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Water Fitness Lesson Plans and Choreography helps new instructors learn the basics of class organization and keeps veteran instructors out of the proverbial teaching rut. This reference contains 72 lesson plans for shallow and deep water—each including a warm-up and cool-down, variations, choreography, and modifications. A total of 576 exercises are described and accompanied by 253 photos that depict the key features and the corresponding choreography.

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Available to all adopters on CD-ROM (a print version is available on request), this resource provides a lesson plan for every day of the course, whether it is taught as a semester course or a yearlong course. These lesson plans make organizing a Fitness for Life course a breeze and are much more practical than a teacher's edition that merely offers suggestions for developing plans. And because the lesson plans are kept on a CD-ROM, teachers won't have to worry about pages tearing out of a notebook or getting worn out. They can simply print out what they need and have the comfort of knowing that their plans are permanently stored on the CD.

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This digital document is an article from JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on November 1, 2008. The length of the article is 3854 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Object lesson plans for health-related fitness (HRF).(Report)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2008
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: 79Issue: 9Page: 20(6)

Article Type: Report

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Customer Reviews (1)

Lookism
Many people suffer mental distress because of real or imagined defects in how they look. Self-esteem is often linked to personal appearance.The authors of this book think that is not a bad thing. They deliberately emphasize the link between looking "good" and feeling good. They target a very vulnerable group. Adolescents are especially likely to be worried about how they look.
The illustrations are likely to upset any victim of obesity.All the photographs of young people exercising show them of ideal body weight, without facial blemishes, and, when in groups, with the males taller than the females.No obesity victims are shown exercising.
The drawings are egregiously offensive.In one, a victim of severe obesity is shown sitting and crudely mocking a baseball player. In others the overweight are shown with midriffs bulging out of ill-fitting clothes.
Anyone reading this book (and maybe the authors themselves) should be given the opportunity to read Lucy Grealy's "Autobiography of a Face" and "Weight Bias" edited by Kelly D. Brownell.
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Now you can
- choose from an even greater array of units and lessons,
- provide varied and fun programming for your students,
- assess your students' progress, and
- stay current with national physical education standards.

Quality Lesson Plans for Secondary Physical Education, Second Edition, provides the most comprehensive menu of lesson plans to spice up your secondary-level physical education curriculum.

The new edition of this already-popular book is packed with more than 500 physical education activities in 200-plus ready-to-use lesson plans. Additional updates include instructional assessment tools for ongoing evaluation in each unit; a CD-ROM with PE-4-Life advocacy materials; a credit-based, individualized study unit; and handouts and worksheets that will help you expand and enrich the physical education experience beyond the classroom.

Other features of the book include

- the same simple–to–difficult lesson progression used in the first edition;
- updated references that include the current national physical education standards;
- a wider variety of lesson plans organized into shorter units to provide you greater flexibility and opportunities for individualized instruction;
- new units including line dancing, disc golf, in-line skating, and lacrosse; and
- activity suggestions and modifications to help you customize lessons to involve learners of different ability levels.

Quality Lesson Plans for Secondary Physical Education, Second Edition, is a gold mine for physical education teachers. The new units in the book not only reflect the current standards in physical education; but they also help you make physical education fun for students. Use Quality Lesson Plans for Secondary Physical Education, Second Edition, to provide the highest-quality programming for your students and turn kids on to physical education.

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Good book for teachers/coaches in the middle school/high school level!
This book gave me a lot of great ideas on areas of athletics I wasn't totally sure of how to teach before! I highly recommend it! ... Read more

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truly helpful
This book will help teachers, parents, and even coaches develop their kids to become more adept at the rigors of physical education.This book is clear, concise, easy to understand, AND easy to put into your lesson plans! Trying hard to help your kids become more coordinated?Pick up this book. ... Read more

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This book has been a big hit with physical educators since it came out in 1989. Now it's available in a new edition that keeps all the best features of the original, adds new material, and improves the presentation, all while making the information more affordable!

The new edition is split into two books--one for the elementary level and another for middle school--so you pay only for the lesson plans you need. Each book still provides developmentally appropriate lesson plans for every day of the school year plus information on how to organize classes to best implement the lessons. You can use the time you save on developing and organizing content to focus on providing quality teacher-learner interaction.

Both new books include an introductory section that explains basic motor development concepts and effective teaching strategies. With this background information fresh in your mind, it's easy to apply the ready-to-use lesson plans for maximum effectiveness. Other helpful features new to the second editions include

- new activities, including units on health (in keeping with the increased emphasis on health-related physical activity);
- unit summaries; and
- new artwork throughout.

