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Name of Activity: Health-Related Physical Fitness

Purpose of Activity: Students will learn the definitions of physical fitness and also the five health-related components with use of a "visual" worksheet.

Prerequisites: My students had been fitness-assessed in the fall prior to this information. They could all personally relate to the assessments, because they all performed them and compared their results to that of the Fitnessgram "Healthy Fitness Zone".

Suggested Grade Level: 6-8

Materials Needed: Handout, Pencils and worksheet "Seeing Words Helps You Understand and Remember Them" from Scholastic Teaching Resources--Teaching Reading

Description of Idea

Assessment Ideas:

I assessed their personal and social responsibility (Standard 5) in their participation and completion of the tasks given (discussion, behavior, and worksheet completion). I also assessed their knowledge on the Common Summative Assessment at the end of the school year which is a fifteen-question, multiple-choice test. They are graded based upon the number of correct responses.

Teaching Suggestions:

An entire lesson plan with additional links to a visual museum and rubrics can be provided if emailed (gravdat@fargo.k12.nd.us)