Dr. Michael Kester-Haynes

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Grade 4 PE Units

Unit Plan 8 (Grade 4 PE): Volleyball/Newcomb Net Games

Explore this Grade 4 PE Newcomb and beginning volleyball unit plan focused on ready position, rotation, teamwork, communication, and placing the ball into open space.

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Unit Plan 7 (Grade 4 PE): Fitness Circuit & Components of Fitness

Explore this Grade 4 PE fitness foundations unit plan with circuits, intensity awareness, talk test practice, heart-rate checks, and components of fitness learning.

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade 4 PE): Track & Field Skills & Relays

Explore Grade 4 track and field unit plans that build sprint form, jumping skills, relay teamwork, safe movement, and active participation in PE.

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Unit Plan 5 (Grade 4 PE): Parachute Team Challenges

Engage Grade 4 students in cooperative parachute games that build teamwork, timing, and listening through fun group challenges and shared responsibility.

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Unit Plan 4 (Grade 4 PE): Flag Football Concepts & Play

Build Grade 4 flag football skills with route running, safe flag pulling, and teamwork through engaging small-sided games focused on offense, defense, and communication.

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Unit Plan 3 (Grade 4 PE): Locomotor Agility & Space Awareness

Boost Grade 4 agility with locomotor pathways, levels, and tag games that build space awareness, safe movement, and active participation.

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Unit Plan 2 (Grade 4 PE): Soccer Fundamentals & Small-Sided Play

Build Grade 4 PE soccer skills with dribbling, passing, spacing, and defending through fun small-sided games that boost teamwork and active play.

Grade 4 PE Units

Unit Plan 1 (Grade 4 PE): Routines, Safety, & Game Expectations

Grade 4 PE unit builds safety, spacing, sportsmanship, and game routines through dynamic warm-ups and Advanced Fitness Tag for a strong start to the year.

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6-8 Lesson Plans

Lesson Plan (Grades 6-8): Shark Tank Classroom Edition - Designing, Pitching, and Defending a New Product

Engage grades 6-8 in a Shark Tank-style lesson where students invent products, estimate costs, analyze audiences, and deliver persuasive pitches.

Grade 5 PE Units

Unit Plan 36 (Grade 5 PE): Activity Festival & Lifelong Movement Reflection

Celebrate growth in Grade 5 PE with an activity festival that builds wellness reflection, highlights favorite activities, and supports lifelong movement plans.

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Unit Plan 35 (Grade 5 PE): Field Day Prep & Leadership

Prepare Grade 5 students for Field Day with engaging PE lessons focused on leadership, safety, teamwork, and event skills through structured station practice and rotations.

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Unit Plan 34 (Grade 5 PE): Strategy Tournaments & Sportsmanship

Boost student engagement with Grade 5 PE tournament units focused on strategy, sportsmanship, emotional control, and competitive gameplay through structured mini-tournaments.

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Unit Plan 33 (Grade 5 PE): Choice Sports & Student-Led Stations

Explore Grade 5 PE choice-based unit plans that build leadership, student voice, engagement, and lifelong physical activity connections through flexible station learning.

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Unit Plan 32 (Grade 5 PE): Outdoor Recreation & Frisbee Golf

Explore Grade 5 frisbee golf unit plans that build disc accuracy, course etiquette, outdoor recreation habits, and lifelong physical activity skills.

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Unit Plan 31 (Grade 5 PE): Walking/Jogging Club & Personal Pacing

Grade 5 PE walking and jogging unit plans for endurance, pacing, MVPA, goal setting, talk test practice, and healthy habit reflection.

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Unit Plan 30 (Grade 5 PE): Four-Square & Wall Games Etiquette

Grade 5 PE unit plan for Four-Square and Wall Ball that builds striking control, anticipation, fair play, and self-officiating for recess success.

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Unit Plan 29 (Grade 5 PE): Large-Group Strategy Games & Self-Officiating

Grade 5 PE large-group games unit plan on strategy, teamwork, self-control, and self-officiating through Capture the Flag and Treasure Games.

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Unit Plan 28 (Grade 5 PE): Rugby-Style Flag Games — Phase Play

Grade 5 rugby-style flag games unit plan focused on support angles, pass-or-run decisions, team defense, and safe strategic phase play.

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Unit Plan 27 (Grade 5 PE): Multi-Target & Castle Strategy Games

Grade 5 Castle Ball unit plan focused on throwing accuracy, strategy, defense, and team communication through engaging multi-target PE games.

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Unit Plan 26 (Grade 5 PE): Parachute Strategy & Peer Coaching

Grade 5 parachute unit plan on teamwork, timing, leadership, and peer coaching through student-designed cooperative movement challenges.

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Unit Plan 25 (Grade 5 PE): Lacrosse — Small-Sided Possession

Grade 5 lacrosse unit plan teaching scoop, cradle, passing into space, possession, and defensive marking through safe small-sided play.

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Unit Plan 24 (Grade 5 PE): Fitness Testing, Goal Setting & Reflection

Build Grade 5 fitness skills with goal setting, FITT principles, and progress tracking through engaging PE challenges focused on personal growth and reflection.

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Unit Plan 23 (Grade 5 PE): Team Handball — Tactical Attack & Defense

Grade 5 team handball unit plan focused on tactical offense and defense, including creating numerical advantages, improving help defense, making smarter shot decisions, and reacting quickly in transition.

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Unit Plan 22 (Grade 5 PE): Cooperative Team Relays & Efficiency

Grade 5 cooperative relay unit plan focused on strategy, role assignment, teamwork, and efficient problem-solving through complex movement challenges.

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Unit Plan 21 (Grade 5 PE): Ultimate Frisbee — Advanced Play

Grade 5 Ultimate Frisbee unit plan on cutting, leading passes, fakes, defense, and self-officiating through active team strategy and sportsmanship.