource for you to get connected with Secondary Folks, here’s a few secondary teachers I know are awesome, they might have some good resources or at least advice for where to look if you message or tag them on social with a question:
* Dave Senecal https://twitter.com/pepalooza
* Matt Pomeroy https://twitter.com/Physed_Pomeroy
* Sarah Gietschier-Hartman https://twitter.com/GHSaysRockChalk
* Stephanie Sandino https://twitter.com/smsandino
* Jerry Honeycutt: https://twitter.com/honeycutt_pe
* Lisa Smith: https://twitter.com/lisasmithpe
OPEN Physed from US Games also has some Secondary resources you might want to check out: https://openphysed.org/
Hello,
How are you doing today.i would like to buy complete k-5 physical education 1 year long term plan as well as the weekly lesson plan for the same one year plan.
I would like to have your email and maybe your phone number to call you.
Hey Yakubu,
You can find out all the details of the PE Specialist Membership at the link below:
https://www.thepespecialist.com/info
Email: [email protected]
Let us know if you need anything else!
Was wondering if i could get the rules to your Star Wars game you referenced. Starting out with the first year of PE at our small private school and I appreciate your information so far.
Hey Shawn,
We are working to get the lesson plan on the site for Star Wars, but check out the link below to a video on a similar style of Star Wars we play:
https://youtu.be/YGiYUsC0jSI
Hope this helps!
I’ll give this a shot. It’s a lot more boxes than I’m used to but I think I can make it work.
Thanks!
Of course Nathalie!
Let us know if you have any questions! Great way to plan your school year!
You really do a fantastic job. I and many other PE teachers I know come to your website for new ideas and/or improvements to activities already used.
Thanks!!!
Thanks for reaching out Thomas!
Glad you’re enjoying the resources!
You are a lifesaver for me as a first year PE teacher. Thank you so so so much for all the work you’ve put into helping others.
You’re welcome Ms. H!
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions along the way!
You got this!
Great job! I’m trying to use some of your links and it puts the items into a cart. How do I access the items? Thanks!
Hey Dawn,
Once you complete the checkout the resources will be linked to you on the site and sent via email.
Let us know if you need anything else!
Hi Ben, thanks a lot for your pointers on making a year plan for PE classes. Do you teach one specific grade, or more than one each year?
I used to teach one grade(e.g., G2 in 2022), but moving to a new school this year, I’m supposed to teach G3 – 6.
I’m wondering if you would teach the same contents for these 4 graders.
Ideas so far:
1. Teach the same units & contents, but level up or down according to each and every grade.
2. Teach different units for each grade. Rotate units.
e.g.,
G3: Striking > Invasion games > Net games > Gymnastics
G4: Invasion games > Net games > Gymnastics > Striking
G5: Net games > Gymnastics > Striking > Invasion games
I’m leaning towards #1, but I’d love to hear some comments from you. Once again, thanks tons for your ideas. I get a lot of takeaways from your site and channel. As a token of gratitude, I’m sharing one of my virtual PE class videos with you.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon!
Hey man! yep, #1 is correct – if you watch our Scope and Sequence Video on the Podcast Page (or listen to the episode we go into depth on this)
I just wanted to say, thank you for all your emails and posts. This is my 7th year teaching PE and I get most of my ideas from you. I teach K-8th grade PE and I modify some of my activities for all the grade levels. I just wanted to Thank you though showing me how a field day works. I read your idea and used it. Field Day this year is going to be better. I know what worked and what didn’t. Thank you for what you post and send out. I really appreciate it. Mostly, I feel I don’t know what I am doing and with your encouragement, I feel better about teaching PE!
Jonna!
Thank you SO much for the kind words!
So glad you’re enjoying the resources!
I will be sure to pass your message over to Ben! This is the reason why we have the site!
Thank you!
Is this for elementary students only? How would you apply this to middle school students?