Physical Education for Children: Daily Lesson Plans for Elementary School includes 437 lessons for grades K-5. (Physical Education for Children: Daily Lesson Plans for Middle School features 143 lessons for grades 6-8.) The activities become more challenging as you progress through the grade levels, and new activities are added at the higher levels. For each level, you'll find units of lesson plans on the following topics:

- Organization
- Fitness
- Games and Sports
- Rhythmic Activities
- Gymnastics
- Health
- Classroom Activities

The units on organization include both general concepts and sample lesson plans that demonstrate how to conduct classes that maximize students' opportunities to learn. The classroom activities are perfect to use on rainy days or as a teaching tool in a standard classroom curriculum.

The ready-to-use, fully illustrated lesson plans feature

- student objectives,
- lists of equipment needs,
- warm-up activities,
- skill development activities, and
- concluding activities.

You'll also find an appendix at the back of the book that provides rating scales and evaluation forms to help you conduct assessments.

The Physical Education for Children books make it easy for teachers to combine program planning, lesson plan development, and effective teaching practices to provide a quality physical education program. No elementary or middle school physical education teachers, especially new teachers, should be without them.

Customer Reviews (4)

Amazing PE Resource
I am a first-time PE teacher and have found this resource to be extremely helpful. Lesson plans are outlined in detail beginning with the warm up, to key skills, to a cool down. Lessons are targeted for various age levels. It is well-organized and full of amazing PE lessons. I love the warm up ideas!

PE Teacher's best friend!
This instructional book is fantastic. The detailed lesson plans for the whole year is very helpful. It's a PE teacher's best friend!

A godsend!
In my first year of teaching PE, I needed some help in figuring out how to meet all of California's State Standards (they were new this year). This book became a valuable resource in planning out my classes.

I used their plan and then tailored it to meet my classes (I taught nine classes K-6). I was able to identify which standard the plan met and could cut and paste to meet the needs of my students. AS only having an outdoor area to work in, I was able to use most of the plans with what equipment I had. It did lack in outdoor activities for limited areas, but I used other resources for that.

Very valuable resource!
This book provides practical and useful lessons as well as importantinformation about teaching at the middle school level. ... Read more

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A curriculum guide for classroom teachers to easily plan and teach physical education for a whole school year.Lesson activities include skills, concepts and physical fitness.All activities are Standards based and planned in sequence through the school year. The User's guide and Overview of the Program provide the classroom teacher guidance through the year with tips for organization and class management strategies.A terrific help for teachers who want to provide a good physical education program but lack the time needed to plan it. ... Read more

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Great organization and a complete program to follow
This book is not just a collection of games or activities.It is a complete curriculum guide for a ten month school year.All of the activities are labeled for the appropriate grade level, making it easy for the classroom teacher to build effective and fun lesson plans. The sequential activities help students learn skills before they play the game or sport. Throughout the guide, there is a non-competitive emphasis so all learners are successful regardless of skill levels.Tips for teaching are included.A very valuable resource for the classroom teacher. ... Read more

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This Fitness for Life: Elementary School physical education guide contains everything you need to deliver wellness lesson plans to K-6 students. The Physical Education Lesson Plans book and the two DVDs, resource CD-ROM, and music CD contain the following:

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Keep all students in your physical education program moving, learning, and on their toes—even when you’re teaching very large classes.

This ready-to-use guide is packed with 6 units, 70 games, 15 hints, and 39 special game variations for teaching even the largest of classes.

If you are looking for fresh ways to teach children ages 4 to 11 basicfitness concepts, movement skills, and games that emphasize creativethinking and cooperation, No Standing Around in My Gym is foryou. It’s an incredible source of ideas and solutions to help you
• increase the time students are active in class,
• minimize discipline problems,
• develop healthy attitudes that lead to a lifetime of activity,
• save valuable lesson preparation time, and
• keep students motivated and challenged.

The book provides complete descriptions, nearly 200 illustrations, and proven plans to make the units and games easy to teach. It’s the ideal resource for busy teachers with little time in the day to think of new ideas or develop lesson plans from scratch.

The author shares a wealth of innovative ways to motivate kids, make classes more enjoyable, create an atmosphere for learning, manage classes, and maximize parental involvement to improve outcomes. Readers also will appreciate the suggestions for communicating with parents, administrators, and the public using brochures, web sites, videos, and newsletters.

With this collection of invigorating, fun and gym-tested activities, you’ll be able to motivate, engage, and intrigue students in large or small classes for years to come. ... Read more

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Great Book
This a great resource for PE teachers.I teack K-6 and have used many of these games!!!

good games
This book gives great games for use both in and out of the gym.Student waiting is kept at a minimum with the ideas in this book.The book is laid out very logically and diagrams are VERY clear.Many of the games are great as lead up activities for team sports.Great for upper elementary (grades 3-6).

