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Personal Fitness Plan

Tenth graders learn to build a personal fitness plan — assess where you are, set realistic goals, choose activities you enjoy, schedule them, and track your progress. A plan turns good intentions into a habit. They order the steps, then draft their own plan.

Grade 10Personal Fitness Plan45 minutes1 class periodSHAPEExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Assess your fitness.
  • ✓Set realistic goals.
  • ✓Choose & schedule activities.
  • ✓Track progress.
Essential Question

How do you turn “I want to get fit” into a plan you’ll actually follow?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order the Fitness-Plan Steps

Project this and have students put the fitness-plan steps in order.

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The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

45 minutes, five moves

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Warm-Up — From Wish to Plan

5 min

“Get fit” is a wish. What turns it into something you’ll do?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Pose the question.
  • Share ideas.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Think.
  • Share.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Fitness Plan

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Order the Fitness-Plan Steps.
  • Order the steps.
  • Note assess before goals.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Order.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Assess one fitness area.
  • Set a realistic goal.
  • Pick an activity you enjoy.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Assess.
  • Goal.
  • Pick.
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Apply — Apply

11 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Draft a weekly plan.
  • Schedule activities.
  • Plan how to track it.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Draft.
  • Schedule.
  • Track.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • What is the first step?
  • Why choose activities you enjoy?
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the SHAPE America National Standards for Health Education and Physical Education.

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PE.3

Design a personal fitness plan.

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HE.6

Set and track fitness goals.

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HE.7

Plan regular activity.

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PE.5

Value lifelong fitness.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Plan-step cards.
  • Frame: "first I assess, then ___."
  • Build a plan together.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Use 3 core steps.
  • Set one simple goal.
  • Use a plan template.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Apply FITT to the plan.
  • Add a 4-week progression.
  • Design a tracking chart.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 📅Plan-step cards
  • 💻Order the Fitness-Plan Steps
  • 📊Fitness-plan sheet
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

fitness plana plan to reach fitness goalsassessmeasure where you aregoala target to reachrealisticachievable for youscheduleplan into your weektrackmonitor progressadjustchange the plan as neededconsistencysticking with it
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What is the first step in a fitness plan?
Assess your current fitness level.
QUESTION 2
Why choose activities you enjoy?
You are far more likely to stick with them.
QUESTION 3
What do you do after acting on the plan?
Track progress and adjust.

Cool-down: personal fitness plan.

Have students draft a weekly personal fitness plan. A printable fitness-plan sheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: adjust, assess, consistency, fitness plan, goal, realistic, schedule, track
  1. change the plan as needed
  2. a target to reach
  3. measure where you are
  4. plan into your week
  5. a plan to reach fitness goals
  6. achievable for you
  7. sticking with it
  8. monitor progress

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What is the first step in a fitness plan?
  2. Why choose activities you enjoy?
  3. What do you do after acting on the plan?
Answer key — Part A: 1) adjust · 2) goal · 3) assess · 4) schedule · 5) fitness plan · 6) realistic · 7) consistency · 8) track
Part B: 1) Assess your current fitness level. 2) You are far more likely to stick with them. 3) Track progress and adjust.