Hey Patricia,
The blog post was designed for Elementary teachers, but the concept and theme can be applied to middle school students.
We just trying to find what students find interesting, that cover and address the standards, and organize it to fit in the school year.
Hope this helps!
coach ben, hi i was wondering if we can receive a certificate for the training you had. it was great and i enjoyed it every much. i learn alot in the training. thanks
Hey Marsha,
We have an E-Learning system within our membership that provides certificates after trainings are completed, but for free trainings on Youtube we don’t have any way to provide these certificates or verify that teachers have completed the trainings, sorry about that.
If you’d like to check out the membership and see if your school might be able to support you with a membership you can see the info page below:
https://www.thepespecialist.com/info
Have a good one!
My name is Brenda Wilcox and I will be a fill in Sub PE teacher for grades K -4 for the remainder of the school year. I am not an althlete but do enjoy being around this age group and helping them with PE. I have reseached some inside games for them as we are in a very cold climate and moat activities are in the gym for a while. I was referred to your web site for ideas and plans. Any information of advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Brenda Wilcox
Hey Brenda!
Thanks for reaching out!
We have tons of indoor activities on our site. I encourage you to check out the resource page! I will link it below:
https://www.thepespecialist.com/home/
Hope the helps!
Hello
I am a 1-5 PE teacher in Montana. I am wondering if you teach any Heath topics/units to your students throughout the year.
Thanks
Hey Robyn,
We don’t teach health specifically, although we do try to incorporate Health concepts into all of the activities that we do – especially our Fitness Unit, which you can check out below:
https://www.thepespecialist.com/fitnessgram/
Sometimes the schedule works out to give me a random class coming twice a week for an extra PE class, if that’s the case I do a little health integration with them, which I’ve blogged about at the link below:
https://www.thepespecialist.com/health/
If you want more content, I haven’t used the resource below personally, but have seen it recommended by other PE teachers, so it might be worth checking out:
https://3rs.org/3rs-curriculum/3rs-curric-search
Hope that’s helpful!
I’m sure I received this already but I didn’t save it properly when I was working on it. Many thanks for sharing your awesome resources!
You’re welcome Sara! Glad you’re enjoying the resources!
hi. Awesome stuff AS ALWAYS!!!!
I downloaded the digital copy and was hoping to use it on Google Sheets, unfortunately if only saved as a PDF.
Is there a way to convert PDF to Sheets??
Hey Yamil,
Glad you’re enjoying the resources!
We’ve included a link with instructions to convert to Sheets:
https://productivityspot.com/convert-pdf-to-google-sheets/
Hope this helps!
hello. thanks for the response, I appreciate it. Sadly, I could not figure it out. I got to the ‘open in Google Docs’ part, but when I do, it is a bunch of text that is a mess of letters.
I am at [email protected] if it isn’t too much to ask, may you share with me? I will make a copy and then delete.
Hey!
We sent you a copy via email!
I keep trying to checkout both of the long range lesson plan templates and it just saying “cart it empty”. Do I need to have a membership?
Hey Dustin,
Sorry about the issue!
Usually, this issue is related to a school filter, pop-up blocker, or browser caching issue – so we’d recommend trying from another computer, switching browsers, clearing your cache and making sure all pop up blockers have been turned off.
As a another option you can also find some of our products on our Teachers Pay Teachers Page Here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/The-Pe-Specialist
Just search “Yearly Plan” in the search box.
Hope this helps!
Thank you all the resources you provide!
-A fan and second year teacher!
You’re welcome Amanda! Glad you’re enjoying the resources! Good luck in year two!
Hi Ben, any way to get a copy of your google sheet of your long range plan for the year? It’s not working off your site. Would love a copy! Thanks so much!
Hey Danielle,
Sorry about the issue!
Usually, this issue is related to a school filter, pop-up blocker, or browser caching issue – so we’d recommend trying from another computer, switching browsers, clearing your cache and making sure all pop up blockers have been turned off.