Great book for teachers and coaches!!!!
This is a great book for teachers starting off or looking for new ideas. It provides good written examples and pictures, along with providing guidance and student goals as well.

Great innovative ideas!
This book will get your class up and moving. Mr. Hughes has such innovative ideas. This will certainly be a great addition to your teaching library! ... Read more

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Developed in conjunction with the tenth edition of Physical Education for Elementary School Children, by Kirchner and Fishburne, this helpful supplement helps students learn how to plan for enhancing and reinforcing academic subjects while teaching physical education. Yearly Programs, Units, and Daily Lesson Plans includes 25 units involving games, dance, and gymnastics that are organized into three developmental levels. Also included are 170 sequentially planned lessons. ... Read more

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A curriculum guide for classroom teachers which is easy to follow and teach.All the planning has been done. Activities are sequential through the year and develop skills, concepts, and physical fitness which are the components of a complete physical education program. The User's Guide and Overview of the Program help teachers organize lessons and teach activities in a sequence to ensure success for all students. ... Read more

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This unique collection of lesson plans represents not only the fundamentals, but the very foundation of leadership and outdoor skills.No outdoor student, educator, or leader should be without a copy.Although designed to be part of an outdoor expedition's mobile library, The Backcountry Classroom is just as valuable a resource in an indoor classroom.Each lesson plan describes the overall goal, the specific objectives, the body of knowledge, and the materials necessary for teaching about specific topics within the WEA curriculum. ... Read more

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it's worth the weight
In 1992 the first edition of The Backcountry Classroom leapt into Wilderness Educators backpacks and was welcomed with open arms and praise. Paul Petzoldt commented that the book was "invaluable for confirming one's own expertise as well as discovering voids." The second edition of the same work is no exception. This new edition of the The Backcountry Classroom has more than doubled in size and is packed with wisdom from Jack Drury, Bruce Bonney, Dene Berman, and Mark Wagstaff: four of the leading Educators in this field. During their tenure, each has developed a system of teaching, as well as knowledge and skill sets that they passed on to the rest of the growing field. The Backcountry Classroom serves as a resource guide for all who want to live well in the backcountry. Its layout makes it easy to navigate with its outline layout. Its outlines make it easy to navigate and each knowledge set is accompanied by teaching strategies. Quickly any student or teacher can access the information that is needed to teach a lesson on a specific skill, approach a problem or simply double check that all the pieces of a lesson are covered.
As a recent graduate from an Outdoor Education program, I have found that most of the books that we used in our classroom were heavily based in theory, history, and the more philosophical aspects of outdoor programming. What made the The Backcountry Classroom unique to our library is that the book also has some very practical concepts for students. Those new to the program and others that have been in the outdoors for years can come together under a common language and have a reference for all of the elements that make up an outdoor trip. In talking with other students in my program, they agreed. Pedro Mauras, a junior at Gordon College in Wenham, MA said, "I love and still use it practically in everyday circumstances."
One of the great advantages of putting things like "Backpack Packing" and "Trip Planning" and "Weather" down into words and outlines is that across the many programs that we work with in this expanding field there is a common language that we can all use. As people move from program to program, and come from different instruction backgrounds, we find in this and other texts the beginnings of a consistent terminology.
The Backcountry Classroom not only covers technical skills, but also it gives outlines and models for teaching and facilitation. No matter how great the information, educators that cannot convey that information to their students in an effective manner will not succeed in growing their students. One of the big additions to the second edition is the chapter on SPEC learning and teaching. This Student Centered, Problem-based, Experiential and Collaborative method gives us a model by which to truly meet the needs of the students we work with from a holistic vantage point.
As educators in the backcountry we find ourselves in the unique position of living with our students, for a few days, weeks, or months. We are a part of their lives, and take the time to know what their needs really are. This means that understanding a student-centered model of teaching is critical to what we do in the backcountry. Also, by using a problem-based approach, we give students the judgment skills and reasoning capabilities to drive their own learning when the course is over and they are out in the field, on their own, or with their own students somewhere down the line. The The Backcountry Classroom introduces teaching methods and basics in wilderness travel skills, ethics, and methodologies through this SPEC lens. Now that I am teaching in the outdoor field I am coming to my classes with fresh eyes, but with little concept of what works well and what doesn't. Having the The Backcountry Classroom on my bookshelf means that no matter what topic I am teaching on in the curriculum, I have a resource to direct my teaching through the Instructional Strategies and the Outcomes that I encourage my students to set for themselves.
After attending the National Conference in February and talking with others about the book it seems somehow inadequate of me not to mention the one comment that I heard over and over about the book: "It's great, but it's huge!" The new Backcountry Classroom does require a bit more creativity in figuring out how to get it into the backcountry. Some suggestions to date: copy the chapters that you know you'll end up using often in the field and just take those, or take it to a printer and have them take the margins off for you and put it in a binder (or just think about how much stronger you're going to be after having it in your pack for a few weeks!) If you haven't already acquired a copy of this resource for your own collection, it comes highly recommended for students and instructors alike as a tool for whatever classroom you find yourself in.

