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Fitness Assessment

Ninth graders learn why and how to assess fitness — measuring strength, endurance, and flexibility to find a personal starting point. Assessments are for setting goals and tracking progress, not for comparison. They check the ideas, then use results to set a goal.

Grade 9Fitness Assessment45 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…

  • ✓Know what a fitness test measures.
  • ✓Find a starting point.
  • ✓Use results to set goals.
  • ✓Track progress.
Essential Question

Why would you measure your own fitness?

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Interactive Task
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Fitness Assessment

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

45 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Where Do I Start?

5 min

How do you know if a fitness plan is working?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

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

🎒 Student Actions

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

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Fitness Assessment.
  • Note it measures components.
  • Note it is for goals, not comparison.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a component measured.
  • Try a simple self-test.
  • Record a baseline.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name.
  • Test.
  • Record.
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Apply — Apply

11 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Use your results.
  • Set a realistic goal.
  • Plan to re-test later.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Use.
  • Set.
  • Plan.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • What does a fitness test measure?
  • Why assess your fitness?
  • 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

Assess components of fitness.

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HE.6

Use results to set fitness goals.

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PE.5

Value personal fitness progress.

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HE.7

Monitor fitness over time.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Fitness-component cards.
  • Frame: "a fitness test measures ___."
  • Use simple self-tests.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Name 2 components.
  • Do one simple test.
  • Record a baseline.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Assess all 5 components.
  • Compare to your past self.
  • Build a tracking chart.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📊Self-test stations
  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 💻Fitness Assessment
  • 📋Results tracker
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

fitness assessmentmeasuring your fitnessbaselineyour starting pointstrengthmuscle powerendurancelasting powerflexibilityrange of motioncomponenta part of fitnessprogressimprovement over timegoala target to reach
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

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QUESTION 1
What does a fitness assessment measure?
Strength, endurance, flexibility, and other components.
QUESTION 2
Why assess your fitness?
To set goals and track your progress.
QUESTION 3
What is a good next step after a test?
Set a personal goal to improve.

Cool-down: fitness assessment.

Have students use results to set a personal fitness goal. A printable results tracker 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: baseline, component, endurance, fitness assessment, flexibility, goal, progress, strength
  1. a target to reach
  2. measuring your fitness
  3. range of motion
  4. improvement over time
  5. a part of fitness
  6. your starting point
  7. lasting power
  8. muscle power

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does a fitness assessment measure?
  2. Why assess your fitness?
  3. What is a good next step after a test?
Answer key — Part A: 1) goal · 2) fitness assessment · 3) flexibility · 4) progress · 5) component · 6) baseline · 7) endurance · 8) strength
Part B: 1) Strength, endurance, flexibility, and other components. 2) To set goals and track your progress. 3) Set a personal goal to improve.