As a another option you can also find some of our products on our Teachers Pay Teachers Page Here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/The-Pe-Specialist
Just search “Yearly Plan” in the search box.
Hope this helps!
Hey Ben. I’ve your idea of ninja warriors unit if you didn’t have to do fitness testing. Do you have any good resources on a warrior unit? Thanks
Hey Jonna,
Don’t have any warrior unit resources yet but we do have exercise posters you can use from prepping students I will link down below:
https://www.thepespecialist.com/exerciseposters/
Here a video of back yard warrior activities to give you some ideas as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXer2Oxu37Y
Hope this helps!
Hi! My name is Laura and this is my first year being a P.E teacher. I was super nervous but thanks to your amazing help, my head stopped spinning and I was able to have a good idea at to how my first week should go. You’re awesome man!
Hey Laura!
Welcome to the profession! We are excited you found some helpful tips when trying to plan a whole school year! We also have a podcast where we discuss some first year tips to get you started, check it out, along with others, at the link below:
https://www.thepespecialist.com/podcast/
Have a great day!
Hello,
How do you come up with exactly what the Units will be about or called. Do u just look at outcomes or standards, group similar ones together and then make a ‘theme’? For example, if the outcome is about teamwork, you would link it to a Unit called teamwork and then do teamwork activities?
Thanks
Great question Timothy!
We take into account lots of factors when determine units. We look at grade level outcomes, standards, student interest, what’s available around the community, and what they can do for a lifetime away from PE class.
The naming of them is arbitrary but it helps to encapsulate what we are trying to teach them. We also try to name units based on what they may hear outside of class like “teambuilding or soccer”.
Hope this helps!
Awesome ideas, kangaroo club /bracelets and obviously you could apply to a lot of other activities.
thanks
Sure can Debra! Glad you’re enjoying the resources!
This information was really helpful
Thanks Kenneth! Glad you found the resources helpful!
we could expect a PE yearly plan for middle and High school
There are some great folks out there in Secondary, but I’m not as connected to all the best resources, but I know that Physedagogy is a great resource to check out and find other teachers doing similar things to you – you can find them at: https://physedagogy.com/
Check out https://thephysicaleducator.com – Joey teaches elementary, but also up through secondary
Also Nathan Hornes website https://www.iphys-ed.com/ is great and he’s taught all levels.
Jarrod Robinson (The PE Geek) has a great technology integration site that applies to all levels.
Also of course social media will be a great resource for you to get connected with Secondary Folks, here’s a few secondary teachers I know are awesome, they might have some good resources or at least advice for where to look:
Dave Senecal https://twitter.com/pepalooza
Matt Pomeroy https://twitter.com/Physed_Pomeroy
Sarah Gietschier-Hartman https://twitter.com/GHSaysRockChalk
Stephanie Sandino https://twitter.com/smsandino
Jerry Honeycutt: https://twitter.com/honeycutt_pe
Lisa Smith: https://twitter.com/lisasmithpe
OPEN Physed from US Games also has some Secondary resources you might want to check out: https://openphysed.org/
Is the format readable only are editable. I want to insert some ideas please. Thank you!
Hey Jennifer,
The format is set for readable or view only. You can also “make a copy” of the resource, that way you can make edits and insert ideas.
May I use and modify this template in a power point then invert to a video? Coach Jones
Hey Jennifer,
Yes feel free to modify this template for personal use.
LOVE this, I’ve been following a similar vein. I’ve been keeping a list of all activities that were well-received and once the overview calendar is set I then start plugging in the activities. As a fitnessgram alternative we switched to http://www.kidsninjafitness.com for elective-based fitness testing (for elementary PE) and it’s been fantastic! It’s also free which is fabulous for my budget 🙂
That’s awesome! Would love to do something like this, unfortunately fitness testing is mandatory in our state. I can see kids being way more excited about a program like this.