Comments from the author
The second edition of The Backcountry Classroom was a tremendous undertaking and we think you will like the results. There are eight additional chapters; Collaboration, Crisis Management, Groups: Orienting and Monitoring, Interpretation of the Natural and Cultural Environments, Knots, GPS, Rock Climbing: Leadership considerations for Top Roping, and Travel Technique: Canoeing and Sea Kayaking. There are also over 75 new tables and illustrations.

We have been conducting workshops focusing on the 2nd edition of the book throughout the country and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. The chapter that has generated the most excitement is the Teaching and Learning chapter. Here, we engage in an extended discussion of our current thinking about the characteristics of high quality teaching and the role that teachers play as architects of high powered learning experiences - both in and out of doors. In this chapter we also introduce you to S.P.E.C. (Student-Centered, Problem-based, Experiential, and Collaborative) the short-hand acronym we use to remind us of the fundamental attributes of our approach. Throughout this book, you'll see that we've appended "challenges" to various lessons that we hope will serve as useful models to those who want to try out some aspect of our SPEC methodology.

The only negative feedback we have received is that the book is too damn big! We accept responsibility for that and actually have a few suggestions if you want to take the book into the field. I have taken a copy to my local printer and had him trim the binding off and trim the sides making sure that he didn't trim the page numbers or graphics. It did two things. It has made the entire book lighter and smaller but more importantly in my mind it allows me to take just the chapters I want out into the field. This allows me to lighten my pack even more. He also put holes in the book so I can put it in a binder if I want or use loose-rings to hold the book/chapters together. I'm sure you can do the same thing at little or no cost if you plan on taking the book into the field. If you do take the book in the field please share what creative steps you take to make it lighter.

If you purchase a copy please feel to contact me and let me know what you like and don't like about the book.

By the way, here is what some of the experts have said about the book:
"The book continues to be the industry standard for outdoor leadership." C. Ben Woodard, Assistant Manager of Outfitter Services, L.L. Bean Outdoor Discovery Schools

"The ultimate book on how to safely organize and lead expeditions in the field." Dr. William Forgey, wilderness medicine expert and author

Critique of The Backcountry Classroom
This book is a good beginner's guide to the topics covered by the WEA's 18 point curriculum.It is easy to read, provides a simple structure for instruction of the lessons, and provide tips for implementing the instructional content, appropriate times for such, and extended activities.A couple of problems abound with this book and its content.Many times, the information that one would expect to find in this book is omitted.It leaves the reader with more questions than answers, forcing them to look elsewhere for, what in many cases is, pertinent information.It provides a general structure, but the subject matter is consistently lacking insight.As an instructional guide, it is mediocre.If not used as part of a WEA course, but rather a stand alone resource, it could benefit from more adherence to instructional design principles.It is somewhat confusing, at times, as to the type of content that is being covered. It follows well the WEA pedagogy of inform, demonstrate, and provide practice.An example of the short comings of this book can be viewed by a review of Chapter 26, Food Identification.The title leads one to believe his is going to gain insight into the ways to use sensory information to identify food he has in his food stuff sack, within his pack.However, only one small outline heading is devoted to such, and it only touches on such as a corollary item.Anyone who has ever mistakenly used brownie mix, instead of beans, or the like, has understood well the need to know how to use the various senses to identify food, without labeling.Additionally, using labels does not always end up being practical.As trips progress, people like to reorganize food into smaller or different bags, to maximize pack space.The field isn't the place to spend valuable instructional time on relabeling food.The rationale for food identification, suggestions for using memory tactics based on sensory information was omitted, yet was necessary.Many similar omissions can be found in other chapters.The book is compact, thereby making it easy to carry along on a teaching expedition, and provides a brief refresher to those who have previously acquired the knowledge in its full complexity and only need a job aid, and is consistent in its chapter format. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on March 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1933 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Using your personal digital assistant to store lesson plans. (Technology Tips).
Author: Emyr W. Williams
Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2002
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: 73Issue: 3Page: 16(3)

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