Would you recommend the same suggestion, to just add in more activities or would you make the units less weeks, if seeing classes 3x a week all year.
If I saw kids 3x a week (assuming also for 50 minute periods) I would probably switch to 2 week units, go a little deeper into content and cover more units.
For example, I don’t have enough time to cover Baseball/Softball and Tennis/Paddles, so normally we end up rotating every other year.
I would love to get to cover all the subjects I think are relevant to my kids and also have some time to play a few fun games in between units (that can act as a review of previous learning, or just an opportunity to practice teamwork and cooperation)
thank you that was really helpful
Sure thing, glad to hear that!
We just changed our specials schedule, as we added Project Lead The Way as a special, therefore our grade levels that have 4 sections won’t have to divide a class (30-35 students in K-2 per each special) and have adapted to an A, B, C, D rotation calendar in place of our Red, White, Blue rotation. So in any given week I will only see one of my groups twice. Any suggestions on how to plan for how to adapt lesson plans for those groups that I might see more often?
I would just plan additional activities around the “core” unit that you’re teaching. I’ve had a couple classes that I got to see 2x a week and just planned extra activities around the same content that the rest of the school was working on. I viewed it as an “enrichment” day and got to dive a little deeper with those classes into the unit that we were working on.
How often do you see your students?
50 minutes – once a week
What is Body Mangement?
Gymnastics
Great ideas! I am looking forward to using your strategy and being more organzied.
Hope it helps!
Great resources for a European PE teacher like me that will soon start to teach in the U.S ????????????
Awesome! Glad it’s helpful
Hi Ben! Thank you for posting this article. I will be starting my first year teaching soon. I think your article provides many great tips that will help me become organized with my teaching. Thank you for sharing and thank you for everything you do for physical education.
Sure thing – glad it was helpful!
Can’t afford to be a member but fixing to purchase the Jump Rope Unit…. I was wondering if you have a Field Day unit available for purchase?
Thanks!
Sure thing, check out our Field Day Resource Pack here: https://www.thepespecialist.com/fieldday/
Great Video! Much appreciated!
I teach a curriculum models class and the models we cover are Adventure Ed/Team Building; Frisbee skills mixed with Social Responsibility; TGFU; Sport Ed; Cultural Competence. It is based on Lund and Tannehill’s book about Standards Based PE. The part we are adding in is Block Planning so this is very helpful since we really don’t have enough time to cover everything adequately in one semester. Cheers!
Sure thing – definitely a struggle to fit everything in.
Hey quick question- I am in a similar situation where i only see my classes once a week for 45 minutes.. How long are your units at that point? and do you do a lot of station work or different skill each week and a mini game about that skill?
Thank you!!
Stephanie
I usually do 3-4 week units and do majority station work with K-1 and majority modified games with 2-5. That’s an over generalization, but it’s kind of my formula.
You can see my Gymnastics and Jump Rope unit overviews in the links above to get an idea of what a unit might look like
Hello 🙂 This is a great video on Units but how do you organize PE lessons?
Check out the links at the bottom of the post to the Jumprope and Gymnastics Unit
This is so great! I was wondering what your “Body Management” section is?
Gymnastics/Parkour – more info here: https://www.thepespecialist.com/gymnastics/
Hi Ben,
In one of your posts, you mentioned that when planning units you use the SHAPE outcomes. Could you briefly describe the process?
As I understand, you use a specific outcome as a starting point; and then you pick and choose activities to teach the concept/skill?
If so, how would you teach your students that an overhand-throw movement pattern is used in many sports/activities, such as baseball, dodgeball, volleyball, etc?
Would you play all the activities in one unit?
Thank you
Yep, you’re right on. Throwing is a little different for me since it’s not a sport itself, I usually just play throwing games for about 4 weeks and then we review it throughout the year during other units (baseball/striking with implements) or other throwing games that we might play in between units.
Most of the other units I do are more content/sport specific – although almost every skill transfers across plenty of different sports and applications
Wonderful!
Thank you for your help.
Great job….
nice job..
Hi Ben. Your content is really helpful for me, a first year (P.E.) teacher. I really appreciate the thoughtfulness you put into this blog to help others.
I was wondering if you have state standards you keep in mind when lesson planning. For instance, I’m in Texas and we must teach according to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). If you do have state standards, how do you incorporate that into planning out your year?
I use the SHAPE America Grade Level Outcomes when planning units and they just give me a basic starting point.
It’s impossible to fit everything in (at least for most people who see kids once a week), so you just have to choose what you think is most relevant to your students and do the best you can.
Here are the SHAPE GLO’s if you want to check them out: http://www.shapeamerica.org/standards/pe/upload/Grade-Level-Outcomes-for-K-12-Physical-Education.pdf
Thanks, Ben! I truly appreciate the help.
Thank you for all and any info you are sharing. I know my students will benefit from me becoming more organized and your sharing of material. Thank you from my heart. (Down here by the border in AZ).
Hello Ben Landers!
Your work is so inspiring and positive! I love what you offer your students and appreciate what you share! You are amazing, truly!
Best wishes for a smooth beginning of the school year!
Sincerely,
LBell
Hope you have a good one as well – thanks for the words of encouragement!
Events for national sports day,parents sports day…?
Any suggestions on where to even begin I am a first year PE teacher, thanks!
Nice – Congrats on your first PhysEd Job!
Management is going to be first priority – I would check out THIS LINK for an overview of my management and philosophy for my PE Program.
Also, you could ask your school to purchase a PE Specialist Membership to get some great resources that I think would be helpful for any first year teacher.
Get on Twitter and connect with people when you have questions using #physed and start to bookmark PE blogs and sites that you find helpful.
Lastly – remember that “It’s a Marathon not a Sprint” – you are at the beginning of a long journey of learning and getting better at your craft. Don’t get discouraged when you teach a crap lesson, that’s part of getting better – just figure out why it sucked and make it better next time. Have Fun and Teach On! 🙂
Hi I want to know, if you teach Physical Education to a school which doesn’t participate in any sport. How would you draft your yearly plan and also your lesson plans. In terms of fitness activities which can one carry-out to keep learners interest in your lessons. Thank you!
I assume that you mean you guys don’t play team sports? I would just develop my Units around whatever concepts you are trying to teach. Maybe you want to do skill theme approach, so kicking, throwing, catching, locomotors, invasion games etc. A good strategy is to work backwards, what outcome do you want to accomplish? What activities can you do to accomplish that outcome? How can those activities fit together in units?
I don’t do a lot of strictly fitness activities, other than some quick interval training workouts, most of the activities I do are games with fitness built into them – in my experience, my students have responded better to that method.
What is “fitnessgram”? I have been looking for some kind of fitness program of fitness tracking reward plan to implement with my kids but I haven’t found any good ones. Just wondering if that is what “fitnessgram” is.
Fitnessgram is a common Fitness Assessment system that teachers use to help kids assess their fitness levels and set goals for improvement – you can google around to find more info about it if your interested.
This is my 3rd year teaching P.E. and I love it! When it comes to the Fitness Gram, I have absolutely no idea where to begin. Do I purchase a software of some sort? Do I need to print out paperwork for each student so I can write down things during their tests? This is all brand new, so I am trying to figure out where to start with it all. Thank you for your time and sharing all of your valuable information!!
Kelsie
First of all – if your district/state doesn’t require Fitness Testing, then you might want to consider doing your own thing that’s more fun for your students, or doing some other type of fitness instruction like an American Ninja Warrior Unit or something.
If you are required to do it then yes, you can get all the cadences/audio tracks on iTunes or from the Fitnessgram Website (just google it). They have all the standards and assessment protocols on their site as well I believe.
Also check out this post: https://www.thepespecialist.com/pacertest/